A confusing start gives way to an engaging experiment, and an intriguing first step for AI in filmmaking that shows its director has style. 7.5/10.
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DreadClub: Vampire's Verdict
Feature · 2024 · 1 hr 28 min · Hooroo Jackson
Betty Gray, a college student who lives on gothic romances, falls for Duchamps De Ve, a man on trial for being a vampire. An anime-style feature with AI sound, music, performances and animation, made solo for a few hundred dollars and first released on Prime Video.
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2 of 3 critics rated it positive or mixed.
An engaging mix of myth, mystery and melodrama, held back by a convoluted plot and dialogue that never pauses. 3.5/5.
Read the full reviewGenerally incoherent and close to unwatchable, with characters who never stop talking. Marked rotten.
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