A fresh look at the already worn-out vampire story from the director of the recently deadened Lighthouse is a good introduction to the picture. Fortunately, I didn’t know about Eggers in the credits, so I was disappointed in this tape very quickly.
From the first minutes, the film amazes with its general archaicity. The production, cinematography and acting are more like a thirty-year-old adaptation of Jane Eyre than a 2025 film. Such a nostalgic effect could be justified if something was hiding behind it, but there is a blunder - the whole intrigue is clear after the first 10 minutes, and further attempts to catch up with suspense in the plot, where all the cards are already revealed, nothing but yawning does not cause.
By the middle of the film, the long timekeeping at some point again arouses interest in what is happening on the screen – it seems that since everything is already clear, everything is told, explained and shown, and we are only in the middle, then the picture has a double bottom. Unfortunately, the film just knocks on the usual simple bottom single.
Here you can praise the game of actors, some shots and angles - aesthetically everything is designed attractively, but the main culprit of the celebration is almost not shown (although in a couple of shots he even has time to wave a cane), and there is no intrigue in the plot.
After viewing, there is only a void inside and a little nostalgic aftertaste from the production itself. It is strange that the man who shot the Lighthouse not so long ago decided to continue his career with this.