You Shouldn't Have Let Me In

The bachelorette party has become dangerous in the horror films of the 2020s. It seems that every time ladies get together, people die. I was excited about watching this because it was directed by Dave Parker, who made The Dead Hate the Living! Kelsey (Diana Gardner), Rochelle (Isabella Egizi), Blake (Nathaniel Ansbach) and Jenny (Anastasiya Bogach) are in Italy to celebrate Rochelle's wedding to Richard (Davide Nurra). One of their friends, Brianna (Giulia Nunnari), has already been killed by a vampire but they don't know that. No, they're here to party, even if Kelsey and Rochelle aren't really all that good of friends these days - which seems like a bit taken from Bridesmaids, but taken even darker because Rochelle stole Kelsey's man, who is Richard. We also find out later that she may like Kelsey even more than Richard, however. Everyone goes out and ends up a club owned by Victor (Fabián Castro). He asks to be invited back to where the party is happening and brings his vampire clan to start killing everyone, as well as try and win over Kelsey, who of course looks like his long dead love. Written by Michael Lucid and Mary O'Neil (who is in Malum), this has some fine gore, gay representation - even Blake gets a love interest in vampire killer Dario (Riccardo Angelini) and some great production values. Is it the best vampire movie you've ever seen? Of course not. Is it a great movie for a rainy afternoon or late night with some drinks and pizza? Totally.