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Eternal

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Eternal reviews
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8.7 User Score:

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Based on 15 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Foreign  |  Mystery  |  Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Wilhelm Liebenberg
Federico Sanchez

Directed by: Wilhelm Liebenberg
Federico Sanchez

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 26, 2005
DVD: October 18, 2005

Running Time: 107 minutes, Color

Origin: Canada

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Sarah Manninen, Caroline Néron, Victoria Sanchez, Conrad Pla, Ilona Elkin, Nick Baillie, Luke Bélanger, and Liane Balaban

While searching for his missing wife, Detective Raymond Pope happens upon the estate of the mysterious Elizabeth Kane. Unbeknownst to him, it is believed that Elizabeth is the reincarnation of a vampire who, four centuries ago, killed 650 women and bathed in their blood to gain the gift of eternal life. While Pope investigates deeper into Elizabeth's past, he neglects to see how his searching could be the end to him and those he loves. (Regent Releasing)

What The Critics Said

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70

Film Threat Jeremy Knox

Much of the film rests on the shoulders of Conrad Pla who plays Raymond Pope. He is the focus of the movie and proves himself an excellent leading man.

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70

Variety Dennis Harvey

A handsome package whose atmospherics outclass merely serviceable plot and character elements.

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

There's nothing wrong with formulas when they work, but Eternal is neither scary nor particularly sexy.

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50

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Eternal isn't that bad. Actually, it is. But it's kind of fun, too, in a way only cheesy exploitation films can be fun.

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50

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

That the acting is stilted and that the filmmakers and especially Pla take themselves so seriously serves to make Eternal deliriously silly camp fare.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

Bram Stoker would be, well, horrified.

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50

The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis

Lush, lurid and completely besotted with itself, Eternal is one of those movies normally found slinking around the ether of late-night cable television.

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50

TV Guide Ken Fox

The ending doesn't really work, and Pla tends to overplay what's already a larger-than-life character, but Neron is perfect as the striking and cucumber-cool countess.

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50

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Fairly sexy and stylish. Alas, it's also quite silly and not especially scary.

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50

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

It's impossible to overstate the silliness of all this, but it would still be a decent Halloween trick - if it were Halloween.

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50

Slate David Edelstein

Turns out to be semi-enjoyable, semi-tacky retelling/updating of the old Elizabeth Bathory legend.

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40

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

Eternal promises kink and delivers next to nothing.

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30

LA Weekly Mark Olsen

As the cop who finds himself in way over his head, kickboxer-turned-actor Conrad Pla turns in a performance of such staggering ineptitude that it almost (key word: almost) reaches a so-bad-it's-good, Plan 9 From Outer Space brilliance.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle G. Allen Johnson

Just plain bad.

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20

Village Voice Ben Kenigsberg

"It is a study of the psychopathologies of perversions," co-director Federico Sanchez says in the press notes for Eternal, which is certainly one way to rationalize a trashy lesbian vampire flick.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Matt gave it a10:
Too hot. Way sexed and crazy stuff. Caroline Neron is awesome as a killer. What's cool about this is that it's a really good mystery and every part of it is good.

Jorja L. gave it a9:
Very powerful portrayal of a very scary woman. This is the best looking film of its genre I have seen in a very long time. The detective is a jerk, but I think that's the point for the payoff. Caroline Neron is amazing as the evil Countess Bathory. Or is it Countess Bathory? One wonders.... go see this for sure!

Mary A. gave it a9:
Absolutely steamy, erotic thriller. Not a campy slasher movie, but a serious cat-and-mouse mystery with a Basic Instinct kind of heat.

john b. gave it a7:
Great looking film. Guilty pleasure.

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