History Film / PerfectCreature

* TheTheocracy: The government is effectively run by the Church and their edicts are religious in nature, such as banning genetic research. The Brothers are also teachers responsible for educating human children in schools.

* VegetarianVampire: The Brothers subsist entirely on willingly donated blood by the humans since they are [[ReligiousVampire religious figures who believe killing or drinking directly from the body to be sinful]], with the sole exception of one named Edgar, who goes rogue and starts feeding on humans.

* VampireBitesSuck: [[spoiler: Lily]] is bitten by Edgar, and the attack looks as savage as you expect - she nearly died, and would have if it wasn't for Silus' intervention.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: The Brotherhood forbids mankind from dabbling on genetic research saying that nothing good can come from it, but this falls flat since they have been only doing this to keep themselves in power and mankind dependent on them. [[spoiler:Hypocritically, they performed scientific experiments in secret to produce more members of their race, reasoning that for decades no more Brothers were born and they needed to propagate their race somehow]].
* OneGenderRace: Vampires are exclusively male and born from human females affected by a virus. [[spoiler: This turns into a problem when it's revealed no more vampires were born in the last 70 years and with no female vampires available, there is no natural way to propagate their species. This lead to the Brotherhood carrying out clandestine research which ended up kicking off the events of the movie.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are neither undead nor turned, but rather the result of a virus: you can't turn others into vampires, you have to be born and [[OneGenderRace be a male]]. They are stronger, faster and more durable than humans, have longer lifespans (none ever died of natural causes, but their oldest one looks quite aged, indicating they aren't exactly immortal either). Their blood can also grant visions to any human who drinks it and can also heal wounds.

* ReligiousVampire: The plot revolves an church established by vampires that dress themselves like monks.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Edgar was working on a way to create more vampires on the Brotherhood's behalf, who were worried that no vampire was born in the last 70 years and they couldn't propagate their race naturally without females. Though they outlawed genetic research, they are secretly infecting pregnant women with a virus to turn their children into vampires. The experiment was a failure as Edgar's surviving subjects were turned into raving, savage beasts, and Edgar himself went insane after being infected with his virus.]]

* VampireBitesSuck: [[spoiler: Lily]] is bitten by Edgar, and the attack looks as savage as you expect - she nearly died if it wasn't for Silus' intervention.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Silus is at least a century old (as the opening scene takes place 100 years before the movie takes place) in contrast with Lily, whom develops an attraction to her.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: The Brotherhood is seemingly benevolent, but they display a couple of sinister traits: they indoctrinate their members from early to see themselves as superior to humans (but still in service to them), they control the government and the media and while they do everything to make humans dependent on them. [[spoiler: Even when its revealed they have been carrying out secret experiments in pregnant women to create more vampires, its motivated more by self-preservation than actual malice as few members were born in a long time.]]
* AlternateHistory: The movie is set during the 1960s in an alternate version of New Zealand named Nuovo Zelandia, where vampires have existed for the last 300 years and they have supposedly played a hand in mankind's development.
* BewareTheSuperman: In this universe, vampires are regarded as the more perfect version of humans and therefore closer to God. This trope comes into play when a rogue vampire goes on a killing spree with the police and the Church trying to stop him from claiming anymore lives.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Edgar is killed at the end, the public is turning against the Brotherhood and the ''first female vampire'' (the titular perfect creature) is born as results of his experiments. However, Silus is branded as an heretic by the Church and hunted to prevent him from spreading the actual truth of Edgar's actions, forcing him to abandon Lily, who also is likely to go into hiding of her own since she is protecting the vampire baby from being used by the Church.]]
* CainAndAbel: [[TheHero Silus]] and [[BigBad Edgar]] are literally brothers born from the same mother, not just as Brotherhood members.
* CelibateHero: Brothers are forbidden from having romantic relationships. Since they are based as a monastic order, this makes sense but its also justified by them having longer lifespans than normal humans, are unable to have children with them and form families. They would like to avoid the inevitable heartbreak.

* DoingInTheWizard: In the backstory, its stated that vampires were killed out of fear from being supernatural monsters until it was figured out that they were propagated by an virus.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Brotherhood cultivates this public view. They are clergy members that subsist from donated blood willingly given by churchgoers, hold religious education for children and are nominally sworn to serve mankind instead of rule over them. [[spoiler: This is ultimately a ruse to control humans more subtly and they are actually far more sinister.]]

