Director: Natasha Kermani
Year: 2025
Country: USA/United Kingdom
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Vampire
Plot:
Trying for a fresh start, the vampire hunter takes his wife and children away from the potential horrors he faced decades earlier and tries to raise them to carry on his legacy, but when they start to believe that he might be telling the truth, they are forced to face his deadly legacy.
Review:
This was a disappointingly dull and generally bland genre effort. Most of the issues here stem from how bland and sluggish this one is, to the point that it might not seem like a genuine genre effort for much of the running time. The presentation here is focused solely on the possibility of whether the father is telling the truth, involving how his teachings are preparing the kids to carry on his line of work, and how unconventional it all seems, where the inability to tell what’s going on is a large part of what’s going on. That, though, never gives this one anything to really grasp in terms of overt genre material, with everything going by in such a bland haze that it’s hard to get any form of thrills or chills out of the material once it starts to focus on this setup for more than a few minutes. Endless scenes of the boys studying, discussing what’s going on with their dad, or what his teachings actually are going to do for them that leave this with so much of the running time to feel like a drama without much in the way of genre content.
By the time it finally starts generating this kind of excitement in the finale, there’s a bit more action as we begin to get hints about the true nature of his teachings. That ties nicely into the storyline from earlier about what his teachings were actually about, as, while they were played off at a lethargic pace without much interest in what’s happening, they still provide an intriguing enough starting point so that the encounters here generate some emotional weight to them. That is a big point with this one, where the tempo and energy of the film are a bit off, but the concept itself speaks rather well to the idea of how the father’s traumatic past has been turned against the younger generation, unaware of everything, so it seems far more cruel in concept than anything. This is enough to hold off some other issues here.
Overview: *.5/5
An immensely slow-going if still intriguing vampire effort, there are a few likable factors to be had here, which are mostly wiped out by the drawbacks featured here that are much more impactful. Give it a shot only if you’re a fan of this style or are a fan of the creative crew, while most others out there should heed extreme caution with this one.
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