Plustown
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
KnotStronger
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Michael Ledo
This is a fun teen/young adult vampire film that takes place in Ocean City, New Jersey. There is a core group of vampires which include killers, and those who buy blood and use powder blood. Chas (Christopher Wiehl) is the bad guy vampire leader who is trying to get back Viktoria (Marisa Ryan) who wants nothing to do with him. A mysterious dark stranger (Robert Floyd) rolls into town and wants to help Viki. However, our stranger is not what he seems because there are whooshing and whip sounds whenever he moves and even the vampires oooh and aaah over it.The film is fairly formula in a film that predates Vampires that glitter. It is a nice hidden gem, just don't expect big budget effects.Guide: F-bomb or two. No sex. Brief partial male butt nudity.
Claudio Carvalho
Viktoria (Marisa Ryan) and Alicia (Amy Jo Johnson) are `good' vampires and together with Darius (John Huertas) are close friends living in a coastal American city. When the newcomer Seth (Robert Floyd) arrives, he has a crush on Viktoria. Charles (Christopher Wiehl), a `bad' vampire, does not like the proximity of Seth and Viktoria, and decides to disturb Seth with his gang. A great surprise waits for Charles in the end of the plot. This story is not original, being a blending of `Near Dark', with `Lost Boys', plus `Angel' and `Buffy'. The result is not totally bad, but in the end, it is just a forgettable vampire movie. There is a scene, supposed to be funny, in the middle of the credits, when two guards find the remains full of blood of the two dead vampires. Why these vampires were not converted into dust? Further, why Viktoria was able to walk in the sun, only with minors burns? My vote is five.Title (Brazil): `Filhos das Trevas' (`Sons of the Darkness')
windupatheist
I'm not sure what I think of this movie. It's definitely low-budget, but I did find myself watching the whole thing without even meaning to. The writing and dialogue were good, and the movie had a very particular atmosphere to it. Part of that atmosphere is lifted from The Lost Boys, which this pays homage to, but part of it was... something else. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's the fact that these vampires felt like real people. They seemed like people you might know, only with some unusual problems.The acting was pretty decent. It took me a while to figure out that the suicidal anorexic vampire was actually the Pink Ranger from that terrible old Power Rangers show. The lead, Marisa Ryan, did a pretty good job in particular. The only real weak spot was the guy who played Seth. It wasn't so much bad acting on his part as it was a matter of miscasting. He just had way too much boy-next-door "aw shucks" goofyness to him.The only really bad part of this movie was the special effects. I guessed what Seth was early on, and the whole time I was waiting for him to dramatically reveal himself in a cool sort of way. When it finally happened, it looked so bad I almost fell out of my chair. Totally killed the moment.Anyway, not a bad flick if you're looking for an inexpensive little horror movie with some decent characters.
MayorWilkinsIII
After searching for this movie, I was more than happy to finally see iton cable. It's not bad. Without recapping the story again, I can tellyou that I liked this spin on the vampire genre. There was a real Gen-Xtype of love story in there. I did think, however, that it became verylong winded towards the end. And it's not that the writing is bad,there is just a lot of it. But just when I found my eyes starting todroop the action kicked in. Marisa Ryan does a fine job as the hardenedvampire with motherly notions. I thought that Christopher Wiehl and AmyJo Johnson really stuck out. Wiehl, as "Charles", was everything youlike in a bad guy: handsome, charming, manipulative and down right evil.Johnson, as "Alicia", was plain cute. She lit the screen up every timeshe was on, even when she was melting. Overall, I liked the movie. Andwhile Masciantonio's writing could have been cut down, I was impressedby the direction. *
