A look at Vampires Suck, Bitten and Suck
They say that a trend in movies is on the way out when the movies become aimed at younger audiences and spoofs are made about the genre. But the Vampire trend doesn't seem to be slowing down and much of the market is aimed at young female movie goers. The Twilight series is squarely aimed at young girls and one could say that the film versions are they themselves spoofs of much better vampire films. The books by Stephanie Myers owe much (VERY MUCH) to other novels and series about vampires. The Anita Blake : Vampire Hunter series by Laurel K Hamilton predates the Twilight series by several years and is a much better series and one could argue that most of the plot and characters from Twilight are pale copies of characters and events from the Anita Blake series.
I could spend several blog posts analysis the short comings of the Twilight movies and books, but instead I'm going to review several recent vampire movies that are aimed more at your funny bone, than your jugular.
First lets look at a movie that spoofs the Twilight movies, called "Vampires Suck". If you haven't seen the Twilight movies, you may not get the feeble jokes this lackluster film shoots for. It would seem easy spoofing movies that are unintentionally laugh out loud funny because they are so badly done. But the film makers of "Vampires Suck" apparently couldn't come up with any real funny bits for this film. "Vampires Suck" does indeed suck.
Another vampire film that has suck in the title is called "SUCK" and is a much, much better movie than our previous example. "Suck" is about a not so great rock band called the Winners, who are barely surviving on the road.
The fortunes of the band turn for the better when bass player JENNIFER (JESSICA PARÉ) goes to an after party with a very creepy looking guy called QUEENY (DIMITRI COATS,lead singer of Burning Brides)who looks like a vampire because he is one. Jennifer struggles not to eat her band mates, but soon turns most of the band except for lead singer JOEY (writer, directer and star ROB STEFANIUK)who wants the band to be famous because of his music and not vampire magic. This is a good little movie, that has a bunch of rock star cameos ( Moby, Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper to name a few)a rocking score, good performances and a nice, funny story. This is worth a look and will pleasantly surprise you.
Finally lets take a look at "Bitten" a dark comedy that looks at vampirism almost as an addiction and how can true love survive if your hot new girlfriend keeps eating people.
"Bitten" is a love story about paramedic Jack ( Jason Mewes ) who finds the beautiful Danika lying in a pile of garbage covered in blood. Jack takes Danika (Erica Cox) in and nurses her back to health, but it soon becomes apparent that Danika isn't hooked on drugs, but on human blood. Jack attempts to be an understanding boyfriend and one look at Eric Cox in this film and one could see a lot of guys putting up with a little murder now and then. But Jack has trouble adjusting to waking up in a pool of blood, next to his vampire girlfriend and the nude dead bodies of her victims. Can true love survive? Check out "Bitten" and find out. Not quite as good as "Suck" but still a funny dark comedy.
They say that a trend in movies is on the way out when the movies become aimed at younger audiences and spoofs are made about the genre. But the Vampire trend doesn't seem to be slowing down and much of the market is aimed at young female movie goers. The Twilight series is squarely aimed at young girls and one could say that the film versions are they themselves spoofs of much better vampire films. The books by Stephanie Myers owe much (VERY MUCH) to other novels and series about vampires. The Anita Blake : Vampire Hunter series by Laurel K Hamilton predates the Twilight series by several years and is a much better series and one could argue that most of the plot and characters from Twilight are pale copies of characters and events from the Anita Blake series.
I could spend several blog posts analysis the short comings of the Twilight movies and books, but instead I'm going to review several recent vampire movies that are aimed more at your funny bone, than your jugular.
First lets look at a movie that spoofs the Twilight movies, called "Vampires Suck". If you haven't seen the Twilight movies, you may not get the feeble jokes this lackluster film shoots for. It would seem easy spoofing movies that are unintentionally laugh out loud funny because they are so badly done. But the film makers of "Vampires Suck" apparently couldn't come up with any real funny bits for this film. "Vampires Suck" does indeed suck.
Another vampire film that has suck in the title is called "SUCK" and is a much, much better movie than our previous example. "Suck" is about a not so great rock band called the Winners, who are barely surviving on the road.
The fortunes of the band turn for the better when bass player JENNIFER (JESSICA PARÉ) goes to an after party with a very creepy looking guy called QUEENY (DIMITRI COATS,lead singer of Burning Brides)who looks like a vampire because he is one. Jennifer struggles not to eat her band mates, but soon turns most of the band except for lead singer JOEY (writer, directer and star ROB STEFANIUK)who wants the band to be famous because of his music and not vampire magic. This is a good little movie, that has a bunch of rock star cameos ( Moby, Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper to name a few)a rocking score, good performances and a nice, funny story. This is worth a look and will pleasantly surprise you.
Finally lets take a look at "Bitten" a dark comedy that looks at vampirism almost as an addiction and how can true love survive if your hot new girlfriend keeps eating people.
"Bitten" is a love story about paramedic Jack ( Jason Mewes ) who finds the beautiful Danika lying in a pile of garbage covered in blood. Jack takes Danika (Erica Cox) in and nurses her back to health, but it soon becomes apparent that Danika isn't hooked on drugs, but on human blood. Jack attempts to be an understanding boyfriend and one look at Eric Cox in this film and one could see a lot of guys putting up with a little murder now and then. But Jack has trouble adjusting to waking up in a pool of blood, next to his vampire girlfriend and the nude dead bodies of her victims. Can true love survive? Check out "Bitten" and find out. Not quite as good as "Suck" but still a funny dark comedy.
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