VAMPIRE (2011)

An odd indie film I'd been wanting to see because of Kevin Zegers, I knew going into this it wasn't about traditional "vampires"; Zegers plays biology teacher Simon Williams, who trolls an online site called Side by Cide to find young women looking to kill themselves.  Convincing them he will join them in a suicide pact, he instead kills the women by draining their blood into glass jars, to drink later, and is also part of a bizarre community who think of themselves as vampires (including a complete psycho named Renfield, who uses his "vampirism" to cover his even more sick tastes), that make him seem almost normal by comparison.  And let's not even get into the mother with Alzheimer's (Amanda Plummer), who spends her days harnessed to giant helium balloons, or the pretty suicidal blonde, Ladybird, who Simon develops feelings for ... Vampire is a unique, very slow-moving drama with the feel of a slow-burning Asian horror film.  Unsettling, weird and flawed enough to make for an intriguing watch ... if not something you'd exactly rush to see. (rated R)  C

VAMPIRE trailer