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we never lose empathy for him , and we ’ re always rooting for him to embrace the possibilities Sophie offers . O ’ Shea ’ s movie may play best to genre buffs ( it ’ s like Moonlight for horror fans ), but it offers more humanity in its lowkey moments ( reading Twilight to keep your girlfriend happy might be the most romantic gesture a young man could make ) than you ’ ll find in the most acclaimed and awards foisted of mainstream dramas . Milo ’ s bedroom / vampire shrine features a bookshelf adorned with bootleg VHS tapes of classic ( Near Dark ) and not so classic ( Dracula Untold ) vampire movies . No doubt many horror obsessed teens will add The Transfiguration to their own collections . May they each find their own Sophie too . •

The Transfiguration 4 ½ stars out of 5

Directed by : Michael O ’ Shea

Starring : Eric Ruffin , Chloe Levine Aaron Clifton Moten Larry Fessenden

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