The story of a young man called Jacob who is confined to a life of isolation, due to a very rare skin disorder. Read more …
His world changes when he meets a local bartender and falls in love. Jacob's condition worsens and forces him to drink human blood for sustenance - leading to law enforcement suspecting him in a series of grizzly murders.
In truth, there's a good idea here – the vampire as artistic self-hater – but the film never quite reconciles the histrionic demands of the genre with the down'n'dirty texture it's seeking to create.
Coming to terms with his vampiric cravings provides the basis of a thoughtful tale that is more a twisted romance than a typical shocker.
Midnight Son is a confident, minor work that hardcore admirers of the True Blood/Twilight cycle will want to seek out.
A bloody and well-acted vampire curio.
It's a frightening story, plausibly developed within a relatively brief running time, and the central love between the male protagonist increasingly addicted to blood and a girl addicted to cocaine is oddly moving.
General release. Check local listings for show times.