My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To

I was hoping for a different kind of movie. This just made me sad.

One of the most realistic vampire movies everrr

Depressing. Horribly depressing.

Just watched this as part of an attempt to see 31 horror movies in 31 days. Lots of folks giving this a very low score and calling it boring. It is highly probable those folks didn't read any reviews or watch the trailer before watching. This is a different kind of horror drama in that it is slow, brooding, claustrophobic, and existential. There are quite a few moments of dread and foreboding, and a lot of moments that are profoundly sad, but nothing that will scare a seasoned horror movie fan or get their blood pumping (pun intended). This is a movie for a rainy afternoon to encourage a sad and thoughtful mood, and a meditation on obligation and loneliness. Worth watching if that sounds interesting. But please avoid it if it was sold to you as a "vampire" movie, it is unlike most other vampire movies out there.

Thomas suffers from a terrifying disease: vampirism. His older siblings keep him alive at the cost of their victims' sacrifice. Bound by blood, the family ties fall apart when each subsequent murder becomes more and more devastating. "My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To" presents us with an original vampire story, compelling viewers to debate controversial survival choices.

Outstanding, subdued, well acted and crafted and all of that with a small budget. It tackles family as the monster that keeps you safe and sheltered (but also in a prison made of love), solitude and even living at the outskirts of humanity. Bleak, sure, but some of the viewers need to interrogate themselves about how they deal with others' illnesses and struggles.

Great characters. The sister got jealous, leads me to believe the two siblings had a child who was a little off. Vampire or no? Worth watching for movie buffs.

It makes you question how far you'll go for love and family. A vampire film unlike anything. This film is here to stay for years to come.

A vampire movie unlike any other. Existing more as a plot device or even an outright McGuffin, Vampirism is treated as an insidious disease or addiction with far more victims than those bitten on the neck in traditional genre films. The victims here include the forgotten, undesired, and unwanted, but also the cherished and desired. From homeless, migrants, prostitutes, and folks simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, to family, "friends," and the vampire himself. A study of unconditional love and acceptance, but also of the desire for unattainable situations and relationships, both basic and complex. Very well made on its obviously limited budget, with a cramped and claustrophobic aspect ratio emphasizing the limited movement existentially possible for the main characters. The script is sparse, and requires at times excessive suspension of disbelief, but only in service to parts of the story that must be told lest the entire narrative fall apart. This is a film that will likely polarize, keeping one portion of the audience talking long after the lights come up, but the other feeling irritated and cheated.

Original, creepy, low-budget (and it felt it), far-fetched. The names of the characters were irritating and the plot was sort-of Ray Bradbury but morbidly pathetic.