loomis78-815-989034 Review of Dance of the Damned

Dance of the Damned (1989)

Watch 'To Sleep with a Vampire' instead

[5/10 · 23 February 2014]

A stripper named Jodi (Andreeff) has such a bad personal life she is contemplating suicide. While stripping at her club one night she is observed by a man (O'Reilly) who is a vampire who picks up on her suicidal energy and kidnaps her. While at his apartment, the two begin an unusual relationship as the each try to help each other with what they don't have in their lives. The movie plays like a tragic drama way more than a horror film but has an interesting story line. Director Katt Shea Ruben who co-wrote this with Producer Andy Ruben gets decent performances from her two leads which was pretty much was a must due to the subject matter. There's too much dancing and bad late 1980's dance music and no real blood or horror to speak of. As an audience you will either be intrigued by these two characters and enjoy this film or you will be bored out of your mind. This movie and its premise was essentially remade by Roger Corman a few years later under the title "To Sleep with a Vampire" and played much better than this outing does. This would be for Vampire film lovers only who may enjoy the change of pace.