
The storyline of the movie is a mystery that starts with a series of attacks on women in a city slum. The lead detective is Lilly Squires (played by Saffron Burrows) who discovers that the murders were being committed by a vampire Brother. In response, the Brotherhood assigns Brother Silas (Dougray Scott) to work with the human police and to catch the vampire mass murderer named Brother Edger (Leo Gregory) before he could strike again. The police along with the Brotherhood fearing a backlash against the vampires cover up the fact that the murderer was a Brother and publicly blame it on human psychopath.
Perfect Creature is a great example of Dieselpunk horror in how the alternate universe mixes Diesel Era elements with the contemporary. Early in the movie the Dieselpunk theme is made obvious as the audience is treated with a spectacular view of a massive zeppelin flying across the city at night as several more hover nearby. Throughout the movie there is a creative blending of modern technology and fashion with that of the Diesel Era. Along with this blending, society in the Perfect Creature universe seems modern in many ways. In one scene a criminal attempts to claim a right to an attorney and there’s an apparent equality for women as represented by the lead detective, Lilly Squires.

My negative comments about Scott shouldn’t be taken as intent to discourage the reader from watching Perfect Creature. I highly recommend it because I found it to be very entertaining and original for vampire movies. It deserves to be a part of any Dieselpunk DVD collection.
3 comments:
Thanks Larry for letting me know about this movie that has not been on theatres nor in Dvd in France.
I don't know how, but i'm going to try to get it as i can.
bye
You're welcome. I hope you enjoy the movie.
Thanks for the suggestion! Even though Halloween's over it's never too late for a decent horror flick.
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