As I'm sure you know, if you're reading this, the little girl turns out to be a vampire and the gang of six are lined up one-by-one to be feasted on as she turns the tables on them all! It's a comedy, really. A caper. But with blood, guts, gore and thrills aplenty! There are some twists and turns along the way but most of it is fairly predictable in that respect. All very far-fetched but an enjoyable romp nonetheless!
Alisha Weir (Matilda: The Musical, Wicked Little Letters) plays the title role and is clearly having great fun with it in the midst of the chaos. The 'star' of the show however and person with the most screen time is the very pretty Melissa Barrera (In the Heights, Keep Breathing, Scream) doing a great job holding the cast together around her. The rest of them do a pretty decent job as well, if you take it for what it is and not too seriously. I guess this, for most, was a fun outing between their proper jobs! The late Angus Cloud makes a one-scene appearance right at the death(!) and Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul's Gus Fring), a couple of scenes trying to be scary in a different way. (He should stick with the genuinely frightening Fring character!)
Sets are great and photography thoughtful and well imagined. There's not a huge amount of suspense, tension or mystery about it, as it does come across more like a comedy, but they have chucked in some shots at jump-scares here and there. The fun bits and laugh-out-loud moments are when various people explode and scatter their bodies over the rest of the cast in a million pieces! Anyway, that's about it really. All good fun and certainly worth a Friday night gander after the pub. Available on various streaming channels.
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