Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Woodyanders This film is based on an actual incident which occurred in 1996. Cocky and charismatic Roderick "Rod" Justin Farrell (an excellent and compelling performance by Drew Fuller) is the leader of a gang of oddball outcast teenagers who think they are vampires. Rod brutally murders the parents of the reluctant Heather Ann Wendorf (well played by Kelly Kruger) and steals their car so the gang can go on the lam. Director John Webb, working from a grim and absorbing script by Aaron Pope, nicely captures the mixed-up Goth kids' warped fantasy world and alienated nihilistic mindset without ever passing judgment on the characters or resorting to lurid sensationalism. Moreover, Webb and Pope firmly ground the morbidly engrossing story in a completely plausible everyday reality. Better still, Webb and Pope admirably refuse to explain the kids' actions; instead they merely present these crazed youths as they are. This film further benefits from bang-up acting from an able cast, with especially praiseworthy work by Alex Breckenridge as sullen Charity Lynn Keesee, Timoty Derriest as the loopy, nerdy Howard Scott Anderson, Marina Black as the willful Dana Lynn Cooper, Larry Dirk as the folksy Sheriff Mike Dane, Mimi Craven as Heather's concerned mother Ruth, and David Wells as Heather's weary dad Rick. The outbursts of violence are genuinely startling in their abruptness and brutality. Kristian Bernier's slick cinematography, Guy Harrington's moody, shivery score, and the cool rock soundtrack are all up to speed. Worth a look.

funeralpyrequeen the actor who played rod was excellent. he showed the insane not caring manipulativeness that we see in people such as Charles Manson. It was amazing. Exspecially when they had been caught. I loved it. THe actors and actresses were amazing. I believe that it is one of the best vampire movies. I don't understand how you can say the actors aren't any good for Drew Fuller is amazing as rod, captures the exact aura about rod that makes him so incredibly sexy, the manipulativeness, and I don't care what you do to me. Also, the make up was pretty good as was the acting. This is a bit redundant so I apologize. Also it was a pretty good portrayal of the case.

hallandrewe I just rented this movie last night,And In my opinion Monkeys on typewriters could have done a MUCH better job. I am from Eustis Florida the place the murders took place, I actually knew Rod Ferrel very well before he moved to Kentucky. My first problem with the movie is, it wasn't even filmed anywhere near Eustis. Also Rod Ferrel was not a handsome short haired guy, he had long hair and in my opinion is very ugly, also he was like 10 times crazier than they made him seem on the movie, i mean the guy actually thought he was a Vampire how crazy is that. None of the actors in the movie where any good, and the story left out a lot of details, it seemed to me that they didn't do very good research about the crimes and rushed making it, I think the movie could have been much better and I'm VERY disappointed and would like my money back.

jaredsgal6002 This movie shows the life of these 5 teenagers, Rod, Charity, Howard, Dana and Heather in 1996. They believe themselves to be vampires and are on there way to a meeting from New Orleans, Louisiana to Tallahasse, Florida where a big ritual will take place. Charity is pregnant with Rod's child yet is still going out with Heather. Rod invites Heather to Florida yet her parents won't let her, so Rod takes it upon himself to make it possible by murdering Mr and Mrs Wendorf with a crowbar. At first Rod and Howard wanted to steal there car yet the keys were inside the house and Rod looks for a weapon which finds to be a crowbar in the garage and enters the house and kills Mr Wendorf first while he is watching t.v while waiting for Mrs Wendorf to come downstairs. In a dispute Mrs Wendorf throws hot coffee onto Rod and he smack her across the head with the crowbar. They get the car, some money and valubles. Later on Rod confesses to Heather he murdered her parents and she brakes down cries. Towards the end of the movie they run out of money and asks Dana's mom to wire them some money but in the process the ploice track them down and arrest them and the rest is history. So it is a good movie all round and shows when people are taking things too far....