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This may not conquer new grounds with what it wants to say but it does what it set out to do immensely well. It's a dark comedy rom-com coming-of-age film with a lot of heart. The way it explores the themes of being different and being alone through multiple facets while being outwardly simplistic can be said to be derived from similar films but it still works great. There are a few things that could have maybe improved this but they weren't trying to be anything more really. What can I say, this is something tailor-made for someone like me. Loved both the actors in the main roles too. Looking forward to the director's future projects.

I absolutely, completely fell in love with the Sara and Felix duo. Both actors had amazing chemistry and were a highlight of the movie.

I liked the movie story, it was interesting and quirky in a funny, not annoying way, but I believe the main characters actors were the things that took a shine here.

It was hard not to root for them and a good ending. I even forgot that I was supposed to hate Paul for something he did during PE... no spoilers tho.

I was prepared to watch a horror movie, and although it wasn't a real horror I still enjoyed it, and I'm glad I picked it. Lately, it's hard to find a movie that leaves me thinking "Yup, finally something good and worth watching" instead of feeling like I just lost time.

I recommend it from the bottom of my heart.

And now... I'm going to check absolutely everything with Sara and Felix in it!

This film offers a fresh twist on the vampire genre, blending heartfelt moments with a unique premise. It does a great job at balancing humor with darker themes, making it more than just a quirky concept. The characters feel well-developed and help keep you engaged, even through some slower sections. While the pacing lags here and there, the overall experience is enjoyable and keeps you rooting for the protagonists. The unexpected warmth in the relationships gives the movie a charm that sets it apart from more traditional vampire stories. Definitely worth checking out if you're after something a bit different!

A French Canadian movie, with English subtitles, I watched it at home on Blu-ray from my public library. My wife started it with me but it is not her kind of movie and she hated foreign language movies with subtitles. There is a scene where Sasha is asked about her favorite song, she pulls a vinyl of Brenda Lee's and plays "Emotions."

Sara Montpetit is Sasha, she looks to be in her 20s but when asked, she says she is 68. She is the youngest member of a family of vampires. It is past time for her to deploy her fangs and get her nourishment from people, instead she uses a straw to suck blood from blood bags.

Félix-Antoine Bénard is Paul, an ordinary person bullied at school, and works at the bowling alley. Paul and Sasha meet when he is on the roof of the bowling alley, contemplating killing himself.

So this is really Sasha's story, as the title states she is looking for a "consenting, suicidal person" and it develops from there.

This is an entertaining movie, not to be taken too seriously. Most of the family interactions are funny.

As far as vampire films go...this one is about as original as you can get!

The only film that is, even remotely, similar to it, being Shunji Iwai's 2011 film, Vampire.

Which doesn't even have actual vampires in it.

While Iwai's film is a dramatic horror...this French-Canadian gem is more of a horror comedy.

A sort of vampire coming of age film.

In which we follow a 68-year young, teenage vampiress, who find her fangs, when her family forces her to fend for herself in the real world.

As, prior to this, she was mostly sheltered...having been brought up on blood bags from her parents fridge.

Which has resulted in her overt humanism, and, thus, aversion toward killing others to survive.

So, when she meets a local boy, with suicidal intentions...it's kind of a match made in...well, Hell, I guess.

Because he's willing to give his life for her.

But this only acts to make her fall in love with him.

Leaving them with only one option moving forward.

Which just might make things work out for both of them, in the end.

This wonderful film is a darkly, light-hearted, and all-around entertaining, experience.

Another winner from Quebec!

7 out of 10.

I watched this at the 2023 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival because everyone was raving about it and I can see why. The absurd idea of vampires living among ourselves is given a fresh angle in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person. It centers around a young vampire who is unable to kill to meet her blood-food needs until she finally meets a human hoping to end his life. There's witty humour here, which is bound to make you laugh out loud and also make you think about life in general. Do not expect a groundbreaking plot here because it's a simple story with a weird tone that seems to fit in quite well. I loved how the plot uses its characters to make comedy and that is perhaps the best part. Go for it.

(Watched at the 2023 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.)

