A really strong idea - Chantal Contouri discovers she's descended from a royal line of vampires - and a strong world - vampirism in the modern day - but the story doesn't kick on.
Contouri is passive a lot of the time, walking around and being freaked. There's too much padding and repetition - scenes of Contouri walking, refusing blood, escaping and being recaptured. The time could've been better spent on other areas - the royal family, her past. Maybe have her go vampire a lot earlier.
It's a shame because the idea is great and there are some memorably moments - Contouri taking a bloody shower, flashbacks to her being traumatised as a girl.
The cast are ideal to play vampires - Max Phipps, David Hemmings, Henry Silva (wasted in his role), Shirley Camero, Robert Thompson from Patrick. Rod Mullinar is on hand to play his handsome leading man thing which he often did at the time.
It's got other Tony Ginnane hallmarks too like Brian May's booming music and nice atmospheric photography. Unfortunately like much of Ginnane's output it's disappointing.
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