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It's pretty much the journey of the vampire, from mythological creature of many an ancient civilisation through folklore and superstition to the fan favourite among fictional creatures it has become in the 19th, 20th and 21st century, with this film touching on John Polidori's The Vampyre, Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla and Bram Stoker's Dracula as literary groundstones (while inexplicably leaving out the penny dreadful Varney the Vampire, which might be of questionable quality - yes, I've read the whole thing - but had an undeniable influence on Stoker's later Dracula), as well as later popular vampire fiction like Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight-series, then on the invasion of the vampire of both the big and the small screen with films like Nosferatu, Dracula from 1931, the Hammer Dracula series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries, among many other representations ...

Immortal Obsession claims to be an entirely AI-generated documentary, with filmmaker Brian Cunningham merely being the final editor when it came to content - and one's quick to see the advantages and also limitations of making a documentary like this. The main advantage being the sheer wealth of information this film contains (despite some glaring holes) that's bound to impress even vampire afficionado. But the wealth the film offers is merely in breadth, not in depth, as the information often seems unlinked to one another. Where the film really falls short though is when it comes to its AI generated images: At best they look awfully generic, at worst they look creepy for all the wrong reasons. And when the documentary covers films and TV shows, not showing actual stills or clips from those (even when explaining certain visuals) just feels odd and off. One still has to praise the film for all the information packed into less than 80 minutes, but a little more of a human touch would have served it well.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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