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Depressingly nihilistic, bloody, gratuitous fan service, questionable gender identities, pretentious in seriousness, and boring dialog wrapped around a paper thin story with a brother against brother duality good vs. evil but oh my gosh we ALL can be a little evil at least theme that's been done a thousand times, maybe even more.

Looks pretty though. I will say that the art style reminiscent of Ralph Bakshi is a much needed breath of fresh air to the tired anime conformity.

The highlight of the production is definitely the soundtrack, some great modular synth work by the composers, though the theme song is completely forgettable in typical modern anime fashion.

However when all is said and done, this is a teenager's idea of what "adult" means, all sensationalism with no substance. It checked all the boxes on standard anime ingredients but failed to cook them properly. A failed attempt to titillate instead of crafting a good story. This review is for the first 10 episodes inclusive. Hard pass. 3 stars.

Low budget comedy gold, this is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. The different personalities of all the flatmates drive some fantastic situation comedy. Basically these guys are all stunted at a maturity level somewhere in their 20's and they are vampires, and the jokes just play with that. "The Beast" is a running joke with a great payoff, won't spoil it but it was unexpected for me. This is the kind of movie where the low budget works in its favor, buckets of obviously fake blood and stiff costumes just make everything funnier. Definitely recommended.

Thoroughly enjoyable bit of weirdness. The movie looks great and there is some great comedic timing from a lot of the characters here too. The juxtaposition of peasant superstition and aristocratic "there's an explanation for everything" is a great mix. For most of the movie, what is supposed to be real or an illusion from the story's point of view is in question. This reminds me of parts of Pan's Labyrinth, Naked Lunch, Van Helsing, among others. It does have some flaws in the logic and the pacing at times, and it can be a little confusing separating the characters from their grime to make sense of the story. This is one of those movies that's got a lot of art house in it so it's not going to appeal to everyone, but if you like a unique mix of camp, fx, and writing that leaves some questions unanswered you'll enjoy it. I highly recommend this one. I would go see a sequel in a heartbeat.