For a Saturday night, this film worked swimmingly. Vampires and werewolves have been pretty much played out, but mermaids (and mermen) are underrepresented.
Note horror addicts will likely be disappointed by this, as vampy camp trumps gore and adrenaline. Horror seems surging in popularity to me, but a film like this worked for me, and typically musicals are even more of an anathema for me.
But sort of like an aquatic Rocky Horror Picture Show, this film found my heart (and mercifully did not tear it out). I will say that there is a retro-element of "I Want My MTV" - if you are old enough to remember the watchability that channel once had.
All of this in a pretty splashy debut by a filmmaker to watch. The camera dances, the colors bright even as the topic darkens, and one must always be careful in a "catch and release" approach to love.
Note horror addicts will likely be disappointed by this, as vampy camp trumps gore and adrenaline. Horror seems surging in popularity to me, but a film like this worked for me, and typically musicals are even more of an anathema for me.
But sort of like an aquatic Rocky Horror Picture Show, this film found my heart (and mercifully did not tear it out). I will say that there is a retro-element of "I Want My MTV" - if you are old enough to remember the watchability that channel once had.
All of this in a pretty splashy debut by a filmmaker to watch. The camera dances, the colors bright even as the topic darkens, and one must always be careful in a "catch and release" approach to love.