Ariane Louis-Seize's first feature film is interested in death as well as life, two of the all-time biggest philosophical questions. The way it explores them is in a contemporary fashion that takes from modern classics such as Twilight (2008), where "vegetarian vampires" like the Cullens "only drink animal blood" and so on, and Låt den rätte komma (2008), where Oskar finds in Eli not only protectiveness but also the possibility of revenge towards his bullies, and adds touches of dark comedy.

Sara Montpetit and Félix-Antoine Bénard are great. They add the deadpan and socially awkward hilarity in this movie that follows Sasha, a sixty-eight years young vampire girl who finds in a boy with suicidal tendencies a possible answer to her refusal to kill and satiate her thirst for blood.

Its genre-bending, good acting, and effective comedy make Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant a worth watch.

One of the most original vampire love stories I've seen in a while. It's actually a dark comedy but at the same time it's light hearted too! Both the main leads gave a wonderful performance especially Paul as a kid with suicidal tendencies which he showcases in his behavioural style. The chemistry between them is so adorable and Sasha's emotional conflict makes you laugh at times. At the beginning of the movie we sympathise with her and we start to root for her but by the end, we totally flip to 180degrees and we enjoy watching her kill! 😂 This is really a good coming of age vampire movie which I haven't seen before and I highly recommend you to watch it if you're looking for something new!

The film contains ideas that have already been explored in other works such as Let the Right One In and A Girl Walks Alone at Midnight but doesn't do them anywhere as well.

Humor is interjected but it's subtle so you basically end up with a not very funny and definitely not scary at all movie. A few smirks, a chuckle or two maybe, but never laugh out loud. Vampires were a bit quirky like a satirical take of a typical family. Looks like the father is going through paperwork in one scene but what's his job? Mother complains about the burden of finding victims to feed on for the whole family like a household wife would about cooking dinner but what else is she gonna do? She's a vampire.

As for the ending, I understand its one way or the other but it came off as a little silly how everything wrapped up so neatly.

I was in NYC the other day and I wanted to see something I wouldn't be able to find at my small town cinema. I knew nothing about this before walking in, beyond thinking the title was cute. I love horror, but am neither here nor there about romcoms, but this film was so sweet, charming, touching and funny with just enough genre fare to satisfy my horror love.

All the actors are fantastic, with excellent direction and cinematography. I saw three movies when I was in the city this past weekend, Humanist Vampire was far and away the best of them. I can't wait to watch it again and show my wife. Highly recommended.

Not a horror film, but a thematic borrowing in a refreshing mix of genres. Rom-com, tragicomedy, a bit of arthouse, a lot of indie cinema. Despite the brief concern that may arise with the first two buzzwords, it's a far cry from works of art like 'Twilight'. Fortunately, everything here works the way you might or might not have imagined it. The idea is not new, but it is certainly refreshing and staged with a special touch. This melancholic coming-of-age vibe, this chilled yet warm-hearted atmosphere. The greatest strength is the main cast, the greatest weakness is the main cast. Sara Montpetit is a discovery, she and no one else is this role. Her counterpart, on the other hand, is almost a disaster. Possibly exactly what it should be, but unintentionally off the mark either way. All in all, however, the feeling of and towards the film is right and, in addition to Canada, I also see a bit of Finland or France.

How do I even describe this movie? It feels weirdly cute, even though it's not actually a "cute" movie.

The story follows Sasha, a young vampire-well, technically, she's 68, but she still looks like a teenager. Unlike the rest of her family, she refuses to kill humans because she actually has compassion for them. Her father, trying to support her unusual lifestyle, provides her with blood packs that she sips through a straw.

Then comes Paul-a completely broken teenager. He's bullied at school, mistreated at work, and has basically given up on life. When Sasha and Paul cross paths, they realize they're both kind of awkward, lost souls who just get each other. And then Sasha drops a bombshell: she can't bring herself to kill. Paul, in a disturbingly sweet and self-sacrificing gesture, offers himself up. He figures-if she needs to do this to survive, and if he doesn't really want to be here anyway-why not help each other out?

It's such a bizarre yet oddly touching premise. I went into this expecting a full-on vampire horror movie, but what I got was more of a dark comedy with a surprising amount of heart. The cast is fantastic, the direction is sharp, and the whole thing is just an emotional, funny, and unexpectedly fun ride. Definitely worth the watch!

