I can appreciate the boldness of this film but everything else was really bad. It feels very amateur which isn't something i expected from one of the highest regarded filmmakers of all time. The acting felt really poor and i thought it looked quite bad as well. Disappointed.

francis ford coppola has yet to miss in my book.  really liked the setting of this small town, and i was pretty intrigued with the mystery. this film follows a lynch-esque style of storytelling which suits this narrative perfectly, coppola still instills his filmmaking techniques to make this his own.  visually stale yet somehow hauntingly striking at the same time. the cinematography and visuals however digital still looked great.  this film did lose me here and there but i don’t think it’s a fault of the film but more that this film warrants another watch.

This was both amazing and terrible. It’s a very interesting film though and is the most Francis Ford Coppola movie I have ever seen. It’s unique in a way that makes me respect it a great deal, especially when you consider the fact that Coppola tied in the plot point about Val Kilmer’s character’s daughter being killed in a speedboating accident since it was the same way his son died. Even if this movie is very messy and has some goofy looking effects, I have nothing but respect for Coppola and think that it is deeply moving that he took his grief and used it in an art form that he has mastered over the course of his illustrious career. I also loved the vibes of this film. It had vampires, blood, black and white cinematography during dream sequences, books about witchcraft, evil clock towers, and murder!!!! It was a mysterious movie that tied in a number of different genres in brilliant ways. Val Kilmer was fantastic, as was Elle Fanning and the music was eerily beautiful. Overall, this might not be that great of a movie, but it’s definitely worth a watch and is honestly not that bad.

Looks really bad and feels so cheap