I will never be a member of any club that would have me, especially this one. Corri (Starr Andreeff) is a single mom/stripper who gets attacked by a female vampire and left for dead. She begins to get a hankering for blood, and meets up with Zero (John Savage), looking like he's wondering where he misplaced Michael Cimino's phone number. Zero is also a vampire and wants to let Corri join his little vampire family, which consists of a British vamp, the blonde vamp who attacked Corri, and a green haired little person. The family does not want Corri, so they try to kill Zero, Corri, and Corri's kid.
Someone forgot to tell Savage that this was a drama. He spends most of his screen time exhibiting more facial tics than Hugh Grant on an espresso bender, and he reads all of his lines like he is making a Farrelly Brothers film. Andreeff tries to make the most of a badly written role, but screenwriter/director Ruben goes for all the vampire cliches, like Starr eating her son's pet hamster and buying a lot of raw meat to fight the craving for blood. The kid also gets knocked around a lot, I don't think violence against children is really entertaining. The film is extra gory, but not in a wild, over the top way like "Killer Tongue." Here, the gore is gross and never justified, it just occurs. It is just in the budget. Most of the R rating goes to Corri's coworkers, who are put through embarrassing strip routines in the background of conversation scenes. The budget does not include vampire fangs. All the vampires here must stab their prey to eat. Nifty idea, unless you have already seen George Romero's "Martin." Even at 77 minutes, and once you throw in Ruben's attempts at arty direction (skewed frames, blurred scenes), this is one tiresome, dull, and dirty ride. Leave this club and take a shower, you will need it.
Someone forgot to tell Savage that this was a drama. He spends most of his screen time exhibiting more facial tics than Hugh Grant on an espresso bender, and he reads all of his lines like he is making a Farrelly Brothers film. Andreeff tries to make the most of a badly written role, but screenwriter/director Ruben goes for all the vampire cliches, like Starr eating her son's pet hamster and buying a lot of raw meat to fight the craving for blood. The kid also gets knocked around a lot, I don't think violence against children is really entertaining. The film is extra gory, but not in a wild, over the top way like "Killer Tongue." Here, the gore is gross and never justified, it just occurs. It is just in the budget. Most of the R rating goes to Corri's coworkers, who are put through embarrassing strip routines in the background of conversation scenes. The budget does not include vampire fangs. All the vampires here must stab their prey to eat. Nifty idea, unless you have already seen George Romero's "Martin." Even at 77 minutes, and once you throw in Ruben's attempts at arty direction (skewed frames, blurred scenes), this is one tiresome, dull, and dirty ride. Leave this club and take a shower, you will need it.