It’s hard to come up with a fresh concept when vampires are involved. Filmmakers Leland Montgomery and Michael Basha find one in with Black Cat in a Dark Room.
Our vampires are Bev (Alice Winslow), Florence (Libby Matthews, and Pauline (Taylor Shurte). The trio are inconspicuously dressed in nursing scrubs visiting a dying elderly gentleman. He tells the ladies that he’s ready and becomes enamored with their ritualistic dance. Before you (or he) know it, Pauline strikes and sucks the blood and life of their client. This happens again for Florence, but with their third patient of the night, she has changed her mind, leaving Beverly the odd woman out.
Our vampires…are inconspicuously dressed in nursing scrubs visiting a dying elderly gentleman.
Black Cat in a Dark Room opens with an intriguing premise — a trio of vampires finding an ethical way of satiating their thirst for blood through euthanasia. Writer-director Montgomery and co-writer Basha had an interesting idea found an even more interesting ending as the last vampire confronts their true nature and must decide if she can accept who she is and what she must do.
What also helps tell their story is the use of a handheld camera. There’s a bit of cinematic precision at play here as the camera moves between tight close-ups for intimate moments and rush movement as the action plays out. Black Cat in a Dark Room is an engaging and thought-provoking tale with a fun horror element and a bit of blood on the side.
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"…an engaging and thought-provoking tale with...a bit of blood on the side."
