You wouldn't believe what I found in my library. Yep, a real B-class horror. Something we all (I guess) read when we were kids before we went to sleep at summer camps to prove we were badasses who couldn't get scared that easily while we were hoping we wouldn't go to our tents alone or that we wouldn't need to go to the toilet in the middle of the night.
It all starts as a dare - a party in an abandoned mansion - oh yeah, we all know where this leads. So, the vampire is more like a slime in the air with a cape and fangs and he has the possession of the door while there is the other vampire who has the windows - that's kinda weird and grotesque I must admit.
The vampire seems rather cool (in a let's-play-a-game mindfuck we know from Saw horrors) giving the teenagers a choice - one to remain, the rest to go. It's up to them who stays with the vampire. That's awesome, a lot of potential in it since the author spent some time describing each person's character qualities (don't worry, there is the whole squad of archetypes: a pretty blond barbie girl, an athlete, a clever kid, a rich kid everyone hangs out with only because of the money, the social star, and also the weird unpopular kid who knows things without even realizing it) but they are not reaching their potential when given the choice. There is not much drama, just some escape plans. It doesn't get much better from there.
GENRE: horror for kids
FANGS OUT: evil vampiresFANGS RETRACTING: not enough tension
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