This ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale is set in 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.
What could have been a brilliant short becomes deadly, stretched to feature length.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Michael Almereyda's insanely brilliant fantasia on the Dracula legend.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It is refreshing to see so much style and life in the old undead tale, and to watch this strong cast with its perfect deadpan attitudes.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
A lovely idea for a film that's been beautifully executed but slips too far off its narrative tracks to get where it wants to go.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
This offbeat horror item works much better as a dreamy mood piece with striking poetic images and as a semicomic appreciation of a few quintessential low-budget actors than as straight-ahead storytelling.