"George A. Romero's Martin is the most overt inspiration for The Transfiguration, with writer/director Michael O'Shea, like Romero, stripping out the supernatural elements of the usual vampire movie for a stark realism... the deeper Milo dives into his obsession with the vampire lifestyle, the more disturbed he becomes by the violence he commits. The Transfiguration gradually reveals itself to be a coming-of-age tale, one whose central figure reaches a point at which he's forced to reckon with the evil lurking within himself. Whether the conclusion Milo ultimately reaches is a moment of clarity or simply the tragically inevitable endpoint of his demented obsession is something O'Shea leaves unsettlingly open." - Kenji Fujishima, Village Voice