Seth is an 8 year old living in run down post war Idaho farmland where he comes to believe that a local woman (Duncan) is a vampire and responsible for a number of boys that have gone missing. His anxiety grows when his beloved older brother (Mortensen) returns from post nuclear holocaust torn Japan and is attracted to the woman.
Full of imagery and symbolism and hence much admired by many, this is still very hard to swallow. This is mainly because the boy can see quite clearly what is really going on, but chooses to ignore this and that everyone in the film is completely nuts bar none. I can admire many things about this film, but ultimately I couldn't persuade myself that it wasn't just pretentious twaddle. Sorry.
Full of imagery and symbolism and hence much admired by many, this is still very hard to swallow. This is mainly because the boy can see quite clearly what is really going on, but chooses to ignore this and that everyone in the film is completely nuts bar none. I can admire many things about this film, but ultimately I couldn't persuade myself that it wasn't just pretentious twaddle. Sorry.