nadja start in new york one night a a vampire name nadja ( elina lowensohn ) talk to a man ( nic ratner ) in a bar and explain that she and her slave renfield ( karl geary ) have travel to new york from her homeland of transylvania because her father count dracula ( peter fonda ) be dead and that it be hard to find good food in new york after 10 oclock . shortly after in a car nadja drink his blood . meanwhile van helsing ( peter fonda again ) be track nadja down with the intention of kill her and he enlist the help of his friend jim ( martin donovan ) to aide him . jim wife lucy ( galaxy craze and yeah right that have to be a false name ) have meet nadja and take her back to her apartment where nadja and lucy engage in a bit of lesbianism and blood drinking . van helsing and jim become aware that lucy be under the control of nadja and in another bizarre coincidence van helsing sister cassandra ( suzy amis ) be look after nadja ill brother edgar ( jared harris ) who nadja intend to visit and both van helsing and jim desperation to kill nadja becomes even great a the people they care for the most be in danger because of nadja blood drinking activity . write and direct by michael almereyda i hat just about every second of this suppose film . the script be slow and boring and nothing memorable really happen and be a bit of a chore to sit through . there be only a few character in the film and i do not care one bit for any of them and i have hear of minimalist but this be just ridiculous . a a whole nadja doesn not make a lot of sense and just do not grip and engage or entertain me in any way whatsoever . so the story and character be crap can the film deliver in other area and well no because nadja be one of the bad look film i have sit through . if black and white be your thing then fine and i have no problem watch black and white film but nadja just look so dark and bland and uninteresting . then there the shot which look like they be shoot on a faulty camcorder and i be sorry but they be incredibly annoy a the screen become an absolute mess of pixelation and block . to add insult to injury director almereyda use various irritate technique to try and convince the viewer that their watching art like soft focus and blurring and slow motion and shot where the background action run at a different speed to the foreground and jerkiness and skip frame and bizarre scene transition . i hat how nadja look and be literary praying it would finish within the first 30 minute but never let it be say i do not give a film a chance and i ( just about ) stick it out to the end which be also crap . with a pretty reasonable budget of about $ 1 and 000 and 000 nadja be a poor show and very few character and no effect and a cheap feel throughout and i have to ask myself where all the money go exactly . there be no atmosphere and scare or tension and while i accept some people may like this black and white art house nonsense i do not and that all that matter to me and i simply can not see how anyone could gain any sort of view pleasure from such a film a this and i certainly do not . there be not one single aspect of nadja that i can say i enjoy apart from the central performance by romanian actress lowensohn who make for a striking and seductive female vampire . fonda just look stupid sport long hair and reflective shade . forget about any special effect or any proper blood or gore . if you like this sort of bizarre boring and black and white art house stuff then nadja be probably right up your street so i can recommend it to you but if your look for a proper film with decent horror and an actual story then avoid this piece of crap like the plague and that just my opinion and i be sure there be an audience out there for a film like nadja but it not for me .