Sombras do Terror

I believe this must be the first feature for this writer and director so they will continue to grow and learn and get better from this. The lead actor was great and they scored with him, he is from Death Note. The script is slow at times, very cliche and not really current with 2019 and how teenagers act. More like teenagers in the 1990s or 80s. Things are different now. If they had based the story in the 90s that would have worked better. I thought the makeup in the climax scene was very cool.

It makes me sad to give this a 4* because we don't get enough original content today...however there was just nothing special about this... you'd think a monster in a shed that can't come out would be a lot of fun, but it feels like the filmmaker didn't know what to do with this good idea....so it ends up being EXACTLY what you'd assume... all the jerks and baddies get sent to the shed one way or another...and...that's it really. It felt like it so badly wanted to be a horror comedy, but there goes there, it is played very straight.

Didn't hate it, but I did find myself skipping around, it went with a few of the "scary dream" scenes and I just find those so annoying.

It had plenty of scenes that simply didn't make sense and pretty obvious what type of things were about to happen all throughout the movie. However there was a bit of a plot twist in the end.

The two things that seemed unbearably nonsensical to me, is, (one) if you have a vampire living in your wooden shed on a farm, far away from people, why in heavens would you not set it ablaze during one of the many sunny days available?

Secondly, even though the vampire wronged the main character, the vampire seems to have a personal vendetta out for him for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

There's no backstory, so you really don't know what's the deal with the vampire population. Is it just the one at the beginning, what are the rules, etc

I love horror movies, especially tense ones and I enjoyed this one a lot. It has some very tense moments, I was on the edge of my seat several times.

It also has a good story line. Definitely has an 80s vibe to it which I loved.

I found some of the other reviews on here a bit harsh. I actually quite enjoyed this one. It certainly had a bit of a retro feel to it and was tongue in cheek at times. At times sit brought to mind the Lost Boys and Fright Night, just don't over analyse too much and enjoy the ride.