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Perfect Creature played on the 22nd AFFF (24th April 2006)

posted 19 years ago by rarz
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The 22nd Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival had a suprise showing of this movie on 25 april. Originally Wolf Creek was programmed, but due to a rights issue it could not be shown, so we got Perfect Creature instead.

The kicker here is that this version is finished, but will NOT be the version that will be released theatrically later this year. For some reason the US wants to recut (parts of) the movie. What we got was the version the Dutch distributor had. It will probably never be shown again. (Alas)

Perfect Creature is a strange critter to classify. While it has vampires in it, it is not really a horror movie. It appears to play in a large city that could be anywhere on the world, it is set in a fictional one. Think 'London' of the early 1900s, but with a technology level that makes genetic research possible.

I won't spoilt the actual content of the movie - but I really enjoyed watching it. Visually it is pretty stunning, and the atmosphere that it creates for itself is one of gloom and doom. It is not a happy world and life isn't fun - the role the vampires have taken in human society is a very ironic one, and very non-canon in movies involving vampires.

If you get the chance to see this, go watch it. It has vampires, police, suspense and very pretty visuals.

[–] mimsey001 19 years ago

Thank you so much for your review. It makes me want to see this movie all the more! I'm dying to know when it will be released in ANY format!

[–] todd-sarah 18 years ago

Man I did some work for this movie about 2 years ago and it just seemed to vanish off the map - I can't wait to see something! Thanks for your post.

[–] dan_rulzall 18 years ago

haha yeah i worked on it also way back in the day cant wait to see it

[–] ozkrow 18 years ago

sounds good. i will be viewing the U.S version in los angeles on 1/17. i will let u know how it is...

edit:wow...this movie is better than i expected. they can add a few things to make it flow better. it is fresh approach to vampires and their roll in society. dont think of it as your typical "vampire" movie. it has a totaly diffrent feel to it. i wonder if they will change anything for the release...time will tell

[–] eray-yare 18 years ago

Is the screening on Jan17 (LA) part of general release or a special screening. A lot of this movie was shot in my home town (mid-2004) & a lot of us locals have been waiting to see it. Does anybody have reliable "inside" knowledge of proposed schedule?
Info appreciated ...

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[–] lordhagus 18 years ago

In the Netherlands, where I am from, this movie is coming out on dvd in March.
Never heard of it though but I am pretty curious about it right now.

[–] Gunji 18 years ago

I would say it's more Night Watch (2004) meets From Hell (2001).

The whole setting is faily original, but the plot itself is really clichéd. Atmosphere pretty good. Visuals were all right for a 10 million dollar budget. OK performances, no outstanding nor really bad ones. All in all it was ok but nothing more, I'd give it a 6 (out of 10). Mainly because the story isn't really that interesting. The whole world and underlying idea is fairly unique and portrayed convincingly, but it isn't really put to use. I guess their possibilities were limited by the budget as well. Somehow I found the story to be a little bit boring. I guess given the ingredients it could have been more and it's not bad or anything, just a bit mediocre.
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The escape scene with the vampire killer was pretty cool though!
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[–] michael77-1 13 years ago

Perfect creature but crap film. The same old story - all action shots dark scenery and then really appalling acting and stilted ridiculous dialogue lets it down. It really sucked.