When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
Acting
Eric Ruffin's dead-eyed stillness is genuinely unsettling.
Direction
O'Shea's debut feels like a documentary that wandered into horror.
Cinematography
Bleak Queens locations become their own character.
Director
Michael O'Shea
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
O'Shea was a NYC doorman for years and wrote this between shifts; the apartment building is his actual workplace.
The film deliberately mirrors George Romero's Martin — another 'is-he-or-isn't-he' vampire story — but swaps Pittsburgh working-class decay for post-2008 Queens desperation.
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