Every now and again your Favorite Catgirl Movie Reviewer just plain misses the release of a film. I know… it’s hard to believe but…. It’s a biiiiggg ol’ world out there and surprisingly enough… one or two do escape my curious wanderings about the old Internet. Luckily for me… I am if nothing else persistent in the pursuit of new sources for the sorts of goofy films I like, so I was naturally excited to come across the original Region 2 Swedish release for this one, almost missed in my travels. But no more!!

Our synopsis? Well it goes something like this:“About 100 years ago, three students at the Hellestads Boarding School were brutally slaughtered, the murderer drowned himself in a lake nearby and his body was never found. The story has become a school legend for generations of students as well as a yearly festivity. Sara, a student, is writing an essay based on the legend and uncovers new facts from the event that will cast dark shadows on the family name of one of the school’s main beneficiaries. On the night of the hundredth anniversary, the festivities go awry, students disappear and something dark and unknown is moving through the schools corridors…is the curse of the “Drowning Ghost” true…. and who will fall victim next?”

Yep… sounds like a winner. But then I’ve been cruelly fooled before, so naturally I’ll just have to cuddle up on the couch with my popcorn and wine coolers and see if Sweden knows how to make those scary movies I like!! So let’s all “Read On” and find out what it’s all about.

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Every once in a while your Favorite Catgirl likes to leave the ghosts and ninjas, alien cyborgs, and Thai kickboxing behind and watch something just a wee bit different. So what could be more different than a Swedish Vampire film about an alienated young boy and his blossoming first love and romance with a shy young vampire girl?

Our synopsis for it reads: “A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy’s wish for a friend seems to comes true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him. But Eli’s arrival coincides with a series of gruesome deaths and attacks. Though Oskar eventually realizes that she’s actually a vampire, his friendship with her is stronger than his fear…“

Ah… young love…. creepy, bloody, horrific young love. Sounds like a winner here, and luckily the Region 1 release for it is just out this month from the good folks at Magnolia released under their Magnet DVD line. There was some recent controversy on the web regarding the accuracy of the English subtitles used, but trust me, the flap was mostly over nothing….

So is it worth a look see? Well…. Neko certainly thinks so, but you all better “Read On” to find out why….

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