This movie got hyped on its release as a "Black and White, Iranian, Vampire, indie film". Sounds amazing, right? No. The movie is clearly filmed in America, the Black and White visuals add nothing to the movie, and the vampire aspect of the film isn't very interesting nor does the film really have anything to do with "vampires". Now, to be fair, this has more to deal with expectations, but I think the publicity and press that this movie received when it was first released was a bit damaging to my view and other people's views of the film. The movie, at best, is a good student film. There's no element of the film that I would consider excellent, noteworthy, or even demands attention to be seen. It's not a horrid movie by any means, but I was greatly disappointed by the film when it received so much hype and praise about the background of the film and its premise, when it's literally just an English director making an Iranian movie filmed in California with a punk skater chick vampire. Just because a director is of Iranian descent does not make the movie an "Iranian movie" and I think people used this point to oversell the film and make people think that they were watching an Iranian flick.
