Review – Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural

Once again I find myself at odds with the blurb writer from Netflix. Apparently someone considers “weirdly erotic” an apt description of a child-molesting lesbian vampire. The blurb also invokes Night of the Hunter, which I completely didn’t see anywhere in this production. Instead, the first part of the movie has the distinct look and feel of odd indies from the late 60s and early 70s, such as Carnival of Souls. There’s even a bus ride evocative of Lovecraft’s “The Shadow over Innsmouth.” Beyond that, however, this is the fairly dull tale of a sweet little Christian girl corrupted by the forces of darkness. The already-boring story is made worse by the inclusion of a chase sequence that lasts at least half an hour and seems like it goes on a lot longer than that. Technical problems also interfere, particularly the sultry vampire beauty whose bad skin and cheap wig seriously don’t survive close-ups. See if desperate