Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mortal, royal vampire Princess - have been on the run when they are captured and returned to St. Vladamirs Academy, the very place where they believe their lives may be in most jeopardy. Rose will sacrifice everything to protect Lissa from those who intend to exploit her from within the Academy walls and the Strigoi (immortal, evil vampires) who hunt her kind from outside its sanctuary.
Acting
Zoey Deutch's eyebrow game carries this entire film.
Costume
Private school uniforms somehow sexier than necessary.
Director
Mark Waters
Zoey Deutch
Rose Hathaway
Lucy Fry
Vasilisa "Lissa" Dragomir
Danila Kozlovsky
Dimitri Belikov
Gabriel Byrne
Victor Dashkov
Dominic Sherwood
Christian Ozera
Olga Kurylenko
Headmistress Kirova
Sarah Hyland
Natalie Dashkov
Cameron Monaghan
Mason Ashford
Sami Gayle
Mia Rinalidi
Ashley Charles
Jesse Zeklos
Claire Foy
Sonya Karp
Joely Richardson
Queen Tatiana Ivashkov
Dominique Tipper
Guardian Gabriela
Edward Holcroft
Aaron Drozdov
Bronté Norman-Terrell
Camilla Conta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This bombed so hard ($15M worldwide on $30M budget) it killed the planned six-film franchise. The books? Way darker.
Released during peak YA adaptation fever — it couldn't decide if it wanted to be Twilight, Harry Potter, or Clueless, so it became none of them successfully.
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