Right, well despite the rather low rating that the 2021 movie "Nest of Vampires" had managed to score here on IMDb, I must admit that I still opted to sit down to watch it. Why? Well, because it is a vampire movie, and also because the movie's cover wasn't actually all that bad.

But this was one of those times when you just have to take heed and give the movie a wide berth. Yeah, "Nest of Vampires" is exactly as bad as the low rating indicates.

For a vampire movie, then writer and director Chris Sanders just didn't manage to deliver a wholesome storyline. There was just nothing overly interesting happening throughout the course of the movie. And the whole atmosphere permeating the movie just didn't have a particular traditional vampire movie feel to it. So it made for a rather mundane movie experience.

The storyline here was just boring and rather uneventful. And it didn't really help much that the events taking place in the movie were slow paced and never really proved to be interesting. So it was really difficult to keep focus on the boring things that transpired on the screen. And I have to admit that I gave up on "Nest of Vampires" with just about15 minutes left to watch. By that time I was ready to claw my own eyes out.

The acting in "Nest of Vampires" was dubious, so not even having adequate acting performances here could do anything to lift up an otherwise fast sinking movie. Granted, I didn't know any of the actors or actresses in the movie, but it just felt like people weren't pouring their spirits into the performances put on here.

Visually then "Nest of Vampires" was a B-movie. The special effects were rather bland. Sure, they worked well enough and as intended, but it just wasn't top notch quality.

All in all, "Nest of Vampires" is barely scraping by. And this is not a movie that I would recommend you invest your time, money or effort in.

My rating of the 2021 movie "Nest of Vampires" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.

The script is all over the place. The acting is awful. Not every actor stinks but enough do to ruin the movie. The American with the civil war looking hat may be the worst actor i have ever seen in my life. I assume he is related to someone and thats how he got the gig. The story is bad and difficult to follow at times. And not even remotely scary. NOT a vampire movie in my opinion. My wife and I enjoyed making fun of it and that is the only reason we watched the entire movie. Had either of us been alone we would have turned it off in the first 10 min. DO NOT WATCH.

This isn't the worst film of all time. Believe me, there are PLENTY of films out there with the potential to deserve that particular accolade.

With such a low budget you have to cut NoV some slack. I thought it was a great achievement for what it cost (really not a lot). Some of the performances were pretty good. Frank Jakeman was a solid presence, and. I thought Hans Hernke was another stand out, bringing a lot to the table. Occasionally scenes would get into the verbal ping-pong of your-line-then-my-line, but on the whole there's a lot of quality for this level of production.

Whilst the main actor certainly had presence, the approach of his character didn't quite gel with me. It was more the swagger of Sean Connery as 007, where you half-expect him to get into bed with someone, when perhaps it called more for the avenging Liam Neeson from Taken, where he's desperately trying to track down who'd taken his daughter. I just felt a bit of disconnect with the father / daugher / wife characters. I don't think we even saw them together, so I think there are some tricks the film misses, and some areas where the screw could have really been tightened.

For me it was also difficult to keep up with who was who as every scene seemed to introduce a new character. I wasn't always on the ball with the unfolding narrative.

There was some good cinematography in this production, refreshing to see a low budget film making the effort to put some real quality into the look of the shots.

So, bringing a bit of balance here, overall I'd say this film has a lot going for it. No, it's not perfect, but understanding the limitations of low budget productions, I certainly have a lot of appreciation for it.