Suburbia is inflicted with vampirism once a slumlord(..who is bitten by vampires when he finds them lodging in one of his buildings)poisons his family with tainted blood(while also biting his younger daughter). A chain reaction of new vampires ignites when those unaware, such as Rakeem(Delpano Wils), his sister Tisha(Kobina Wright)and his other friends who show up at the slumlord's house to cause a ruckus due to the death of a young child thanks to a fire. That fire was indeed in the slumlord's building and Rakeem wants retribution, but instead finds himself in a pretty scary situation..the slumlord's family are out to get their blood. Jen(Janet Martin)seems to be the only member bitten who can control the evil raging..at least enough to assist Rakeem in his goal to kill as many vampires as he can. But, the main goal is killing the slumlord who seems to be in control of the carnage that has emerged. We get a glimpse of how bad the vampire plague has spread through the scurrying shadows that often pass the houses outside..there seems to be no hope in Rakeem and Jen's cause to end the vampire disease that's spreading quickly and endlessly.
Gory micro-budget flick from director Desi Scarpone suffers from unoriginality. He really brings on the vampire feeding and never holds back on the bloodletting. When he focuses on the violence, it's quite effective. It's the other problems that surface such as a plot that really has nowhere to go. It's basically an endless supply of vampire attacks and one-liners from those infected who praise being inflicted with their disease for they say it has changed them for the better. The black characters represented here are mostly gangster stereotypes or those very nervy about being in a suburban white neighborhood. There is an obvious array of profanity and irrational behavior as if they can't think for themselves and are clueless as to how to get out of their situation. Rakeem is really the only fully developed character of the bunch, but Wils doesn't have the kind of talent to bring life to him. The film, interesting enough, mostly has females doing the biting and such. That alone makes this an interesting little watch regarding vampire mania. But, it follows the basic vampire formula and the single location of one of two suburban homes really stifles the ambition of where Scarone wishes to take his film.
Gory micro-budget flick from director Desi Scarpone suffers from unoriginality. He really brings on the vampire feeding and never holds back on the bloodletting. When he focuses on the violence, it's quite effective. It's the other problems that surface such as a plot that really has nowhere to go. It's basically an endless supply of vampire attacks and one-liners from those infected who praise being inflicted with their disease for they say it has changed them for the better. The black characters represented here are mostly gangster stereotypes or those very nervy about being in a suburban white neighborhood. There is an obvious array of profanity and irrational behavior as if they can't think for themselves and are clueless as to how to get out of their situation. Rakeem is really the only fully developed character of the bunch, but Wils doesn't have the kind of talent to bring life to him. The film, interesting enough, mostly has females doing the biting and such. That alone makes this an interesting little watch regarding vampire mania. But, it follows the basic vampire formula and the single location of one of two suburban homes really stifles the ambition of where Scarone wishes to take his film.
