Nancy Dawson

Way over-the-top disaster movie that shoots wildly over the mark. While the CGI visual effects are highly entertaining, the script is cheesy with scoring and direction to match unfortunately. Very disappointing - the visual effects are what lifted it from 2 to 3 stars for me - otherwise a movie that could have been better left unmade.

What I find truly disturbing is the many positive audience reviews for this trashy and twisted piece of filmmaking - to me what these reviews reveal about our current social culture is how far we have descended into a vaudevillian celebration of stomach-churning, debased voyeurism and dangerously baleful apathy toward sociopathy. The film was appallingly bad with plot holes that sickeningly presume to persuade the audience to come to their own worst conclusions. I wanted to turn it off several times but I guess the only reason I didn’t was because I was waiting for it to somehow redeem itself which most definitely never happened. This was no “Talented Mr. Ripley” which in every way brought so much more dimension, pathos and compassion to its tragic tale of lost souls. This film, on the other hand, feels like something I wish I hadn’t allowed myself to be heartlessly assaulted by.

Fascinating!!! 1 part horror, 3 parts existential dilemma. Draws remarkable parallels between the mythology of “Nosferatu” and religion-based promises of immortality… I.e., what if Vampires are just as likely to exist (“Angels of God” no less?!) as the “Holy Trinity”?? This finely conceived and richly realized script ultimately achieves a scathing indictment of the hypocritical perpetration of religious dogma and fanaticism, especially as it “feeds” on those who are vulnerable and gullible. Supporting character “Joe Collie” deserves special recognition for his gut-wrenching, stand out performance. It is very welcome and so refreshing to see this level of both “IQ” and “EQ” in a limited series that could just as well be perceived as an existentialist play. BRAVO!!