Director: Bears Rebecca Fonté
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Vampire
Plot:
After meeting a strange woman, a nurse finds herself drawn into the world of her vampire captor and told she must keep her dying son alive and free of pain for as long as possible, bringing them into a dangerous romance the longer they stay together that threatens their lives together.
Review:
This was a fairly solid and enjoyable genre effort. Among the better elements found here is the highly enjoyable storyline that manages to paint a likable twist on the idea of a vampire romance. The central story involves her being captured and forced to look after the raised child of the vampire who lives in the sewers under the city, and slowly being brought into the lifestyle they live together, which brings along a series of traditional vampire rules into a situation that slowly grows more erotic the longer they’re involved. Everything here becomes far more involved the longer they’re together, where the use of the nursing abilities as a cover to meet each other before becoming fiery lovers, which gets everything brought together into fine form.
As well, there’s also a slew of impressive encounters that highlight the monstrous nature of her vampire hostess. Ably supplied with flashbacks showing how she and her partner run wild over a prissy book club or seduce soldiers unaware of their true intentions, the idea of their violent nature before it starts to portray just how bloodthirsty they are, in contrast to the more erotic content elsewhere in the film. That continues on with a strong series of mind-games and other forms of interactions that take place where the hypnotized victim is unaware of the vampire, then turning around and ripping their throat out, leading to a slew of impressive and generally well-handled practical gore effects that leave a fantastic note. These manage to provide a series of decent qualities overall.
There are some minor drawbacks here holding it down. The main detrimental issue with this one concerns the bizarre ending coda that it ends on, where the whole thing ends at a fine point before continuing on with a series of other scenes that have little need to be there. The encounter with her vampirized son would’ve been fine, but to then keep going and battle each other over their relationship, only to then switch sides when the vampire hunter comes in to stop her, which is another problematic factor where it tries to be funny and sassy yet comes off miserably. Still, this final section is so awkwardly included and adds unnecessary running time to the film that it doesn’t impact the film that much, and again, when combined with the clumsy forced comedy of the slayer tracking them, it is what holds this back.
Overview: ****/5
A great lesbian vampire effort with a lot to like about it, this comes off incredibly well as the slate of positives found here is more than enough to keep this up over a few minor drawbacks. Those with an appreciation for this kind of genre fare are intrigued by the concept, and those who don’t mind the detriments will have a lot to like here, while most others out there might want to heed caution.
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