True Bloodthirst (2012)

Of course it has bad effects and makeup; but for Syfy this was actually a pretty good movie with a decent plot and characters. I loved watching the interaction between the humans and vampires and after years of True Blood it's nice to see humans who aren't weak and can take care of themselves. The romances were pretty shallow and forced but I could tolerate it. I recommend watching the movie just don't go in with high expectations.

If you paid money for this as I did in a Walmart discount bin then you'll like hate yourself. But really... I knew what I was buying. Thought I would try some low budget, poor acting, poor SFX etc. vampire movie. That is what I got but I still found I followed it and only rarely fast forwarded. I've seen some of the actors before and don't know why they got themselves involved in this. Must have had mortgage payments due. So it has almost everything derivative you can think about (synthetic blood, silver (mercury) hollow bullets, retrovirus, misunderstood vampires, human/ vampire love interest, sacrifice loved one to vampirism instead of death, evil human conspiracy, etc. So what did I like about it: 1. Harsh sharp images in some scenes. To me showing lack of technical funds but at times gave some scenes an interesting perspective. 2. Actors who were okay but never great. 3. Some odd background characters that often have no lines but look quirky. There was one weird guy on the dance floor. Also liked the female member of the vampire team but we didn't see much of her. Had few lines. Her male counterpart had no lines. 4. The setting of much of the movie is an abandoned mill or processing facility. I found the scenes there interesting to watch. 5. Sense of isolation. The factory, the use of fires in 45 gallon drums, the overground weeds came a sense of desolation to the vampire area. Or I assume they were often in that vampire area as we never seemed to see them leave it - although they must have in some cases. 6. Did have a limited sense that the vampires were "slumming" and were relegated to camps. They could have added a few more scenes to increase this sense.So these are not reasons you buy a movie but they are things that make you watch it when you have it.Ignore the title or at the least the one on IMDb (it is called Vampyre Nation on my DVD). They are copying many vampire elements but I did not find it reflective of True Blood at all. So think of it copying other poorer vampire flicks.

The entire film is not worth watching. Unless your a director doing research on what not to do. Like a vampire being made in 5 seconds. Also a new vampire making a human into another vampire before they have even fed for the first time. The actors needed to get a clue. Vampires do not fidget. There is no such thing as a vampire with ADHD. It makes them look too human. None of the actors did well. They should get an F for effort and research on their characters.The plot was pathetic and predictable. The graphics were boring but thats to be expected, why try when everything else is so sub par? This is one of the worst movies ever made in a vampire genre. Was it fun to watch? Hell no.

Is this the best film every made? No. Not by a long shot. Is it the best film SyFy's ever made? No, not at all. Is it fun to watch? HELL YES! The bad stuff, the writing isn't great and the side actors are not the best. That being said, let's be honest, the writing is always bad in these kind of movies. None of the actors appearing in them are looking to collect an Oscar for a made for TV movie. OK, so, let's move on. The main cast did a great job with what they had. I completely LOVED watching Andrew Lee Potts in this role. He puts his all in every role he does and I love it. Neil Jackson was fantastic in this and I actually liked him in this more than I did in Push. I've never seen Ben Lambert in anything before but he did a very good job as Nickolai. This is especially true of his interactions with Heida Reed. I would have loved to have seen more of her character; I think it was under used which is a shame because I really think she could have risen to the challenge. My only complaint with the entire SyFy production is the name. True Bloodthirst was trying way too hard. They would have done better to leave it as a true SyFy original and left the title as simply Bloodthirst or Vampyre Nation. By adding the True to it, they seem desperate to cash in on another shows popularity. As I said before, the entire film is well worth watching. I really enjoyed it for what it was and I'd definitely by the DVD. :-)