Love me some Gothic horror and god damned if I wasn’t satisfied. Gorgeous, had a bit of fun addressing some of the more problematic trappings of the genre in how it treats women.
Remade some of the amazing shots from the original film, maintained a fantastic creeping horror and dread, lots of truly disgusting practical effects, and some original and well realised additions.
Absolutely fab.
You are a Philistine but that’s ok. Plot is just one element of storytelling, it is not the be all and end all.
Vampires, at least the Gothic tradition, have always been about depraved sexuality and the struggle in the conception of the repressed animal and the rational human as a model of a proper person. The disgusting stuff, it’s just vibes. Exploring the grotesque in a safe and fun context.
The world takes all sorts, I’d rather use a staple gun on my face than watch an action flick or see another manly man grapples with manly urges while having to moderate them to avoid driving away the feminine object of his protection story. Maybe gross blood and fucking with maggots just isn’t your thing haha.