This French low-budget film is full of creative energy. Sadly, its many interesting ideas are buried in a convoluted, oddly-paced story. This is an honest attempt to create something new, but it is unfortunately also a bit of a case of “style over substance”. […]
Tag: first-time-director
Song of the Vampire (2001)
Song of the Vampire is an attempted genre mix that does not work, and the film’s low budget shows in more ways than one. […]
Temptation (2009)
Temptation is an honest attempt to produce a decent B-movie. Many of the cast and crew put a lot of effort into this, and I like the premise and some of the ideas in this film, but an unpolished script, a small budget, and a relative lack of experience lead to a result that on the whole is not really satisfying. […]
Dracula Untold (2014)
Not a terribly good film, but quite entertaining and not nearly as bad as most reviewers seem to think. […]
Demon under Glass (2002)
A different kind of vampire film: a thought-provoking drama. Yet despite the film’s interesting premise, its psychological and ethical exploration does not go nearly deep enough and as such wastes a good opportunity as well as a good cast. Some of the performances help to save this film from becoming a complete failure. […]
She Lives by Night (2001)
An intriguing premise, and a valiant effort by everyone invovled, yet still the result is not really worth watching. […]
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