A very interesting premise of Augustus Pinochet as a 250 year old vampire that wants to die (until he doesn't) is a compelling start and the beautifully shot black and white cinematography and fun side characters held my interest in this movie despite a low budget and 2 hour run time.
Carmencita's unexpected and rather easy flip to the dark side was a bit disappointing to me as she was so self assured for the first 3/4 of the movie as she picked apart the Pinochet family with a verbal rapier. She finally confronts Pinochet and it lasts all of 10 seconds before she wants to be a vampire?? Then I thought maybe that was part of her or the church's plan but she spends the rest of the movie flying a bit and then is beheaded. It really seemed like a wasted effort for her character which was compelling up to that point.
Anyway this movie had 9 potential but it kind of fell apart late on plot, so I couldn't do better than a 7.
Carmencita's unexpected and rather easy flip to the dark side was a bit disappointing to me as she was so self assured for the first 3/4 of the movie as she picked apart the Pinochet family with a verbal rapier. She finally confronts Pinochet and it lasts all of 10 seconds before she wants to be a vampire?? Then I thought maybe that was part of her or the church's plan but she spends the rest of the movie flying a bit and then is beheaded. It really seemed like a wasted effort for her character which was compelling up to that point.
Anyway this movie had 9 potential but it kind of fell apart late on plot, so I couldn't do better than a 7.