Beautiful Vampire

2018 film
Beautiful Vampire
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
뷰티풀 뱀파이어
Revised RomanizationByutipul Baempaieo
Directed byJeong Eun-gyeong
Written by
  • Park Se-rim
  • Jeong Eun-gyeong
Produced bySiren Pictures
Starring
  • Jung Yeon-joo
  • Song Kang
Distributed byM-Line Distribution
Release dates
  • July 13, 2018 (2018-07-13) (Bucheon)
  • October 8, 2018 (2018-10-08)
Running time
73 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Beautiful Vampire is a 2018 South Korean fantasy film which is a re-release of the oksusu's web series with more cuts. It was released on October 8, 2018.[1]

Plot

Ran is a 500-year-old vampire who chooses to live an ordinary life among human beings, despite having powers such as speed. She runs a make-up shop in the neighborhood of Mangwon in Seoul, but her life is still different compared to other women as she does not age and needs animal blood to survive. Things change when Lee So-nyeon, the new landlord's son, falls in love with Ran: her appetite for human blood comes back.

Cast

  • Jung Yeon-joo as Ran[2]
  • Song Kang as Lee So-nyeon[3]
  • Park Jun-myun as Kang Mool-joo
  • Lee Yong-nyeo as Ok-bun

Release

The film premiered at the 2018 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in the category Korean Fantastic: Features (Non-Competition) on July 13, 2018.[4]

Critical reception

Pierce Conran of Screen Anarchy gave the following review: "Despite its appealing cocktail of quirk and genre conventions, Beautiful Vampire never quite goes beyond its modest ambitions as a light combination of popular genre conventions and lowbrow dramedy. Even at a svelte 72 minutes, it doesn't take long for the undemanding story and simplistic side characters to fall into repetitive patterns."[5]

References

  1. ^ Park, Dong-jae (June 18, 2018). "'뷰티풀 뱀파이어'·'짠내투어' 송강, 완벽 비주얼 과시 화보 비하인드컷". Break News (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  2. ^ Jung, Hee-yeon (February 8, 2018). "정연주, 영화 '뷰티풀 뱀파이어' 캐스팅…뱀파이어 변신". Sports Donga (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Jung, An-ji (December 12, 2018). "[공식] 신예 송강, 웹드라마 '뷰티풀 뱀파이어' 주연 캐스팅". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Ha, Myung-nam (October 2, 2018). "정연주+송강 주연 웹드라마 '뷰티풀 뱀파이어', 영화로 환생!". Sisa Magazine (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  5. ^ Conran, Pierce (July 28, 2018). "BiFan 2018 Review: BEAUTIFUL VAMPIRE Bites Into Endearing and Quirky Horror Romcom". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

External links

  • Beautiful Vampire at the Korean Movie Database

ok.