The Carmilla Movie

The Carmilla Movie
Directed by Spencer Maybee
Produced by Jay Bennett
Scott Garvie
Christina Jennings
Steph Ouaknine
Melanie Windle
Written by Alejandro Alcoba
Jordan Hall
Based on Carmilla
by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Starring Natasha Negovanlis
Elise Bauman
Dominique Provost-Chalkley
Annie Briggs
Kaitlyn Alexander
Nicole Stamp
Music by Armen Bazarian
Cinematography James Poremba
Edited by Jordan Crute
Release date
  • 26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)
Country Canada
Language English

The Carmilla Movie is a 2017 Canadian film based on the web series of the same name. Both the film and the web series were adapted from the 1872 gothic novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.

Plot

Five years after the events of the web series, Carmilla is no longer a vampire but a living, breathing human. The former vampire seems to adapt well to her new mortal life in Toronto with her girlfriend, Laura. However, Carmilla's bloody past is never far, and eventually comes back to haunt them when Laura begins having nightmares related to Carmilla's past.

Cast

Production

Filming took place throughout the month of June 2017 in and around Toronto.[1] Thirty per cent of financing for the film, which was made for less than 1 million dollars, came from preselling the movie via VHX to fans.[2][3] Alejandro Alcoba and Jordan Hall wrote the script for the movie.[4][5]

Background

The film is based on the Canadian web series Carmilla.[6] Both the film and the web series were adapted from the 1872 gothic novella Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.[7] In September 2017 a trailer of the movie was shown at the New York Comic Con 2017.[8][9][10] Aside from the characters that had already appeared in the series, the film introduced one new character: Carmilla's first love Ell, who was played by Dominique Provost-Chalkley.[11] While the web series was presented in five-minute segments viewed through the webcam of the main character, Laura Hollis, the movie also shows the characters when Laura's camera is offline.[12] The movie was shot in 14 days in June 2017.[13] The movie stars the cast of the web series: Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis, Annie Briggs, Kaitlyn Alexander, Nicole Stamp, and Matt O’Connor. Newly introduced cast members include Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Grace Lynn Kung, and Cara Gee.[14]

Release

On October 26, 2017, the film was released across Canada in Cineplex theatres for one night only before being released for streaming on Fullscreen the following day.[15]
In January 2018 the film was first broadcast on TV. It was shown along with the complete webseries in an 18 hour marathon on Hollywood Suite.[16]

Reception

Amy Zimmerman of The Daily Beast praises that the film doesn't focus on "pale men and their fawning female victims", but rather queer women who are not "portrayed through harmful stereotypes". According to Amy, "Carmilla’s creative team actively avoids the tropes that have come to define queer women in pop culture".[17]

Jessica Oshanani of Her Campus thinks that the movie is "incredible and worth watching". She believes that the cast, who bring their own unique personalities into the movie, are one of the best things about the movie.[18]

Peter Knegt from CBC.ca felt that the movie was made mainly for fans of the web series. Because he had not seen the web series first, he found it hard to follow the plot in the movie. He also mentions that the movie is "not just a lesbian vampire movie, but a whole world dominated by characters who are queer and/or female", and that it even has a non-binary character in LaFontaine.[19]

Karly Ko from Autostraddle says that The Carmilla Movie was even better than she expected as a fan of the web series. She praises the cast and the depiction of the characters' relationships.[20]

Aja Romano from Vox believes that The Carmilla Movie is mainly interesting to those who are happy to spend a few hours watching two beautiful women who are happy with each other in a simple and sweet love story.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Todd Spangler (5 June 2017). "'Carmilla' Lesbian Vampire Movie Starts Filming, Release Set for Fall 2017". Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Julia Cooper (20 October 2017). "The Carmilla Movie ushers in the new stakeholders of vampire cinema". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Stephanie vanKampen (24 October 2017). "How a little Canadian web series about a lesbian vampire became a worldwide hit". CBC.ca. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Laura Friesen (27 October 2017). "The Carmilla Movie from Alejandro Alcoba now available to stream online". National Screen Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Cody Hamman (19 November 2016). "YouTube series Carmilla to get a feature follow-up". JoBlo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Kris Seavers (31 October 2017). "'Carmilla the Movie' is the niche lesbian vampire flick that Tumblr teens deserve in 2017". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Ed Gross (6 December 2017). "10 vampire projects rising from the grave". Empire. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Roxy Bourdillon (6 September 2017). "The Carmilla Movie teaser trailer has landed and it's everything". Diva. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Tricia Ennis (20 October 2017). "WATCH: The Carmilla Movie cast on transitioning to cinema". Syfy. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Tony Sokol & Kayti Burt (5 October 2017). "The Carmilla Movie: Release Date, Trailer, Cast". Den of Geek. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Lisa Tedesco (18 October 2017). "The Wait Is Finally Over: Carmilla Is Back!". Curve. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  12. ↑ Norman Wilner (26 October 2017). "Carmilla's Elise Bauman: 'sexuality should not be the defining quality of a character'". Now. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  13. ↑ Template:Cite lanews
  14. ↑ Brad Miska (5 June 2017). "Feature for Vampire Series "Carmilla" Begins Filming". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Jessica Klein (6 October 2017). "'The Carmilla Movie' Set To Debut In Theaters October 26, Then On Fullscreen". Tubefilter. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  16. ↑ Jordan Pinto (1 December 2017). "In brief: Carmilla to make TV debut in Hollywood Suite marathon". Playback. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  17. ↑ Amy Zimmerman (10 October 2017). "FEMALE GAZE. The Feminists Making Vampires Gay Again". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  18. ↑ Jessica Oshanani (29 October 2017). "Buckle Up Creampuff -- "The Carmilla Movie" is finally here!". Her Campus. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  19. ↑ Peter Knegt (30 October 2017). "A week ago, I'd never heard of Carmilla. Now the lesbian vampire franchise is everywhere". CBC.ca. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  20. ↑ Karly Ko (26 October 2017). ""The Carmilla Movie" Is Everything We Wanted it to Be (and So Much More)". Autostraddle. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  21. ↑ Aja Romano (27 October 2017). "Carmilla was a fun lesbian vampire web series. Now it's a frustrating movie". Vox. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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