Do you like your vampires traumatized?
Do you like them funny?
Basically, do you like them the closest thing possible to humans?
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Then you are going to loveHumanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person.
The title is already a doozy, andAriane Louis-Seizes debut feature film more than does it justice.
Much to her parents despair, she only feeds off of blood bags filled up by her hunting mother.
This makes getting fangs a rite of passage for young Sasha.
Heck, she even needs it to survive!
And this doesnt apply exclusively to Sasha.
Over the course of the movie,Paul learns to find his own voice.
What starts as a journey to fulfill his dying wish soon becomes something more as he and Sasha bond.
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There is also something to be said about how the movie can be read as a treaty on neurodivergence.
And, throughout the films 90-minute runtime, she doesnt learn how to become someone that she is not.
Instead,she learns how to navigate the world with her own set of rules.
Its an empowering message, one that can be pretty hard to find in horror movies.
However, that shouldnt be seen as a problem.
So, yes, by all means, go get spooked byBill Skarsgards Count Orlok before the year ends.
But after youre done with the scares, save some room in your heart for Sasha and Paul.