Humanist vampire is nothing new and dull.

This film is about a vampire who doesn't want to kill. Although her surroundings try to force her to do so, as killing would be the only way that she would survive. One day she meets a boy who is willing to sacrifice himself, from there on the story continues.

This film is being advertised as a comedy film, I wish I laughed but I didn't at all. Overal the jokes are dull, just like the story. It isn't exciting and feels very much cliche, although that is maybe because it is a vampire themed film after all. The acting was good, especially the acting of the two main characters, who you could really feel for. The emotions they are going through and seeing how they feel stuck, not knowing how to get out until they meet each other. Those scenes about their desperation with only them in them made the film worth a 8 but the rest of the story pretty much dragged it all down. If the rest of the scenes were as good as those couple of scenes it would have been worth a recommendation, even more than that. But unfortunately that isn't the case.

In the end I wouldn't recommend this film, only if you are bored you it is worth to consider it.

A delicious blend of horror, comedy, romance & coming-of-age drama that's as endearing as it is life-affirming, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is sharp in its humour & sweet in its bite, offers an amusing yet heartfelt look at suicide & depression, and is wonderfully steered by quiet performances & gentle chemistry between its likeable leads.

Co-written & directed by Ariane Louis-Seize in her feature film debut, the story follows a young vampire who's too sensitive to kill until she finds an unlikely solution in a young man with suicidal tendencies. It is a wickedly funny premise that's directed with confidence and establishes the vampiric society among humans with finesse. And the central dilemma only leads to hilarious situations.

The plot hinges on the two soft characters, each broken in their own ways, who discover a new side of themselves through their awkward conversations & strange predicament. And both the actors deliver on that front. Their performance has a gentle touch, melancholic quality & warm tenderness that compels us to invest in them, and they are brilliantly supported by the rest of the cast.

Overall, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person deftly utilises the vampire motif to present a familiar human world in a new light and addresses its delicate themes with a light-hearted flair. The darkly-lit camerawork, steady pace, splendid music & kind-hearted moments only enrich & elevate the experience, while the elegant direction & earnest execution makes it a fantastic debut feature.

I am myself a French Quebecer, yet i don't watch a lot of Quebec movies in general (or at least very sporadically) because they are often made on a tiny budget (as our market is very small) and they are almost everytime "story driven drama movies" or comedies.

But i am also a huge vampire fan and when i heard of this movie, i intended to include it in my Spooky season marathon.

Is it good? Well its ...fine. This is more of a drama with a vampire theme around it than your typical vampire movie. The story is not bad, but it is extremely dragged out to make the 90 minutes mark and be prepare to go trough a LOT of "pauses" when it comes to dialogues and scenes.

Despite being very simple, you also have to suspend your disbeliefs to truly enjoy it. Even the premise make little sense. You see Sasha drinking from blood pockets, so you know in this world they can drink blood that has been store. So why wouldn't the vampire work in hospitals, morgue or any domain to ensure an easy supply of it without having to kill. Why Paul don't simply extract his blood the medical way to feed his friend?

Why anyone don't discover that the vampires kill peoples, with our current day crime advancements? They don't exactly have a "John Wick way" of disposing the bodies.

You kinda have to just forget about it and roll with it, so the movie can happen. The "romance" between the 2 characters is there, but very subtile and i think it could had been a bit more satisfying on that side.

There is a couple cool scenes in the middle of the movie wich i enjoyed myself, but the vast majority of it is the 2 characters looking at each other or sitting side by side while barely saying anything. It moves very slow.

In the end, this is a movie that is fine to watch once if you are into vampires and don't mind slow burns, but thats about it.

I personally have a similar script in my mind that i would like to pitch about a vampire lady and an human guy, but it is a lot more packed than this movie was.

I give this movie a 6 out of 10. It is a little above average and fine for one watch as i said.

See this as soon as you can !

