Lush, lurid and completely besotted with itself, Eternal is one of those movies normally found slinking around the ether of late-night cable television.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Village Voice by Ben Kenigsberg
"It is a study of the psychopathologies of perversions," co-director Federico Sanchez says in the press notes for Eternal, which is certainly one way to rationalize a trashy lesbian vampire flick.
Turns out to be semi-enjoyable, semi-tacky retelling/updating of the old Elizabeth Bathory legend.
A handsome package whose atmospherics outclass merely serviceable plot and character elements.
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
It's impossible to overstate the silliness of all this, but it would still be a decent Halloween trick - if it were Halloween.
There's nothing wrong with formulas when they work, but Eternal is neither scary nor particularly sexy.
The ending doesn't really work, and Pla tends to overplay what's already a larger-than-life character, but Neron is perfect as the striking and cucumber-cool countess.
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
Bram Stoker would be, well, horrified.
Fairly sexy and stylish. Alas, it's also quite silly and not especially scary.