The idea of ​​a reluctant vampire refusing to bite its victims isn't original... And certainly Louise-Seize and her co-writer Christine Doyon fail to come up with any new or clever variations on the premise... [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 21, 2025

The smokescreen of a vampire movie lets it navigate treacherous waters with levity, deftly touching on difficult topics.

| Mar 31, 2025

a charming horror comedy

| Feb 9, 2025

While Sasha and Paul are delightful to spend time with, the real joy of Humanist Vampire is how Louis-Seize manages to craft such a unique story, even while drawing on so many familiar tropes from different genres.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2025

Paul and Sasha are two not-quite adults who neither click with their peers nor want to grow up to be their parents, and the film captures the sweet but not oblivious tone of [filmmaker John] Hughes at his best.

| Jan 20, 2025

A dented but delightful genre upgrade, steering the archetypal tale of undead bloodsuckers into comfortable Addams Family territory — then radicalising it with a daring Nietzschean twist.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 30, 2024

Sasha getting her fangs is very relatable to anyone who spent years at the mercy of biochemistry and autonomic nervous responses.

| Nov 8, 2024

But the acting, script and cinematography still make Humanist Vampire an experience perfect for anyone whose gothic whimsy itch wasn't sufficiently scratched by Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2024

A funny, sweet and happily transgressive wee film. At times it reminded me of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, but without the polish and the distracting big names, and often it seemed to be riffing on a whole generation of ‘80s American teen comedies.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 9, 2024

All round the film has less bite than you’d expect. But it’s stylishly shot by first-timer Louis-Seize, a bit reminiscent of an early Jim Jarmusch movie with its deadpan sense of humour, never trying too hard, just a little bit too cool for school.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 9, 2024

A creepy, funny, and tender-hearted take on a frequently stale subgenre. One of the better and most original vampire films in a decade.

| Oct 1, 2024

With a strong coming-of-age storyline at its heart, laugh-out-loud comedy and plenty of blood spilled, Humanist Vampire is a fun, endearing humour/horror hybrid that’s one of the most unique of the year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 9, 2024

Director and co-writer Ariane Louis-Seize plays with our built-in prejudices against these dark beings and finds a semblance of humanity. The result is an often funny production approaching a singular profundity in its closing moments.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 23, 2024

It manages to mix black humour with some violence and a lot of teenage drama, to give us a very different experience from what we usually have with other horror or suspense productions. Full review in Spanish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 11, 2024

The pairing of Montpetit and Bénard brings out the story’s edgy quirks, as the two shy characters spark in unexpected and quietly moving ways.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 2, 2024

Instead of delving into horror, the movie uses an ironic and poetic tone that blends drama with dark humor. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 14, 2024

It's quite enjoyable, witty and low-key.

| Jul 13, 2024

A perfect cocktail of sweet teen innocence, old vampire family quirks, and blood! While the outcome is predictable, the fun is in taking the ride to the end.

| Jul 11, 2024

This French vampire dramedy may not be groundbreaking, but its strong leads and dry humor make it well worth watching.

| Jul 10, 2024

Director/co-writer Ariane Louis-Seize has a subtle touch for creating characters who reach our heart even when they're talking about death and bloodsucking.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 6, 2024