This is not your usual vampire movie.
Here, vampires walk in the sun, aren't particularly pale, and they don't possess any power save their immortality. Even the teenage human-vampire relationship features a gentle, sad, reflective vampire-girl, and a sickly, incoherent young man.
Your usual fangs were replaced by a prolonged fingernail that does the cutting, thus allowing the vampire to drain the victim of blood.
In all those aspects, the vampires in this movie are very human, whether vindictive and patriarchal (The Brotherhood), forgiving and hopeful (Darvell), passionate, selfish and hedonistic (Clara ), or melancholic and compassionate (Eleanor).
Every character here shows both strength and fragility.
The editing was smooth and the art direction very subtle. I really liked the contrast between the modern grunge setting and the 200-year-old Gothic flashbacks. Sure, the blood fountain and crowing birds are overly used, but the "island" is creepy and solemn enough without it being ridiculous.
And everyone's performance is believable, even the minor roles. Violent scenes are brief, but very powerful and not for the faint of heart. They always come at the right time to make you snap out of the melancholic mood.
I will not write spoilers, suffice it to say the story is told in mini-doses of flashbacks, so if patience is not your virtue or you're not used to indie movies, I cannot recommend it to you. If you can easily finish the first half of the movie, which is the slower part, then this means you've enjoyed the experience.
Here, vampires walk in the sun, aren't particularly pale, and they don't possess any power save their immortality. Even the teenage human-vampire relationship features a gentle, sad, reflective vampire-girl, and a sickly, incoherent young man.
Your usual fangs were replaced by a prolonged fingernail that does the cutting, thus allowing the vampire to drain the victim of blood.
In all those aspects, the vampires in this movie are very human, whether vindictive and patriarchal (The Brotherhood), forgiving and hopeful (Darvell), passionate, selfish and hedonistic (Clara ), or melancholic and compassionate (Eleanor).
Every character here shows both strength and fragility.
The editing was smooth and the art direction very subtle. I really liked the contrast between the modern grunge setting and the 200-year-old Gothic flashbacks. Sure, the blood fountain and crowing birds are overly used, but the "island" is creepy and solemn enough without it being ridiculous.
And everyone's performance is believable, even the minor roles. Violent scenes are brief, but very powerful and not for the faint of heart. They always come at the right time to make you snap out of the melancholic mood.
I will not write spoilers, suffice it to say the story is told in mini-doses of flashbacks, so if patience is not your virtue or you're not used to indie movies, I cannot recommend it to you. If you can easily finish the first half of the movie, which is the slower part, then this means you've enjoyed the experience.