Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)

Director:

Phil Claydon

Writers:

Stewart Williams (screenplay) and
Paul Hupfield (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 March 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Two no-hopers. One cursed village. One hell of a night!

Plot:

Their women having been enslaved by the local pack of lesbian vampires thanks to an ancient curse, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Lesbian | Blood | Female Nudity | Breasts

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Corden	...	Fletch
Mathew Horne	...	Jimmy
MyAnna Buring	...	Lotte
Vera Filatova	...	Eva
Paul McGann	...	Vicar
Silvia Colloca	...	Carmilla
Lucy Gaskell	...	Judy
Louise Dylan	...	Anke
Ashley Mulheron	...	Trudi
Tiffany Mulheron	...	Heidi
Emer Kenny	...	Rebecca
John Pierce Jones	...	Landlord
Emma Clifford	...	Ms Rossi
Travis Oliver	...	Steve
Susie Amy	...	Blonde

Also Known As:

L.V.K. (Europe) (short title)
Vampire Killers (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexual content and horror violence.

Runtime:

86 min | Germany:88 min (European Film Market)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:12 | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 | USA:R (certificate #45689) | Brazil:14 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Luton Hoo Estate, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Alliance Films

Trivia:

Writers Williams and Hupfield were challenged to think of the dumbest and yet most commercial title possible for a film, Lesbian Vampire Killers was the answer. They then went away and wrote the script.

Quotes:

Fletch: Hahahahahahahaha! It's got a big metal cock for a handle!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Wishes it were Shaun of the Dead with Vampires

There is one word for this film: Weak. If you think you're going to get Shaun Of The Dead with vampires as one comment suggests you will be massively disappointed.

This film is not without it's laughs, but sadly they are few and far between and mostly in the trailer (the werewolf line is still the best in the whole film so work out how much that made you laugh in the trailer, figure that's the best you're getting and decide from there).

It is only 87 minutes but it still manages to get dull, something Shaun avoided. It does not have the deft lightness, charm and flow of Shaun and this is largely due to sub-Carry On writing that thinks it's funny when you are rolling eyes and groaning. The direction is lazy and feels more like one of the standard rubbish 'Brit comedian(s) comedy' like Sex Lives Of The Potato Men or Parole Officer. It's better than Potato Men of course - on a sort of level with Parole Officer I suppose or the Oz comedy Black Sheep.

Perhaps if Horne and Corden had written it, as Pegg and Wright did for Shaun, it would have worked for them better. But this is a weak film that only comes off as the pair trying (and failing) to do their own Shaun. Avoid unless a die-hard Horne and Corden fan, and even then you'll have to talk yourself into enjoying it if you're sober!