A movie that seems tailor made for me. Melancholy Dark-Humor mixed with french by way of Québec styling all wrapped up in a vampire love story I could not more highly recommend this movie Sara Montpetit gives a beautiful performance as a vampire who, due to a traumatic early age clown encounter (honestly who can't relate to that), finds herself unable to kill people so that she can feed on their blood. She pairs perfectly with Félix-Antoine Bénard who completely embodies the character of Paul, a depressed homebody who finds himself contemplating suicide. Wonderfully composed and gorgeously shot scenes by cinematographer Shawn Pavlin raise the script written and directed by Ariane Louis-Seize to a perfect movie.

This is a refreshingly unique and heartfelt film that completely won me over. It's an unusual yet beautiful blend of dark humor, tenderness, and quirky charm. The story takes heavy topics like loneliness and mortality and turns them into something deeply human and unexpectedly uplifting. The team chose perfect actors for the characters

The characters are incredibly endearing, with performances that feel authentic and full of heart. Their relationships unfold in such a natural way, balancing awkwardness and sweetness, and their emotional journeys resonate long after the film ends.

Visually stunning and perfectly paced, the film captures a moody yet whimsical atmosphere that complements its thoughtful themes. It's both thought-provoking and comforting, with a rare ability to make you laugh, reflect, and feel deeply all at once.

This movie is more than just clever, it's warm and full of hope. For anyone seeking something different yet profoundly touching, is an absolute treasure.

I can't stop thinking about Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person. I wish I'd seen this film last year because it would have easily landed on my Top 10 of 2024. It's an emotionally impactful film that offers a unique take on the vampire story.

Vampires, as a monster concept, are endlessly malleable. Besides their cinematic cousins, zombies, there's no other horror subgenre that filmmakers have toyed with and reimagined quite as much. Sure, there are a few basic rules: vampires need blood to survive, and there's usually something that can kill them. But beyond that? It's wide open. Every generation reshapes vampires to fit its anxieties and desires. Some films lean into the sensuality, others the existential dread, others the camp. This film treats vampires almost like a hidden class of people living quietly within society's cracks, similar to What We Do in the Shadows (2014). And it does this with warmth, humor, and a surprising amount of emotion.

At the center of the story is Sasha (Sara Montpetit), a young vampire girl - and by "young" she's actually 68. From the very first scenes, it's clear that Sasha isn't like the rest of her vampire family. Vampires in this world can be born into their condition, the children of vampire parents. Sasha has always needed blood to survive, but her parents have been the ones to provide it. She's never actually killed anyone herself. Instead, she drinks blood with a straw from little bags, like a juice pouch.

Even as a child, Sasha has physical anxiety about the idea of killing. She's compassionate to a fault and her brain is not wired like other vampires. Her parents love her, but they worry something is fundamentally broken in her. By the time she's a teenager, this empathy has become a real problem. Her fangs have never come in, meaning her body physically resists the transformation into a predator. Her parents, frustrated by her reluctance, eventually kick her out, forcing her to live with her stern cousin Denise (Noémie O'Farrell), a much more practical (and bloodthirsty) vampire who refuses to coddle Sasha with hand-delivered blood. If Sasha wants to survive, she has to feed - and for the first time, she'll have to kill.

What makes Sasha's journey so poignant is how deeply human it feels. She's not just wrestling with hunger and survival; she's wrestling with the expectations of her family, tradition, her fear of hurting others, and the terrifying realization that in order to fully become herself, she might have to abandon the very things that make her feel, well human.

Everything changes when Sasha meets Paul (Félix-Antoine Bénard), a teen boy her own "age" standing on a rooftop, ready to jump. He arouses something deep in her, causing her fangs to appear for the first time, startling both of them. She runs off, horrified, almost embarrassed at how her body is changing. Later, after contemplating her own suicide (by eating human food) she runs into Paul at a local suicide prevention support group.

Paul, it turns out, is just as lost and broken as Sasha: bullied at school, alienated at work, and unable to see any way forward. When Sasha confesses that she can't bring herself to kill, Paul offers himself up. If she needs to do this to survive, and if he wants to die anyway, why not help each other out? It's an achingly sweet premise.

