first things first. kudos to the filmmaker for having the drive & ambition to make a film. for a no-budget production shot on video it looks fantastic. but that's where the kudos end.
it's a shame that he didn't use that same ambition to write a half decent script. a script with an unique premise, a good story, and with characters that are interesting. instead it's a film that is devoid of a plot, and whose characters are about as fascinating as a bicycle manual. it also doesn't help that the actors portraying these lifeless characters act as monotone and as wooden as humanly possible. a zombie from a george a. romero film has more gusto than these performers.
it's also a shame that he didn't think about who the audience for this film is. is he making a film for intellectual vampire lovers? for people who like gore? for people who like thrillers that slowly get under your skin? i don't think he even knows, as this film doesn't deliver anything of substance to any possible audience whatsoever. it has no gore. no scares. no atmosphere. no chills. no intrigue. no mystery. no sex appeal. no wow factor at all. which is why it will never get distribution, because it fails to deliver what audiences want out of films - entertainment.
sadly, because the technology behind making a film is getting easier and cheaper every year, more films like this will get made - films that have no point, no purpose, and no audience, other than the filmmaker's friends and family in stafford springs, connecticut...