Theresa & Allison

A low budget production reminiscent of early Giallo or Fantastique, both in terms of its theme and the exuding naivete, and made contemporary through utilisation of the fact that, in the meantime, the boundaries were pushed much higher. There is some evident enthusiasm which tries to compensate for the lack of skill and the low budget, but that was insufficient to make the viewing any much more enjoyable. Mostly female cast performance ranged from competent (lead and support) to not so (bits and extras), with exception of the male principal, who pocketed this role on some other merit. Congruent with the theme, there was quite a bit of blood and gore, but this never feels overwhelming for the average connoisseur of the genre. The same goes for the sex and nudity, which were measured and in the function of the story. So, in conclusion, this 3/10-star genre movie caters to a specific viewer for whom it might be of some interest, while the others would find it a waste of time...unless you are a pubescent boy (or a girl?). Oh, yes, and this blatant upvoting fools no one. No, it's not a 10-star movie by any stretch of the imagination.

You know it's going to be terrible as the insipid first act enfolds.

I don't know where all the high reviews have come from. Oh, wait, maybe I'm not woke enough to appreciate another woeful remake.

Not even worth watching.

Avoid

I saw this movie only because I was watching a horror movie on Amazon and got busy and this one started up next. It is the story of a young woman named Theresa that gets quite drunk one night and falls victim to a female vampire. The vampire gets drunk, yes drunk, from the alcohol in Theresa's blood and ends up turning her so she does not die. Theresa ends up struggling with being a once pacifist to now having to take lives for sustenance. Enter Allison, a woman born in the seventies and turned when she was 20 something, who tries to educate Theresa.

OK, first of all, Allison kept saying that she would be an old grandma in a nursing home instead of young and beautiful has she not been turned. Both of these statements are factually incorrect. Being in your 40s does not relegate someone to a nursing home, clearly whoever wrote this was terrible at math. Also, the actress playing Allison was not what I would call beautiful, but that is of course in the eye of the beholder.

All of the interactions between Theresa and the other vampires she encounters seem forced, not organic. There was absolutely no reason for Allison to seek her out, nor was there any reason for Allison's ex-boyfriend to also seek Theresa out. There is also a lot of pro gay/lesbian thematic elements here and the movie treats straight men like they are monsters that do not care who the woman is, they automatically want to sleep with them.

The writing was terrible and the acting was not much better, especially from the supporting cast. Anyone rating this film higher than a 5 must be associated with the movie or a friend of someone that was. Do not believe them. If you are looking for a good erotic horror, this is not it. If you are looking for a movie with plenty of nudity then this is that film, but do not expect it to be very arousing as even the sex scenes were shot without any artistic lens or believably.

Just couldn't get into this. Interesting premise and yet another new take on the vampire genre (see Byzantium which is far superior albeit on a much bigger budget) but ultimately badly acted by supporting cast (the characters of Paisley, Tony and the Russian mother were at best wooden). Some interesting ideas though around government complicity, family and survival. Ultimately undone by the supporting cast.

Obviously low budget, dreadful acting, poor dialogue. Trust the reviews of 4/10 and less. This is garbage at best, almost 2 hours of my life, I won't get back. Do not watch, find something better to do.