Most of the gore is neatly paired with sight gags to neutralise the terror, and it's an efficient enough machine for generating scares.

Part angsty teen melodrama, part gore-soaked vampire film, the offbeat horror picture "The Shed" should appeal to anyone who likes their genre stories imbued with personal feeling.

There's nothing to make your hair stand on end in The Shed because it's not convincing.

The teen-angst angle isn't explored nearly enough, making it hard to root for the young leads, but some of the bloodthirsty special effects are impressive.