Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

beorhhouse An interesting Gothic film that is more creepy than outright terrifying. There's quite a bit of blood, and it should be remembered that in Styria as well as other parts of the Old Country there is no difference between a vampire and a witch. The word used for both, interchangeably, is 'striga', plural 'strigoi'. This is a great study for anyone even remotely interested in vampire lore, but more questions are asked here than are answered--something some like, I however do not. The plight of abused women seems to be the primary theme, and what an abused woman can do about her predicament. Familial love, though, wins out in the end and the striga is forced to leave because of the intensity of that love. J.S. Le Fanu wrote quite a different story, but this is a nice adaptation or inspired piece, and the lesbian theme is really downplayed and made to look more like what Le Fanu intended and wrote as opposed to what today's critics like to repeat for the masses. The cinematography and acting are excellent. I only give this film a seven because the phantasmagoria wasn't phantasmagoric enough, possibly because the reality scenes were too real and interspersed with the nightmare far too often.

mschneids89 THIS IS HOW VAMPIRES CAME TO BE. THE MODERN WAY PEOPLE THINK OF VAMPIRES IS ONLY ABOUT 200 YEARS OLD. ALL THE REVIEWS WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A HORRIBLE REFERENCE TO VAMPIRES COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG. THE IDEA OF VAMPIRES WAS AROUND LONG BEFORE Dracula. I've never seen a movie which depicted vampirism as it was before the 1800s when it became all about fangs, big collars, castles on a hilltop, etc.. and it was quite refreshing. The story could have been written a little better, but as far as getting old superstitions correctly, they did great. The first "vampires" were actually just people who suffered from TB, or consumption as it was called.(The "castle" they stayed in in the movie used to be a recovery for people with consumption.) Usually the first to fall ill was the one the people thought was a vampire. Since the disease literally withered their bodies away, it was thought that the dead were draining the living. Their proof was digging up the Graves, as they did in the movie, and if the body appeared fresh then they were a vampire, which was also depicted in the movie when they dug up the girl and fresh blood ran out of her mouth. Afterwards, they would steak the heart, cut off the head and burn the body. In some cases they would cut out the heart, burn it, then have the sick drink the hearts ashes thinking this would cure them. My point being, maybe if more people realized it's much more accurate than they think, they'd like it a bit more. I could go on, but if you like history, vampires and creepy stories, you should like this movie.

Robert J. Maxwell I missed the first half hour of this horror film that I guess is an updated version of Sheridan LeFanu's precursor of "Dracula", so these few comments must be qualified.It's a gloomy and atmospheric film, shot with deliberate artiness in a cold and inhospitable castle in wintry Hungary. The land is sparsely populated with superstitious villagers who always dress in black and are hostile to the point of menace. There are few daylight scenes and they're photographed through a chill fog. It makes you not want to visit Hungary and to hell with the tokay.Living in the castle for some reason are Steven Rhea and his daughter Eleanor Tomlinson. The castle also appears to be the home of Carmilla, Julia Pietrucha, who befriends Tomlinson and more or less seduces her. Don't worry -- no nudity, alas. Nobody else seems to be able to see Carmilla so she may be a ghost.The general idea is that if you kill yourself you become a vampire -- or something. I missed that half hour but I'm not sure it would have cleared up this turgid plot.Steven Rhea has always had an expressively droopy face, but time seems to have carried his features closer to the Platonic ideal of droopiness. It's a magnificent face.Eleanor Tomlinson's face is pretty good too. She's innocent, winsome, and it adds to her charm. But there is so much cutting with glass, cannibalism, spades through the hearts of corpses that then spout blood, that I can't explain how Tomlinson wound up with blood smeared across her lips as she and Rhea manage to escape the tumult at the end.The atmosphere is great but the plot is even more elliptical. I couldn't see watching it just in order to capture than missing half hour.

santiagodommar Styria comprising all the elements of a renown film, and it will stay on the collective unconscious of those who know which are the real condiments so difficult to achieve, practically, its not only an excellent work of direction of Mauricio Chernovetzki and Mark Devendorf, its an impeccable work of production design, an exquisite photography, and the art work its nothing less than a luxury. With actors like Stephen Rea, Eleanor Tomlinson and Julia Petrucha make the shape for a classic work and one of the few that will stay on the memory of people that really appreciate art works like Styria. Its a shame that always be the movie dealers or business mans that chose the target, most of the time a commercial one. But nonetheless, its classic work