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The Transfiguration

2016

Michael O'Shea

Larry Fessenden, Danny Flaherty, Lloyd Kaufman, James Lorinz ...

5.7

305

Horror. Drama. Romance Queens, New York. 14 year-old Milo is an outsider. Orphaned, ignored by his schoolmates and bullied by older kids, he takes refuge in the apartment he shares with his older brother. To escape his solitude, he immerses himself in the world of vampires. Milo hides a dark secret, but a chance encounter with his new neighbour Sophie leads him to develop new feelings. But is this enough to quash his dark urges.

	Media	Author	Review
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"A difficult movie to classify, but one with an emotional depth that creeps up on you"
		Catherine Bray Variety	"Michael O'Shea wears his influences on his sleeve in this downbeat, sporadically engaging slow-burn modern vampire fable"
		Charles Gant Screendaily	"An impressively confident directorial debut (...) the film should appeal to the smart genre audience that embraced the likes of Let the Right One In and It Follows"
		Michael Agresta Austin Chronicle	"Milo’s character grows on us, and he becomes much more than a monster. But the film’s metaphorical language summons another sort of monstrosity that it never entirely unpacks."
		Nigel M. Smith The Guardian	"Downbeat black vampire tale lacks bite (...) [It] chomps countless other vampire films. Unfortunately, they’re all superior to this middling, self-conscious effort (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Kenji Fujishima Village Voice	"O’Shea rather unwisely lays his influences on the table (...) While 'The Transfiguration' doesn’t reach 'Martin's heights (...) [it] does exert its own queasy pull."
		Andy Webster The New York Times	"'The Transfiguration' does have something to say about class and the sometimes raging consequences of economic deprivation. And does so — forgive me — with taste."

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