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is unexpectedly tender and emotionally raw. It treats the topic of suicide in a darkly comedic, offbeat way that reminds me of Heathers (1988), but it's also painfully sincere. Both Sasha and Paul are so awkward, so bruised by life, that their connection feels fragile and precious. They're two people who have never really been seen by anyone, finally seeing each other.

There's a beautiful scene played out in one long continuous shot, where these two people face the camera and simply listen to Sasha's favorite record. It's a magical few minutes that runs through all the complex shifting emotions the two are feeling. It speaks to romance, fear of death, compassion, desire, uncertainty...all without dialogue, only the brilliant performances by Sara Montpetit and Félix-Antoine Bénard.

Visually, the film is stunning. As you'd expect from a vampire story, everything takes place at night, but the cinematography makes the darkness feel rich and textured rather than bleak. The way the city is shot seems both urban and suburban, making the whole world feel just slightly out of time. The film exists in its own pocket reality - no cell phones, no clear era, just a slightly off-kilter world that could belong to any time or none at all, perfect for a story about timeless creatures.

I also loved the way the film builds its vampire lore. There are rules, but they're not over-explained. If a vampire feeds without finishing the job, the victim turns, and that unfinished bond creates an attachment between them. This is how Sasha's cousin Denise ends up saddled with a clueless slacker she meant to kill, but who now follows her around like a puppy. It's a funny, world-building detail that had me thinking about another of the film's larger themes: what happens when we leave things unfinished, or refuse to fully commit to the roles we're expected to play?

But all of this is secondary to the film's beating heart: Sasha and Paul. I can't stress enough how much I loved these characters, how much I wanted them to find some kind of peace, even if it wasn't the peace they originally set out to find. Their relationship is so delicate, I felt it could play out in several different ways.

The ending doesn't cheat the darkness or the stakes, but it also doesn't leave you in despair. It finds a delicate, clever, and hopeful middle ground, one that feels earned.

I love that feeling when a movie just slips into my bloodstream, like it was made for me. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is one of my favorite vampire films ever. It belongs on the same tier as Let the Right One In (2008), Robert Eggers' Nosferatu (2024), and the bombastic, underrated Bliss (2019). Each of those films left a mark on me for how they used horror to tap into something deeply human.

It's not just for horror fans or vampire lovers, but anyone who's ever felt bullied by the world, or anyone who's ever been told they need to toughen up to survive. It's for anyone who's ever stood at the edge of a rooftop (real or metaphorical), or loved someone who has. And maybe most of all, it's for anyone who's ever ached for someone to look at them, see all their weirdness and softness, and say, "I get it."

It is about a young vampire girl who can't kill people so she hooks up with a suicidal boy to get some juice from him.

It starts of as only mildly interesting but even that turns into complete boredom.

There are a few funny scenes, but you don't laugh outright because they are just mildly funny.

The "scary" scenes are just mildly scary as well.

The whole movie just drags on and on and there are no memorable scenes or anything original.

And the two main characters, the vampire girl and the suicidal boy are just soooooo boring.

After a while you don't care about them any longer and you do not want to know what happens to them.

I must admit I fell asleep at the end of the movie but there was no reason for me to switch it on again.

Although the title of this film was extremely attractive to me, I let the days go by without seeing it, but a dear friend read the comment and, since it was being shown in a cinema in Paris, she saw it and wrote to me enthusiastically. When it was my turn (the night before surgery on my left eye, in case I went blind!), I could not help but agree with her that it is a very good genre film.

In truth, vampire films in every corner of the cinema world is a tired and annoying mess - more than bloody - that has contributed little to this horror subgenre in recent years. Among the most original works of the late 20th century, the sociopolitical metaphor well-hidden and seasoned in the works of Cuban animator Juan Padrón stood out, with «¡Vampiros in La Habana!» and his «Filminutes», and some films made in Canada.

Although it is not common to see Canadian cinema in Panamá, we were able to see three French-speaking films thanks to Cable TV: two endearing comedies called «Blood and Donuts» (1995) and «Karmina» (1996) and, already in this millennium, the drama that mixes racism and cannibalism among high-class vampires, «La peau blanche» (2014). And now we have «Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant», director Ariane Louis-Seize's debut film, which has a gentleness and tenderness that the other films mentioned do not possess.

