Vampires

Belgium has a long tradition of faut documentary, film noir and sarcasm and this movie does not disappoint. If you are looking for a bloody and gory Hollywood movie stay far away from it, if you're looking for great dialogues in French, Flemish and German (I must admit the movie is better if you can understand those three languages Nd get the clever jokes and sarcastic comments), excellent cinematography, a good storyline and no special effects than this is it. Movies just like movies should be made. Focusing on the acting and not on the special effects. If you like Hollywood horror ignore it, if you are a fan of Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff you'll love it.

Enjoyed this quirky foreign film quite a bit. Kind of like What We Do in the Shadows but definitely darker.

A documentary film crew follows a vampire family and their much maligned neighbors who live in the basement after several previously disastrous attempts to film in the bloodsucking community.

Part comedy, part drama and definitely part horror we follow the family through the lens of the crew. Some of the vampire tropes will be familiar but some are decidedly different and quite entertaining. The family dynamics are pretty amusing as well ( like the teenage daughter who just wants to be a human again).

Recommend if you're looking for a fun film, with subtitles, that has a sense of humor about itself and some bloodsucking thrown in. Just don't expect a fast paced, vampire thriller because this isn't that tye of film.

I absolutely love that I discovered this raw, bloody gem which details the lives of a French family full of vampires. Normally I hate mockumentary, documentary, and found footage films but this was definitely the immaculate exception. This is "What We Do in the Shadows" older, gutter punk cousin from Belgium here surprising you with an unwanted visit. They will kick your friends teeth into the curb and steal their wallet just because they can and laugh while doing it. The character and story line of Grace was by far my favorite. She brought the most laughter and absurdity, which I greedily "sucked" up.

Finally I picked this flick up after seeing it a few times in the shops. Somewhere I had my doubts about it. I have seen and enjoyed "C'est arrivé près de chez vous" (1992) and never thought we would have another faut documentary coming out of Belgium. But 20 years later it finally did.

Starting off rather brutal with a few killings I thought, hell, this is going to be good but for me it failed on the bloody part. The only gore involved is when they are watching a flick called 'Midnight Movie'. I reviewed it 2 years ago. The thing that didn't work for me was that they were talking a lot and it went on and on. Some did see some humour in that part but I never laughed it out loud.

I can't say anything negative about the acting because that was believable but for a flick about vampires there isn't that much of biting and sucking. Maybe the pink coffin was a bit funny but overall it was a typical flick made by French talking people. Blah blah blah.

I guess Vincent, the director, did watch True Blood about how vampires rule the earth and about their laws and bosses. Even as True Blood is becoming ridiculous with the Elves involved Vampires couldn't tip on True Blood.

Nice effort and maybe the French talking people will have a laughter but for me personally no smile on my face. Once you have seen it I guess you will never watch it again.

Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0,5/5

This was not your typical played out blood sucker flick.This is so refreshing after a slew of films that rely on special effects or soft core to sell tickets,i caught this gem on Netflix instant .This explained the evolution of vampires from the impaler to modern day.In this tongue in cheek hilarious mock documentary take on things rarely addressed in this genre.A series of well thought out interviews explore the family dynamics of teen angst,sibling rivalry,etiquette,dating,police,education,immigration ,infedelity,first love," death day" celebrations,homelessness,and integration into human society as well as the job force and political Snafu's.As well as the hideousness of the color pink.