This movie came out back in August to a limited theatrical release, though much like "Terrifier 2" it did well when considering the limited budget. It's a vampire movie, which being a massive fan of vampires I was on board for. I have even endured the romantic vampire tropes made popular by "True Blood" and "Twilight". This movie does play off some of those tropes but gave it enough of a spin to win me over. Writer Blair Butler admitted to being very influenced by the Bram Stoker novel when she wrote this. There are some winks to the characters in the novel, if not elusions to the fact the antagonist might be Dracula himself.
The star Nathalie Emmanuel works well with the script she has. The turns her character takes are where the story goes which works until the last 9 minutes of the film. Iti not a spoiler to call the main vampire the antagonist, as that is telegraphed from when Thomas Doherty takes the screen. I think this actor would be a pretty good Super-man should the role need be filled by a younger actor, and not much emphasis is place on Clark Kent. He has charm, though not a great deal of menace, yet are the sexy vampires really ever given space to menace you, like who was scared of Edward Cullen, which he splits the difference between taking that kind of role and being Dracula. I think as a Dracula role it's his confidence that is his strength. A great deal of the film's weight lies in its acting as the pretty sets.
When the wedding goes down it is a very effective reveal / twist. The film was originally titled the "the Bride", I think it is not until the film's last 9 minutes that it falls apart, but I am more likely to give this when the first hour and twenty-one minutes I enjoyed, and endings seems to be a problem for movies no matter the genre these days. My major problem with it is do not lay out the mythology if the world you are building if things are not going to line up. Not no try to sell me on a 400-year-old vampire being bested by someone who has just turned into a vampire While this concept worked in 30 Days of Night, the protagonist was also a cop who managed to hold his own against vampires in human form, so he had experience, but a waitress? Not going to buy it. With that said if you like vampires it is worth the watch.
