Children of the night, what sweet music they make

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2010)

After I have seen this movie, I became a vampire movie fan 12 years ago. Since that day, I have been looking for similar dark, atmospheric experiences. This forced me into an odyssey of bad Vampire movies. Coming back 12 years later to the beginning, made me realize how good this movie actually is. And how hard it is to direct a vampire movie without making it, pathetic, corny or stupid.
This movie isn't free of flaws. Actually, I probably would not rate any other movie with 10 points that has as many flaws as this movie. Some special effects look very trashy (for 1992 it was probably very good). Some scenes look odd, maybe too experimental, and don't fully fit into the rest. Some characters motivations haven't been fully explained, especially the end seems a bit incomplete.
It is all excused by scenes of unbelievable beauty and a dark (and sexy) atmosphere that is unmatched in any other vampire movie. Visually the movie is very experimental, which partly created those very odd scenes, but overall created beautiful and totally unusual scenes. The music is amazingly atmospheric and catchy. After not seeing the film for around 10 years, I was totally impressed when I noticed that the tune was engraved into my brain cells – this rarely happens to me when it comes to soundtracks.