Underworld
Rather obvious Freudian plot: daughter must kill father in order to embrace new lover. The film actually rounds this out with some interesting details. The vampire side of things, to which our heroine belongs, is portrayed as rather weak and ineffectual (with the notable exception of papa vampire) with shades of incestual corruption, "the bloodline must be kept pure!" Werewolves not really the good guys though, as the new couple is forced to create in themselves something new, a uniting of the bloodlines. All rather portentous, but reasonably enjoyable. Beckinsdale is gorgeous, and her leather catsuit (possibly a homage to the silent classic Les Vampires?) is probably the most memorable thing about the movie.
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