The Unwanted

Plot synopsis:
Carmilla arrives in South Carolina to investigate a woman named Millarca. The only information she has is an address, but Troy, the owner of the house, says nobody named Millarca has ever lived there. He offers to give Carmilla a ride into town, and she later coincidentally visits a restaurant where Troy's daughter, Laura, works. Curious, Laura presses for more details, and Carmilla reveals that Millarca is her mother, whom she never knew. Carmilla eventually becomes annoyed with Laura's questions and leaves, but Laura stops her to explain that her father once rented out a trailer. Carmilla requests public records at the police station, but they tell her it will take two business days.
At Laura's urging, Troy lets Carmilla stay at the trailer, which Troy reveals he once rented to Millarca. Laura invites Carmilla to hang out with her, and the two grow closer. Worried about Laura's increasing bond with Carmilla, Troy says Millarca was trouble and her daughter likely is, too. Laura becomes uncomfortable when Troy tries to kiss her, and he breaks down in tears as he says that she reminds him of her dead mother. Later, Troy explains that Millarca and Karen, Laura's mother, were also friends. Troy did not approve of their friendship and, as a devout Christian, believed Millarca was a bad influence. Troy tells Carmilla that her mother was a thief and left without paying rent. He suggests that she leave soon, as he does not want Laura to become too attached to Carmilla if she will be leaving town.
Before Carmilla leaves, she checks the police station. There, she discovers the police were called to Troy's house. In Millarca's statement, she says she was having a lesbian affair with Karen. Separately, Troy corroborates this with Laura, who has demanded the full story. Troy beat both women when he found that they were engaging in blood fetishism. He blamed Karen's mysterious ailment and eventual death on Millarca, whom he believes to have been a vampire who seduced Karen. Laura, who self-injures, excitedly tells Carmilla, who has not left town yet, that she now understands herself and her sexuality. The two begin a lesbian relationship that mirrors that of their mothers.
Carmilla discovers Laura's scars and makes Laura promise to stop self-injuring. Carmilla further tells Laura she will not engage in blood fetishism any more, as it is a substitute for self-injury. Carmilla urges Laura to leave town with her, but Laura resists. Troy becomes suspicious that Laura is still seeing Carmilla and warns her that he will not allow Carmilla to hurt her. Exasperated, Laura insists that Carmilla has done nothing to her. However, Troy breaks into her bedroom and discovers extensive scars from Laura's self-injuring. Mistaking them as evidence of Carmilla's vampirism, Troy threatens to kill Carmilla as he did Millarca.
Troy binds Laura to her bed and says that if Carmilla returns to the house, it is proof she is a vampire. Laura desperately warns off Carmilla when she does come, but Carmilla refuses to leave without her. As Laura tearfully tells Carmilla that Troy killed Millarca, Troy, a hunter, shoots Carmilla with a bow and arrow. Laura stops him before he can finish her off with a knife. As she calls the police, Troy retrieves his knife and kills Carmilla. As she dies, Carmilla sees her mother. Laura flees the house and drives off into the night as the police arrive.

Tags: plot twist, murder, romantic

Review:
Meh, Different..
Sadly, not in a good way.
It is entirely a drama, maybe, just maybe 2 or 3 horror elements thrown in there so it can cover a wider range of genres, but overall the movie is a flop.If you are heavily into adult movies and horror, you will be disappointed.
If you're a horror die fan, you'll be annoyed.
And if you just want to watch something for 18 years+, you can do better!
It's more of a torture porn production, with a lot of self inflicted wounds and a decent plot, surely enough, but far from being my coup of tea.
My personal vote is 4.
I won't ruin it for others, but I kinda do fail seeing how this can be appreciated.
Cheers!.
Unexpected treat.
I started watching this movie on Netflix without having any idea what I was about, and I suspect that is the best way to watch it.
Then the vampire twist part way through, while somewhat foreshadowed, is still rather surprising and pleasantly shocking.Hannah Fierman is the stand out performer as Laura, the young woman fascinated by the drifter Carmilla (Kristen Orr in an understated performance).
William Kat is the least convincing, chewing the scenery as Laura's semi-psychotic father.The movie works in its own right as a modern Gothic, ad is also a retelling (rather loosely) of Carmilla that vampire aficionados will appreciate.
The movie starts rather slow but the narrative and cinematography built towards an evocative and visually compelling ending..
A New Twist at an Old Tale..
In this Southern Gothic retelling of Sheridan Le Fanu's vampire story 'Carmilla,' a young drifter (Christen Orr) arrives in a rural town seeking the whereabouts of the mother she never knew.
When she becomes sexually involved with an emotionally fragile waitress (Hannah Fierman), she exposes the secret of her mother's disappearance and incites the wrath of the girl's overprotective father (William Katt).William Katt was a nice catch.
He has been thrilling audiences for decades, and obviously has the horror credibility with "Carrie" and "House".
(More people should also see "Big Wednesday".) The quality of the film is good, even if the acting at times is only mid-level.
For what is probably a very low budget film, one should not expect so much.
What may be a draw for some are the lesbians aspects.
Far more than earlier versions of "Carmilla", this film makes that stuff explicit.
Not gratuitous or pornographic, but certainly no secret..
Desperately seeking mama.
Inspired by the Joseph Seridan LeFanu's famed Gothic novella, The Unwanted is a suspense filled thriller.
A young woman, Carmilla (Christen Orr) comes to a rural town seeking the truth about her mother.
She crosses paths with an emotionally unstable young woman Laura (Hannah Fierman) who serves as the key to the mystery of her pursuits.
Unfortunately an overprotective father Keith (Robert Hatch) creates a barrier to the truth.
This movie has many twists and turns and keeps you on your seat as the action unfolds.
As the movie pierces the surface, it stirs up some unforeseen tensions.
Lynn Talley plays a believable vulnerable torn woman in Karen and even though local Atlanta actress Kylie Brown shares few lines as Millarca Karnstein ( the lost mother) the emotion is raw and real.
I saw this movie as part of the Atlanta Film Festival and enjoyed seeing many local Atlanta landmarks.
This movie keeps you going as you discover what happen to mommy dearest..
One of the Worst Movies I have ever seen!!!.
Taken a very wild and alarmingly disrespectful interpretation of Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla" this horrible movie takes a turn for the worst of the worst.
Out of all the interpretations this one has gone where no adaptation has gone before, it has stomped and spitted all over the original story.A southern tale of religion, lesbianism, self-cutting, discrimination, cold blood murder, it has NOTHING to do with the Vampire novella it was supposed based upon.But it goes to great lengths to trick you it does, like keeping the names Laura and Carmilla, even the Karstein last name, which apparently to these amateurs is enough to say "based upon"...
no, it's not.This waste of tape goes thru so many genres like crime, suspense, horror, romance, semi-vampire story...
it jut can't find its place where it wants to belong.It doesn't have any suspense at all, all the plot twists are obvious from the first minute, it was filmed, written and produced by amateurs and provocateurs that think audiences are so stupid to praise a movie just because it has an explicit sexual scene, they might have thought that raising the bar on the nudity would make people forget the garbage they just watched...
well, it did not.The plot is all over, the characters are badly written, horribly acted, the story doesn't even resemble "Carmilla" at all.
One thing is to make a modern adaptation of the source material and another very different thing is to insult it and spit all over it.As if the filmmakers have sat down and said "What is the worst possible insult we deliver to Carmilla and the fans of the novel?" And they came up with such an abomination.This "movie" has no redeeming qualities, waste of time, waste of tape.Please do not watch this filth, friends don't let friends watch "The Unwanted"