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Director:
Richard Wenk
Writers:
Donald P. Borchers (story) &
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Release Date:
18 July 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
A Frightening Comedy more
Plot:
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends. They have problems with transportation... more | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Revenge of the 80's" The Teenage Sex/Horror flick! more (36 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Chris Makepeace ... Keith
Sandy Baron ... Vic

Robert Rusler ... AJ

Dedee Pfeiffer ... Amaretto
Gedde Watanabe ... Duncan
Grace Jones ... Katrina
Billy Drago ... Snow
Brad Logan ... Vlad
Jim Boyle ... Fraternity Leader
Larry Spinak ... Student
Eric Welch ... Student
Stuart Rogers ... Student
Gary Swailes ... Sock Salesman
Ray Ballard ... Coffee Shop Proprietor
Paunita Nichols ... Maven
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After the car spins around very unrealistically, the scenery directly in front of the car is obviously a painted backdrop. In addition to all the objects ahead clearly being a painting, the other giveaway is how the "scenery" meets the roadway. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV) more

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Revenge of the 80's" The Teenage Sex/Horror flick!, 3 March 2005
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Author: Captain_Couth (sirjosephu@aol.com) from Sacramento, CA

Vamp (1986) was another one of those teenage sex/horror film that was widely popular during the eighties. This is one of the better ones. Not a great movie mind you but it's entertaining and it does the job. Vamp stars Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler (whats an 80's movie without him?) Gedee Wantanabe, Dee Dee Phiffer , Billy Drago and Grace Jones.

A group of late teens decide to go to the big city and look for some kicks. They find a seedy strip club, inside are a bunch of wigged out patrons, sleazy strippers and a Reinfried like bartender. Robert is fascinated with one of the strippers whilst Chris falls fro one of the waitresses. Grace Jones co-stars as the main attraction. Billy Drago makes a guest spot as a crazy vampire who likes to slum it up in a kiddie corner. It doesn't take Chris too long to find out that the club has a dark secret and he tries to find a way out without drawing the attention of the owners. Can Chris and his buddies make it to safety or will they become part of the staff?

An entertaining film that was heavily borrowed in the nineties cult favorite From Dusk 'til Dawn. The similarities are too obvious. Q.T. must have had this movie in mind (along with about six others) when he wrote the script. I would have to recommend this movie for horror fans and lovers of eighties movies. Fun stuff with a lot of tongue in cheek humor!

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