Sangre Eterna

I popped this disk in not expecting much, I only bought it because it was dirt cheap and I'm a fanatic about vampire movies. I was *very* pleasantly surprised that the movie takes place within the "goth" subculture, and even more so at how authentic the subculture was represented. You'd think more horror movies, especially vampire ones, would have more of this influence. I may be a bit prejudiced about liking this movie so much because I love a movie in which I can relate to the characters, who, might I add, are absolutely beautiful, I could stare at them for hours. The plot is original, I've never seen the whole role-playing game scenario used in a vampire movie before. I loved how it kept you guessing...are the vampires real, or is M just delusional. Obviously, with the limited budget, some things are left to be desired, but that just goes with the independent film territory...especially with horror movies that require makeup and special effects. The soundtrack is also exceptional. I have been desperately trying to find the soundtrack, but unfortunately it's out of print and impossible to find. This is definitely in my top 10 of favorite vampire movies!

Carmilla (Blanca Lewin) is a student of Journalism, who has relationship problems with her stepmother. She needs to interview a person for her homework of philosophy class, and she meets M (Juan Pablo Ogalde), a vampire lover that plays a RPG called "Eternal Blood" with his Gothic friends Elizabeth (Patricia Lopez) and Martin (Claudio Espinoza), in a seminar. After the interview, she is invited to participate in the game and dates M in a party in a house owned by the weird Dahmer (Carlos Borquez). The group uses drugs, and M is convinced that Dahmer is a vampire and is transforming his friends also in vampires. He decides to use the content of the philosophy classes to save Carmilla and his friends from the claws of Dahmer.

Although having a confused beginning, "Sangre Eterna" is a good vampire movie. In the beginning, the development of the characters is very weak and it is difficult to understand what is happening. After some fifteen minutes, there is a clarification, and the story becomes dramatic regarding the relationship of Carmilla and M with their families. Then the gore and Gothic story becomes very intriguing and has a great conclusion. The dark cinematography and music score fits very well to this simple, but efficient film. My only remark is the exaggerated merchandising. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Sangue Eterno" ("Eternal Blood")

Note: On 23 May 2010 I saw this film again.

First off this is this director's 2nd film and before everyone rips it pieces could you do better had you been the director with their budget? I really enjoyed this Spanish-version vampire film as it's was done not in a style reminscent of American,Asian,or European horror films that we've all seen before. Juan Olgade is a very good actor and a drop-dead lookalike of Robert Downey jr. The version I saw was unrated and very gory and I apperciate the ending where dumb people will go "Huh" and those of us who actually paid attention will be like where there's 2 ways to explain whether or not they were vampires at all? Very good foregin horror film compared to others that I've seen. ** out of *****

this is one of the best vampire movies I've seen in a long time. now days it seems like people are running out of ideas for good and original movies, especially in the horror genre. its nice to see one that takes a fresh view from something as universal as role-playing as the storytelling engine that drives the movie. it also leaves the movie more to interpretation of the audience rather than spoon feeding you every small detail. overall, i loved this film. i accidentally ran across this at the video store, and had to watch it cause i thought it would be a "B" rated horror flick, but i was pleasantly surprised to find out that the plot was good, the acting was good, the music was awesome, and the DP work was good. the only thing not top notch was the cover art, but that may have been on purpose to get people like me to pick it up. everyone needs to find this movie at a local video store, or just go buy the thing, its worth it.

This Latin film is really amazing. A group of young people has a singular game on vampires. But they need another member and they look for a girl dressed black, nothing badly for the occasion. But they without knowledge that really is happening, begin to confuse the thin line of the reality. At the outset it can seem a simple film of vampires, but soon this begins to transform itself into very dark nightmare, with good special effects, but with good actors, something very rare for this type of films… I don't tell much about the plot to ruin the surprise. This film does not have million of the American industry, but it has much creativity, well-taken care of line of vision. I did not know that it was a Latin film (from Chile) until seeing an exhibition here in Mexico. Is brilliant to see an original work!