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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The Brotherhood hypocritically performed scientific experiments (that they outlawed humans from performing) to produce more members of their race. Their reasoning is that for decades no more Brothers were born and they needed to propagate their race somehow. This falls flat since they have been only doing this to keep themselves in power and mankind dependent on them]].

* ActionGirl: Lilly [[spoiler: as she ends up being the one to off the BigBad]].

* BigBad: Edgar.

* CainAndAbel: [[TheHero Silus]] and [[BigBad Edgar]] are literally brothers, as they are born from the same mother, not just as Brotherhood members.

* AHeroIsBorn: Inverted; the movie opens with Silus witnessing his mother giving birth to Edgar, the movie's BigBad.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Silus is at least a century old (as the opening scene takes place 100 years before the movie takes place) in contrast with Lily.

* TheTheocracy: The government is effectively run by the Church and their edicts are religious in nature, such as banning genetic research.
* VampireBitesSuck: [[spoiler: Lilly]] is bitten by Edgar, and the attack looks as savage as you expect - she nearly died if it wasn't for Silus' intervention.

* VampireBitesSuck: [[spoiler: Lilly]] is bitten by Edgar, and the attack looks as savage as you expect - she nearly died if it wasn't for Silus' intervention.
* VampiresLoveJesus: The plot revolves an church established by vampires that dress themselves like monks.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: The holy order is obviously Christian in nature and heavily inspired from Catholicism.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are neither undead nor turned, but rather the result of a virus: you can't turn others into vampires, you have to be born and [[OneGenderRace be a male]]. They are stronger, faster and more durable than humans, have long lifespans (none ever died of natural causes, but their oldest one looks quite aged, indicating they aren't exactly immortal either). Their blood can also grant visions to any human who drinks it and can also heal wounds.
* ProHumanTranshuman

* VampireBitesSuck: [[spoiler: Lilly]] is bitten by Edgar, and the attack looks as savage as you expect - she nearly died if it wasn't for Silus' intervention.

* CelibateHero: Brothers are forbidden from having romantic relationships. Since they are based as a monastic order, this makes sense but its also justified by them having longer lifespans than normal humans, are unable to have children with them and form families, they would like to avoid the inevitable heartbreak.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: The holy order is obviously Christian in nature and heavily inspired by the Catholic sect.

* FantasticRacism: Its mentioned that vampire babies used to be killed at birth by fearful humans and its the main reason why the Brotherhood withholds scientific progress - to stop humans from figuring out where they come from and stop vampires from being born.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Brotherhood cultivates this public view. They are clergy members that subsist from donated blood willingly given by churchgoers, hold religious education for children and are nominally sworn to service mankind instead of rule over them. [[spoiler: This is ultimately a ruse to control humans more subtly and they are actually far more sinister.]]

* ImmortalProcreationClause: Brothers can live for centuries with the oldest one being 300 years old. However, they are unable to produce offspring with human women and no female is available.

* NotUsingTheZWord: The word "vampire" is not once uttered despite their nature being clear as daylight with their sharp fangs, need for blood and increased strength. Only in the opening narration, which states they used to be called like this by humans centuries ago, but they have adopted the more benign-sounding "Brothers".
* OneGenderRace: Vampires are exclusively male and born from human females affected by a virus. [[spoiler: This turns into a problem when its revealed no more vampires were born in the last 70 years and with no female vampires available, there is no natural way to propagate their species. This lead to the Brotherhood carrying out clandestine research which ended up kicking off the events of the movie.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are neither undead nor turned, but rather the result of a virus: you can't turn others into vampires, you have to be born and [[OneGenderRace be a male]]. They are stronger, faster and more durable than humans, have long lifespans (none ever died of natural causes, but their oldest one looks quite aged indicating they aren't exactly immortal either). Their blood can also grant visions to any human who drinks it and can also heal wounds.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Edgar was working on a way to create more vampires on the Brotherhood's behalf, who were worried that no vampire was born in the last 70 years and they couldn't propagate their race naturally without females. Though they outlawed genetic research, they are using in secret infecting pregnant women with a virus to forcibly turn their children into vampires. The experiment was a failure as Edgar's surviving subjects were turned into raving, savage beasts, and Edgar himself went insane after being infected with his virus.]]

* TitleDrop: According to the Church's text, "The Perfect Creature" is the ultimate result of the mingling between vampires and humans. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, its revealed to be a ''female'' vampire baby born from a human female and Edgar's DNA.]]
* TheTheocracy: The government is effectively run by the Church and their edicts are religious in nature such as banning genetic research.

