For all intents and purposes, it's a remake of the 1936 movie Dracula's Daughter.
Filmed in black and white, it's a slow dreamy thing, like a vampire film by David Lynch, which isn't surprising as Lynch is a producer and has a cameo as a morgue attendant.
Nadja, Dracula's daughter, lives in New York and is lonely. She's having to deal with the death of her father at the hands of Van Helsing.
Elina Lowensohn is haunting as Nadja, while Peter Fonda is delightfully manic as Van Helsing.
Aside from the black and white, it's got footage filmed with the Fisher Price pixel-cam, adding another layer of dreamy-ness to it, capped off with the use of My Bloody Valentine on the soundtrack.
A nice touch for Universal fans is the use of Bela Lugosi from White Zombie in a cameo as Dracula.
I think I'm going to try and pick this up for my permanent collection- it's the perfect movie to watch while sipping bitter, licorice flavored, green liqueurs.
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Post script: Well, now I'm going to have to rewatch Dracula's Daughter tomorrow night.
Post-Post script: Well, I thought I'd hit "publish" last night- oops. So, here's the trailer to make up for that:
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