On the surface it is a comedy, but in all honesty, among the laughter, there is a reflection on love, death, solidarity, otherness, loneliness and survival in the world of young people. In the plot, a teenage vampire named Sasha fails to develop fangs because she does not want to kill any human being and, since she does not consume blood, she is starving. Then a boy crosses her path. Paul is a young man who is a victim of bullying, the only son of a single nurse, and he wants to die in a very natural way, as a final option. When they meet at a reunion of a self-help group for suicides, Sasha and Paul design a plan that satisfies the needs of both and an affection is born that the two scriptwriters (Christine Doyon and the director) do not make obvious, perhaps to avoid the easy trap that romance stories can become if they are not fully handled or justified.

The film, also apparently, has a happy ending, but no... Just remember the pathetic lines from Herzog's «Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht», in which Dracula meditates on the vampire nature, on the prolonged solitary existence with no other purpose than satisfy his addiction to blood.

With a magnificent cast (which includes Sasha's family and Paul's mother), and the good directorial hand of Ariane Louis-Seize in her opera prima, the film is very emotional, fun and enjoyable. It may or may not pass "the test of time", but in 2024 it well deserves a 10/10.

I saw this movie at the OKC Dead Center film festival and really enjoyed it. The actress who played Sasha did so in a manner that allowed you to emphasize with her struggle. She's a vampire but doesn't want to kill humans to survive. As she ages, she's thrown into a situation where she has to make some difficult decisions to survive. In doing so, she finds out a lot about herself and what she will condone and what she won't. Paul was another interesting character who's not been happy with life for as long as he can remember. The interaction between he and Sasha starts out a bit awards based on the premise that he wants to die and he knows that she needs his blood to survive. However, as the story progresses, their interaction changes and seems more natural. I liked out the movie ended and let us know what ultimately happened to these characters.

One of the best independent films I've seen in recent years. When I decided to watch it, I was expecting a trashy comedy, the kind that Taika Waititi made about ten years ago. But this film really surprised me. As soon as I started looking at it, I immediately realized that it was exactly what I had been looking for for a long time.

From the first minutes, I noticed the director's unique artistic touch. This film has all the elements of a cult film: the music, the work on lighting, the eccentric acting, the meticulous respect for the canon, and above all a huge dose of satire (and all of that pushed to the limit). Definitely 9 out of 10!

Ridiculous and obvious love story and also trivial, because I have to watch a film that I already know that it ended with such a predictable ending Pretty Woman !! It seems absurd to me there is no emotion no emotion beyond the whole film resembles a lot to another 2007 film letting me enter with the difference that here we have a really poor and hateful love story as the male protagonist who is the classic clumsy boy who, however, is all right are really tired of these trivial films written only for the mass without any inspiration, perhaps it is destined for the public of very young children !! The last scene is to make the stomach turn, however trivial !!

There are not many goth movies, but we definitely can put this one next to titles like "Gypsy 83" (2001).

The moment I first read the title of this one in HBO's catalog I knew I'm up for something. The title immediately snatched me with the humor of its absurdity and I could not wait to be alone and fully dedicate my attention to it.

In the total duration of nearly 90 minutes I had super fun, felt sad, felt anger and felt desire. We definitely shall give a credit to Sarah Montpetit for how well she presented to us the character of a young vampire girl.

Of course the cast did great their job, but a well deserved credit shall go also to the director Ariane Louis-Seize.

We need more movies from Quebec. I remember the moment I first saw a movie coming out of Quebec - "Jesus of Montreal" (1989) by Denys Arcand and I immediately fell in love with the cinema Quebecois.

But let's go back to our vampire movie. What the trailer is showing you is just what you're getting - a young coming out of age vampire girl dealing with the vampire problems of a newbie vampire. There is no horror, it's just a great well measured quality of dark humor, along with making us think of the death as a salvation, not as a punishment or horror.

I very highly recommend this movie to any movie buff and especially recommend it to any goths out there.

One piece of advice: watch this movie in a dark room. Most scenes are shot in a very dark environment and if you have sun coming to the room or any other light you won't be able to see lots of details on the screen.

But hey, this is a goth movie, right?