Even in suburbia, vampires come in all forms and sizes, from the rebellious teen to the faithful housewife, from the good son to the lowly office girl, and the thing they all have in common is they kill people - for their own survival, which doesn't mean that there isn't any guild involved. Now fortunately, Dr. Abraham (Richard Rampolla), a vampire himself, runs a self help group for this essentially poor creatures, helps them to navigate through life as someone who's "different". And while he sure helps some in finding their new self, for others his methods are just too slow ... and then there's Veronica (Laura Lemire), who is happily rejoicing in her vampire lifestyle, showing no remorse when killing considering it's just for her own survival. And that said, her presence in Dr. Abraham's group soon proves to be so disruptive that he expels her from further meetings. But she has soon figured a way to get rid of the good doctor to reshape his group into a vampire cult ...

Even if this film employs many a mainstay of the vampire genre, it's still enjoyably unconventional in approach, ditching a straight-forward narrative for several loosely (if at all) connected vignettes that revolve around a common theme and that poignantly blend the supernatural with the mundane and really rely much more on sharp dialogue and tension arising from their respective situations than on spectacle or traditional vampire scares - and the concept works quite nicely, thanks to clever writing, a direction that's subtle enough to give story and actors enough room to breathe, and a pretty strong cast, making this an unusal but very entertaining vampire flick.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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