Director: Ricardo Islas
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Vampire
Plot:
After a series of gruesome murders, workers at a radio news station decide to go beyond the usual series of infractions and red tape to prove that the culprit is a strange undead killer preying on people during the night, and after finding out the killer’s true identity must race to stop the rampage.
Review:
This was a rather solid and enjoyable indie effort. One of the better elements here is the rather fun series of investigative measures that take place setting up the storyline at play here. With the film taking place in a city riddled with crime and vicious assaults, the fact that the initial sequences don’t immediately arouse suspicion to the authorities until they start working the case and putting clues together about the unnatural means of what’s going on allows the first half to be quite effective and enjoyable. The clues that arise here, not just from the physical attacks that play out but the investigative work done to get them into the hands of the author that knows what’s going on manage to tell quite a fun story here and provide this with a great story to go off of.
That allows this one to come together quite well with a great series of vampire attacks that come off quite well. With the initial resurrection sequence leading to a great double-murder as well as an attack on carjackers that results in leaving an eyewitness that drives the majority of the film going forward, there’s quite an intriguing bit of action spread nicely throughout here. As later scenes include an attack at the hospital on various members of the staff looking after the eyewitness and a big confrontation at a hideout trying to keep her secure, this one provides some fun and thrilling confrontations with his superhuman powers coming into play overwhelming others alongside the effective indie gore. Including the final confrontation inside the vampire’s hideout that includes some fun defensive and offensive tactics, some thrilling moments, and a fine sense of pathos for the heroines, there’s a lot to like here which all give the film a solid amount to like overall.
There isn’t much to dislike here but a few minor issues do crop up. Among the main ones here is a large stretch of the film that focuses more on investigation than anything to do with the vampire attacking others. Despite knowing that the vampire is out and around from pretty much near the beginning, his attacks stop in the middle of the film to undergo a large part of the investigation to his identity where quite a lot of the information comes from at the expense of some action. While not completely draining, that does slow the pacing down somewhat to bring this out between the attacks. As well, there are also a few times where it does showcase the low budget limitations that stand out just enough to be somewhat obvious about it so those that are the main factors that hold it back.
Overview: ***.5/5
A generally solid indie vampire effort that does have some drawbacks, this one comes off quite well for the most part despite the negative factors here being enough to lower it only slightly. Those that appreciate this kind of genre effort, are intrigued by this style, or are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here while those turned off by any of these factors should heed caution here.
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