With its glamorous cast and stylized aesthetic, Night Teeth, a new vampire flick on Netflix, is a fun and colorful dark comedy that lacks thrills, however.
WHAT DOES IT TALK ABOUT ?
A young driver drives two mysterious strangers from night to night. But as their true nature is revealed, he must fight to stay alive.
WHO IS IT WITH?
Beautiful, well-known world of series fans have been brought together for Night Teeth, a vampire film written by Brent Dillon and directed by Adam Randall. We thus find in the cast Debby Ryan, from the Disney team and heroine of Insatiable, Alfie Allen alias Theon Greyjoy from Game of Thrones, Alexander Ludwig alias Bjorn the son of Ragnar in Vikings but also Sydney Sweeney, seen in two HBO productions of Euphoria and The White Lotus quality.
Other comedians seen in Netflix productions are part of the cast, including Lucy Fry, who starred in Bright, and Raul Castillo, who participated in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead adventure. The hero Jorge Lendeborg Jr. has distinguished himself in big productions such as Spider-Man: Homecoming, Bumblebee and Alita: Battle Angel. Finally, the presence of Megan Fox will delight nostalgic fans and Jennifer’s Body.
WELL WORTH A LOOK ?
Iconic figure of horror cinema, the vampire is once again brought up to date in Night Teeth, a new horror film available on Netflix. In this pop thriller, the monster with the long canines rides an Uber after dark in Los Angeles to fulfill his purpose and stick his fangs in the necks of poor mortals.
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Night Teeth’s vampires live among humans and have even made a pact with them, and specifically the Boyle Heigths neighborhood, not to encroach upon this territory or let humanity know that they exist.
But this fragile balance changes when one of the bloodsuckers breaks this pact and wants to control the City of Angels. This betrayal is revealed through the nocturnal misadventure of Benny, a student who plays the chauffeurs for two mysterious women, and who happens to be the brother of the leader of the group that protects mortals from vampires.
Fun, blood but no spice
The taxi ride that turns into a nightmare recalls the plot of Collateral, plus the fantasy. If we get caught up in the game of cat and mouse that takes place in Night Teeth, we easily get lost in the face of the few inconsistencies of the scenario and the lack of depth of the established universe.
Night Teeth is worth especially for its very polished and ambitious aesthetic, with charming visual effects and the chemistry between its main characters, embarked on a road trip of hell quite funny and calibrated in terms of action with effective fight scenes. .
Slightly bloody but not scary at all, this vampire film is nevertheless very entertaining, thanks to good twists, some appreciable diversions of the codes of the genre, a well-felt sarcastic humor and surprisingly endearing characters.
In summary, Night Teeth is a horrific thriller perfect for the cautious who wouldn’t want to risk too much thrill on Halloween night but aren’t against an action-packed, comedic, and quite stylized vampire flick with a few liters of hemoglobin spilled.
