I had heard of this film several months ago in our Movie forum. I loved the trailer, but unfortunately it never played in KC, nor was available on U-Verse. The BR/dvd was released yesterday and I watched the film last night.
First, let me say I loved the sharp, film-like image of the upstate NY mountains and wooded areas where the film takes place. The image overall was terrific, with the exceptions of a couple of night scenes which were inconsistent with the other night scenes in the film.
The soundtrack was terrific too. There was enough jump out of your seat sound effect moments with some terrific bass to give the viewer a nice jolt. But for me, the real shinning moments were the daytime scenes featuring genre of music, I would call Americana. The beautiful scenery, combined with the soundtrack the sparse dialogue really created a dream-like feel during the daytime scenes.
This film is not your typical scary vampire film, though it does have enough moments of horror to keep you on edge and give you some jolts. The film for me was more about the struggle to live in a new world...think TMC's "The Walking Dead" and the film, "The Road" for inspiration.
I highly recommend this blu ray, at least for a rental. I am glad I made a blind buy, since I see myself sharing this with others (including my wife, who hates scary movies) and delving into the extra's (which I don't normally do). Jim Mickle is the director, I look forward to seeing what else he does in the future...loved his work on this film.
Ron
PS: I should mention during some of the vampire scenes, I was brought back into time to my days of going to the drive-in...there is a certain grindhouse quality to some of the scenes both visually and in the writing.
First, let me say I loved the sharp, film-like image of the upstate NY mountains and wooded areas where the film takes place. The image overall was terrific, with the exceptions of a couple of night scenes which were inconsistent with the other night scenes in the film.
The soundtrack was terrific too. There was enough jump out of your seat sound effect moments with some terrific bass to give the viewer a nice jolt. But for me, the real shinning moments were the daytime scenes featuring genre of music, I would call Americana. The beautiful scenery, combined with the soundtrack the sparse dialogue really created a dream-like feel during the daytime scenes.
This film is not your typical scary vampire film, though it does have enough moments of horror to keep you on edge and give you some jolts. The film for me was more about the struggle to live in a new world...think TMC's "The Walking Dead" and the film, "The Road" for inspiration.
I highly recommend this blu ray, at least for a rental. I am glad I made a blind buy, since I see myself sharing this with others (including my wife, who hates scary movies) and delving into the extra's (which I don't normally do). Jim Mickle is the director, I look forward to seeing what else he does in the future...loved his work on this film.
Ron
PS: I should mention during some of the vampire scenes, I was brought back into time to my days of going to the drive-in...there is a certain grindhouse quality to some of the scenes both visually and in the writing.