* OneGenderRace: Vampires are exclusively male and born from human females affected by a virus. [[spoiler: This turns into a problem when its revealed no more vampires were born in the last 70 years and with no female vampires available, there is no natural way to propagate their species. This lead to the Brotherhood carrying out clandestine research which ended up kicked off the events of the movie.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are neither undead nor turned, but rather the result of a virus: you can't turn others into vampires, you have to be born and [[OneGenderRace male]] to be one.. They are stronger, faster and more durable than humans, have long lifespans (none ever died of natural causes, but their oldest one looks quite aged indicating they aren't exactly immortal). Their blood can also grant visions to any human who drinks it.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Edgar was working on a way to create more vampires on the Brotherhood's behalf, who were worried that no vampire was born in the last 70 years and they couldn't propagate their race anymore. Though they outlawed genetic research, they are using in secret infecting pregnant women with a virus to forcibly turn their children into vampires. The experiment was a failure as Edgar's surviving subjects were turned into raving, savage beasts, and Edgar himself went insane after being infected with his virus.]]

* AlternateHistory: The movie is set during the 1960s in an alternate version of New Zeland named Nuovo Zelandia, where vampires have existed for the last 300 years and they have supposedly played a hand in mankind's development.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Edgar is killed at the end, the public is turning against the Brotherhood and the ''first female vampire'' (the titular perfect creature) is born as results of his experiments. However, Silus is branded as an heretic by the Church and hunted to prevent him from spreading the actual truth of Edgar's actions, forcing him to abandon Lily, who also is likely to go into hiding of her own since she is protecting the vampire baby from the Church.]]

* CelibateHero: Brothers are forbidden from having romantic relationships. Justified, since they have longer lifespans than normal humans and would like to prevent MayflyDecemberRomance.

* OneGenderRace: Vampires are exclusively male and born from human women affected by a virus. [[spoiler: This turns into a problem when its revealed no more vampires were born in the last 70 years and there is no natural way to propagate their species.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are not undead neither turned, but rather the result of a virus: you have to be born and male to be a vampire. They are stronger, faster and more durable than humans, have long lifespans (none ever died of natural causes, but their oldest one looks quite aged indicating they aren't exactly immortal). Their blood can also grant visions to any human who drinks it.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Silus is on the run at the end, but he is prepared to fight back against]].

* TitleDrop: According to the Church's text, "The Perfect Creature" is the ultimate result of the mingling between vampires and humans. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, its revealed to be a ''female'' vampire baby.]]

* NotUsingTheZWord: The word "vampire" is not once uttered despite the Brother's nature being clear as daylight with their sharp fangs, need for blood and increased strength. Only in the opening narration, which states they used to be called like this by humans centuries ago, but they have adopted the more benign-sounding "Brothers".

* [[spoiler: CorruptChurch: The Brotherhood is ultimately revealed to be this. They do everything to make humanity dependent on them, and [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem despite outlawing genetic experiments]], they secretly perform them to create more vampires after no more were being born for decades. Their actions indirectly lead to Edgar going insane and starting the movie's plot.]]

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Edgar is blonde-haired, in contrast to his TallDarkAndHandsome brother Silus, who is TheHero.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: The Brotherhood is seemingly benevolent, but they display a couple of sinister traits: they indoctrinate their members from early to see themselves as superior to humans (but still in service to them), they control the government and the media and while they do everything to make humans dependent on them. [[spoiler: Even when its revealed the have been carrying out secret experiments in pregnant women to create more vampires, its motivated more by self-preservation than actual malice as few members were born in a long time.]]

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Brotherhood is depicted as such. They are clergy members that subsist from donated blood willingly given by churchgoers, hold religious education for children and are nominally sworn to service mankind instead of rule over them. [[spoiler: This is ultimately a ruse to control humans more subtly.]]

* SuperiorSpecies: The Brothers are faster, stronger, nearly immortal, absolutely enlightened beings revered as demigods by the pious. The boys are taken from their mother and taught they have transcended mortality

* AlternateHistory: The movie is set during the 1960s in an alternate version of New Zeland named Nuovo Zelandia, where vampires have existed for the last 300 years.

* [[spoiler: CorruptChurch: The Brotherhood is ultimately revealed to be this. They do everything to make humanity dependent on them, and [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem despite outlawing genetic experiments]], they secretly perform them to create more vampires after decades of no new vampires being born. Their actions indirectly lead to Edgar going insane and starting the movie's plot.]]

