This is a fable of elegant despair, an instant entry in the vampire canon that feels refreshingly gothic.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 14, 2024

It’s more fairy tale than scary tale. It is, however, a fine showcase for the witchy charisma of star Sara Montpetit.

Full Review | May 29, 2024

... Offers a fresh and entertaining vision, showing that there is still room for creativity and humor within the vampire genre. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 29, 2024

A vampire that refuses to kill isn’t a new idea, but that familiar concept is Humanist Vampire’s most intriguing aspect. The execution of that concept falls flat since the film only seems to go in a familiar direction.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 27, 2024

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is among the best of the recent YA romances involving an awkward adolescent whose particular brand of monstrosity becomes a metaphor for teenage angst, sexual anxiety, or some other relatable emotion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 23, 2024

It’s a charming film filled with plenty of gags based in vampire mythology.

Full Review | Apr 12, 2024

Louis-Seize manages to give us something new. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a quirky and sweet exploration of the meaning of life and an uplifting reminder that there’s always a way to be true to ourselves.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Apr 11, 2024

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is an endearing, quirky coming-of-age story with a darkly comedic spin.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 7, 2024

... a quietly charming exploration of what it means to be human through the experience of someone severely outside the species, someone beyond time, beyond death, and yet so connected to life that the idea of taking it defies a perceived natural order ..

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2024

A welcome treat in a year filled with new horror movies desperate to set themselves a part from one another.

Full Review | Mar 28, 2024

It is playful and tender, and the two loners share sweet chemistry.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 27, 2024

Stylishly filmed, and funny in a few different ways, it is among other things a perfect date movie for horror fans.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2024

The whole idea of treating suicide and the suicidal as potentially willing vampire fodder will emphatically not work for everyone. But if you can look past this [...] then it’s an enjoyable, charming addition to the genre.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Mar 25, 2024

It’s the sort of film I can imagine growing beloved for years to come.

Full Review | Mar 25, 2024

Like if What We Do in the Shadows was crossed with A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night—it’s a low-key film about death with plenty of life. By the time it arrives at a delightfully sweet end, you’ll only wish you could dance along with it a bit longer.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2024

Humanist Vampire does circle risky topics but handles them with care.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 18, 2024

I thought it was a very interesting story -- a little bit slow, but the characters were interesting, and I was along for the ride.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 16, 2024

Only avoid it if you have decided there is already too much fun in your life.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 12, 2024

Visually and sonically sumptuous, but lacking the bite of, say, Only Lovers Left Alive, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night or even What We Do in the Shadows, which seem to serve as inspiration.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2024

Ultimately what works in its favour is the film’s commitment to and warmth for its two protagonists. It is built on and draws from the characters.

Full Review | Oct 26, 2023