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Having lost (in that order) his son (Thomas Parobek), his wife (Amanda Evans) and his home, one can't really blame John (Ethan McDowell) for feeling down on his luck and taking to drinking, and heavily so. And as if to add insult to injury, the new owner of his former home, Elizabeth (Kyla Diane Kennedy), hires him to fix up the place. Thing is, John hasn't much choice but to accept, after all, who else would hire the town drunk - and then, in the basement of the house he finds a fridge full of vials of blood and a freezer full of bodyparts. Naturally, he's shocked and tries to get away as quickly as possible, but Elizabeth sure enough gets the idea that he's on to her. However, John doesn't go to the police, even if he's friends with the chief of police (Dwayne A. Thomas) but returns to the place the next day to investigate some more, and this time he comes heavily armed - and yet, he's surprised by Elzabeth and finds himself at her mercy - to realize she has no intention to kill him. Now she admits she's a vampire and kills on a regular basis, but only bad guys, and while he's a drunk, he's actually a pretty decent fellow ... and she has taken a genuine liking in him, so much so that she seduces him this very night. This does of course wonders to John, as he not only takes to Elizabeth but also starts drinking less and less. Eventually, he wants to return the favour and get Elizabeth off her blood-drinking habit, not realizing of course that for her drinking blood is a question of survival. So he tries to help her pick out the city's bad guys to feed on - but when he tries to take out the town bully (Dan Cody) for her, things start to go horribly awry ...

Now these days, vampire movies are pretty much a dime a dozen - so it's refreshing to see one like Take from Me that doesn't follow the same routine and tries to do womething new within genre convines, one that blurs the line between good and evil, that bets on strong characters rather than genre clichés and that has poignant dialogue to boost it. Now at to that a subtle directorial effort and a  very competent ensemble cast, and you've got yourself a pretty cool and rather unusual genre ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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