Combining, as it does, two 19th century texts - Stoker and Zola - from two great traditions, that don't necessarily seem to go together - but it works, mixing the mundane....
... and mordantly comic....
... with the gorgeous style of classic vampire films - in the same shot, sometimes (has anyone ever looked better going out a tiny bathroom window than Song Kang-ho?) - but always, hitting it's high points in style - the cool blue lighting alternating with murky darkness, the perfectly posed and shot scenes and decor...
- and - at least one character who knows how to act like a vampire...
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