Vampyrer (2008) User Reviews

Vampire Sisters meet Heidegger and Sartre on a chilly evening.

[Beginthebeguine · 14 February 2009]

Younger Sister Vera (Jenny Lampa) needs her sister Vanja (Ruth Vega Fernandez) to remain close. They are the ultimate outsiders, they are Vampire. They don't have any special powers and they don't even have fangs just a knife to make a cut and create a fountain to refresh. Vanja longs to live among the normals and has made plans to run off with a human man she has met. All this seems impossible now as Vera has taken the life of a motorcycle gang member and would be rapist. Now they are being chased through the dark streets as they each confront their own being. It is all nothingness, Vanja complains inside a movie theater before they must have a final standoff with the remainder of the motorcycle gang...only one will survive.

The acting is OK, especially Jenny Lampa who takes control of every scene she is in. Ms. Fernandez is brooding and shy in her method she never seems to take control of the character. There is no professional qualities to the film making process and the look is more home movie than polished product. There should have been a more claustrophobic atmosphere to show the desperation of the sisters and the climate of their relationship. The ending is not there and there is no resolve to the film; none at all. I didn't hate it, I liked looking at Jenny Lampa's face and lips and the way she used her eyes.

I give it 4 out of 10 because it is an early try and with a little effort they might have something there.

Not like Others!

[parry_na · 7/10 · 22 December 2023]

I love the classic idea of vampires, the grand, cape-swirling children of the night. But I also really enjoy films that suggest that vampires are perfectly ordinary people you would pass in the street.

This Swedish vampire story deals with two sisters who make the mistake of killing and draining a key member of a biker gang (which could easily be seen as self defence as he was trying to rape one of them at the time). Suddenly our sympathies are with Vanja and Vera and the remaining bikers - the ordinary people - are very much the aggressors as they follow them relentlessly through streets and town centres.

This isn't an eventful film, but I get the impression it is deliberately low-key. It's just one event in the day-to-day (or night-to-night) existence of two vampires in the modern world, and as such it it worth watching - not least for the performances, which are excellent, and the night-time filming, which really puts over the loneliness and desolation the two sisters have to deal with.

the plot....

[OpinionGuy · 8/10 · 14 February 2009]

This is a good movie i gave it an 8. Since there is no plot at IMDb yet, here is the plot translated from Sweden to English, enjoy.One night two vampire sisters, Vera and Vanja, make a fatal mistake that forces them to run and fight for their lives while being chased by a biker-gang.On this particular night Vanja has also promised herself to share a life-changing secret with her sister Vera; Vanja is ready to try to give up the outcast vampire life, adjust to the real world and live amongst the humans. Vera, her sister, is frightened by a vampire-life in solitude and is willing to do almost anything to stop her sister from leaving her behind. At the same time the biker gang is closing in...

Gritty little vampire flick

[poustinik · 9/10 · 21 July 2012]

In this terse indie effort by Peter Pontikis, Vera (Jenny Lampa) and Vanja (Ruth Vega Fernandez) are two sisters in a Swedish city who share a secret; they are vampires, although far from the kind we've become accustomed to in this age of "Twilight" and "True Blood." We do not find out much about them but are plunged straight into the story--on an evening when Vanja has promised to reveal a major life decision to Vera, a biker gang leader tries to molest Vera in a nightclub toilet and she kills him, sucking his blood. The sisters must run and try to stay one step ahead of the vengeful bikers, until a fateful confrontation.

Everything about the story is brief and understated. These vampires do not appear to be undead, have no super-powers--not even fangs--and are as vulnerable as anyone else. The fact that they live on human blood seems to be the only real difference between them and ordinary mortals, but that simply emphasizes HOW different that one thing makes them.

The locations are all real due to the low budget; rain, wind, etc., are all real and give this film a very immediate impact. The story leaves behind a simple, poignant feeling. Look out for an appearance by David Dencik, familiar from "Forbrydelsen," both "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" movies, and "Those Who Kill." The acting from both principals is excellent, and I give it a 9 only because of a few scripting decisions I don't agree with artistically. Still, one of the best films I've seen in a few years.