| Blood Relatives | |
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| Directed by | Noah Segan |
| Written by | Noah Segan |
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| Distributed by | Shudder |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blood Relatives is a 2022 American comedy-horror film written and directed by Noah Segan, starring Noah Segan and Victoria Moroles.
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. [1]
Blood Relatives was released in the United States on September 23, 2022, at Fantastic Fest. [2] It is distributed by Shudder.
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." [3] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [4]
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". [5] Matt Donato of IGN gave the film a mostly positive review, saying that, while "underwhelming at times", it "makes the most of its strengths." [6] 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." [1]