* AlternateUniverse: The movie is set in the 1960s in an alternate version of New Zeland named Nuovo Zelandia, where vampires have existed for the last 300 years.
* BewareTheSuperman: In this universe, vampires are regarded as a more perfect version of humans and therefore closer to God. This trope comes into play when a rogue vampire goes on a killing spree with the police and the Church trying to stop him from claiming anymore lives.

* CainAndAbel: [[TheHero Silus]] and [[BigBad Edgar]] are literally brothers, as they are born from the same mother, not just belonging to the same Brotherhood of vampires.

* SuperiorSpecies:

* TheTheocracy: The government is effectively run by the Church and their edicts are religious in nature such as banning genetic research.

* FantasticRacism: Its mentioned that vampire babies were killed at birth by fearful humans and its the main reason why the Brotherhood withholds scientific progress - to stop humans from figuring out where they come from and stop vampires from being born.

* ImmortalProcreationClause: Brothers can live for centuries with the oldest one being 300 years old. However, they are unable to produce offspring with human women. [[spoiler: This becomes a problem when its revealed that no Brother has been born for the last 70 years and Brotherhood is fear
* OneGenderRace: Vampires are exclusively male

* Really700YearsOld: Silus and Edgar are over 100 years old.

* TheTheocracy: The government is effectively run by the Church, whose edicts are religious in nature such as banning genetic research.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Brotherhood is depicted as such. They are clergy members that subsist from donated blood willingly given by churchgoers, hold religious education for children and are nominally sworn to service mankind instead of rule over them. [[spoiler: This is just a front for them to better control humans more subtly]].
* ImmortalProcreationClause: Brothers can live for centuries with the oldest one being 300 years old. However, they are unable to produce offspring with human women.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are not undead, you have to be born and male to be a vampire. They are stronger, faster and more durable than humans, have long lifespans (none ever died of natural causes, but their oldest one looks quite aged indicating they aren't exactly immortal). Their blood can also grant visions to any human who drinks it.
* ScienceIsBad: The Brothers have banned genetic research, claiming and nothing good can come from it, such as the deadly influenza that affects their city. They also did it as a method of control so that humans are prevented from getting rid of vampires or gaining independence.

''Perfect Creature'' is a [[VampireFiction vampire movie]] from 2007, taking place in a AlternateUniverse where 300 years ago, male babies were mysteriously born as vampires. They were revered as a SupernaturalElite known as "Brothers" that lived in harmony with the normal humans, stating that they only exist to serve and protect mankind. That harmony is threatened by a vampire SerialKiller who sees humans as food goes on a killing rampage, a Brother (Dougray Scott) is assigned to join the police investigation headed by Lilly Squires (Saffron Burrows) to stop this madman.

* AlternateUniverse: Its not specified

* CainAndAbel: Silus and Edgar are literally brothers, as they are born from the same mother, not just belonging to the same Brotherhood of vampires.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Brotherhood is depicted as such. They are clergy members that subsist to donated blood willingly given to them by churchgoers, hold religious education
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They are not undead, you have to be born and male to be a vampire. They are stronger, faster and more durable than humans, have long lifespans (none ever died of natural causes, but their oldest one looks quite aged). Their blood can also grant visions to any human who drinks it.

''Perfect Creature'' is a [[VampireFiction vampire movie]] from 2007, taking place in a AlternateUniverse where 300 years ago, male babies were mysteriously born as vampires. They were revered as a SupernaturalElite known as "Brothers" that lived in harmony with the normal humans, stating that they only exist to serve and protect mankind. That harmony is threatened by a vampire SerialKiller who sees humans as food goes on a killing rampage, a Brother is assigned to join the police investigation headed by Lilly Squires (Creator/SaffronBurrows) to stop this madman.

* ActionGirl: Lilly Squires.

* CainAndAbel: Silus and Edgar.

* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Brotherhood is depicted as such. They are members of the clergy
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They

''Perfect Creature'' is a vampire movie from 2007, taking place in a AlternateUniverse where 300 years ago, male babies were mysteriously born as vampires. They were revered as a SupernaturalElite known as "Brothers" that lived in harmony with the normal humans, stating that they only exist to serve and protect mankind.

* BigBad
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Brotherhood is depicted as such.
* ScienceIsBad: The Brothers teach that genetic research is abominable and nothing good can come from it.