Blood Relatives is a 2022 American comedy horror film written and directed by Noah Segan, starring Noah Segan and Victoria Moroles.
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Premise
A Jewish vampire named Francis has spent the last century in isolation, driving around the American Midwest. One day he is tracked down by his 15-year-old daughter Jane, and the two reunite as a family.
Cast
Noah Segan as Francis
Victoria Moroles as Jane
Akasha Villalobos as Hilda
C.L. Simpson as Sylvie
Ammie Masterson as Dr. Seward
Tracie Thoms as Ms. Shelling
Jon Proudstar as Nathan
Josh Ruben as Roger Fieldner
Doug Benson as Mert the Clerk
Release
Blood Relatives was screened in the United States on September 23, 2022, at Fantastic Fest. It is distributed by Shudder.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 28 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "A father-daughter road trip with a vampiric twist, Blood Relatives is one horror-comedy genre mashup that sucks in all the right ways." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Bobby LePire, writing for Film Threat, gave the film a highly positive review, praising its "whipsmart" screenplay and calling it "a blast from start to finish". Matt Donato of IGN gave the film a mostly positive review, saying that, while "underwhelming at times", it "makes the most of its strengths." Leigh Monson of The A.V. Club comments that "Segan manages to tell a compelling story about two people finding family in a vacuum, employing comedic jolts to maintain intrigue even when the importance of the plot becomes secondary."