In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
Cinematography
Pixelvision inserts that look like haunted memories.
Acting
Elina Löwensohn's hypnotic, otherworldly stillness.
Direction
Almereyda's literary cool meets vampire schlock.
Director
Michael Almereyda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Pixelvision sequences were shot on a discontinued Fisher-Price toy camera Almereyda found in a thrift store.
Part of the 90s 'revisionist vampire' wave alongside The Addiction and Nadja's producer David Lynch's influence lingers in its dream logic.
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