Perfect Creature
In an alternate 1960s New Zealand, a church-sanctioned vampire cop and a human detective confront a renegade predator amid an escalating influenza epidemic.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- gothic
- foreboding
- stylized
- late night horror
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics recognized the film's bold premise and inventive atmosphere but broadly found its execution dull and underdeveloped.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nuovo Zelandia is presented through alternate-history technology, religious institutions, and evolved vampires living alongside humans.
An influenza outbreak threatens the human population and destabilizes the peaceful human-vampire relationship.
The church governs vampire society and dispatches Brother Silus to police a renegade member.
Silus investigates Edgar with a human police captain and uncovers concealed information behind the church-sanctioned hunt.
Films like Perfect Creature, and why
Daybreakers
alternate-history vampire mythology, stylized production design, and horror-thriller tension
Priest
vampire society, religious imagery, and action-horror treatment of blood dependency
The City of Lost Children
retro-futurist atmosphere, speculative social systems, and dark genre world-building
Underworld
stylized vampire lore, moral conflict, and gothic thriller atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Glenn Standring
- Release Date
- 2007-08-16
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (101)
Cast
- Dougray Scott
- Saffron Burrows
- Leo Gregory
- Scott Wills
- Stuart Wilson
- Craig Hall
- Robbie Magasiva
- Stephen Ure
- Roi Taimana
- Katrina Browne
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Brew
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Perfect Creature about?
- In an alternate 1960s New Zealand, a church-sanctioned vampire cop and a human detective confront a renegade predator amid an escalating influenza epidemic.
- What is Perfect Creature like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Perfect Creature as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Perfect Creature violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Perfect Creature as brutal.
- What did critics think of Perfect Creature?
- Critics recognized the film's bold premise and inventive atmosphere but broadly found its execution dull and underdeveloped.
- Which films are like Perfect Creature?
- Films with a similar feel include Daybreakers, Priest, The City of Lost Children, and Underworld.
- How long is Perfect Creature?
- Perfect Creature runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Perfect Creature?
- In United States, Perfect Creature streams on fuboTV, Brew.
