So, the initial analogy of vampires for gentrification is absolutely hilarious and plays so very well, getting funnier the more one thinks about it. This movie starts tongue-in-cheek and never quite takes itself entirely seriously, offering numerous in-jokes and fun genre references. This film apes the film Attack the Block, but doesn’t quite have the originality, cleverness or performances of that film. This film is a modernized amalgam of Monster Squad and Lost Boys, aping the latter film verbatim atimes. The film doesn’t offer anything particularly new, but has fun with its premise with a charismatic cast that feels like they are enjoying themselves. It plays off of old vampire tropes and certainly offers some meta commentary on how vampires are exhausted in all their variant forms and tropes. While not particularly original or frightening, this film is not afraid to have fun, feeling almost like an old-fashioned throwback to earlier genre films of the type.
Vampires Vs. The Bronx (2020)