Vamps (2012) User Reviews

An Uneven Movie Surprisingly Funny and Cute

[claudio_carvalho · 6/10 · 16 May 2013]

In Manhattan, the vampires Goody (Alicia Silverstone) and Stacy (Krysten Ritter) share an apartment and work and study in the night-shift. Goody was turned in vampire in 1840 by the evil Cisserus (Sigourney Weaver), who turned Stacy in the 90's, and they became best friends but Goody never told her real age to her friend. They only drink mice blood and refuse to drink human blood, and they go together to the Vampire Anonymous.

Stacy falls in love with her classmate Joey (Dan Stevens), and soon she learns that he is the son of the vampire slayer Dr. Van Helsing (Wallace Shawn). Meanwhile, Goody meets her former passion, Danny (Richard Lewis), in the hospital where his wife is terminal. When Stacy gets pregnant, Goody knows that the only way that the child can survive is killing Cisserus, since they would revert to their human ages. But nobody knows here her lair is.

I was afraid to see "Vamps", based on the background of director Amy Heckerling, with movies like "Clueless" and the franchise "Look Who's Talking" and the poster that recalls "Sex & the City"; so I was expecting a shallow sex and the city with vampires.

But I was wrong and I have just decided to see this movie and I found it surprisingly funny and cute. The screenplay has brilliant and lame moments, and the result is uneven. The footages from the past are outstanding and the conclusion alternates between a corny and a beautiful ending. I would never go to the movie theater to see "Vamps", but it deserves to be rented on DVD. In the end, I have enjoyed this movie. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Vampiras" ("Vampires")

Why am I sobbing?

[scarlettwyrtzen · 6/10 · 15 January 2021]

This movie took me a long time to finish. I started it one night and the plot just kind of dragged a long while you waited for something to happen. I waited and waited for the problem that was going to be solved at the end of the movie happen but it never did. So I turned it off. I ended up finishing the last 40 minutes last night. And I was intrigued. Sigourney Weaver's role made the movie better because she was the problem. And the best part was the ending. Oh, the ending. I was sobbing at the end, maybe it's because of hormones or menstruation, but watching her remember NYC through the years really hit hard. If you love NYC and cheesy movies, this one is perfect.

A vampire movie with a bite of comedy and romance...

[paul_haakonsen · 6/10 · 8 December 2012]

I must say that "Vamps" was actually better than I had expected it to be. Sure, this is a chick flick, but still it was actually enjoyable.

Why? Well because of the cheesy and campy story, but also because it actually boasted some pretty impressive names to the cast list! And for a chick flick vampire romantic comedy it actually had some adequate special effects as well.

The story is about two ladies, Goody (played by Alicia Silverstone) and Stacy (played by Krysten Ritter) who are roommates and vampires! (Wouldn't a better term be coffinmates, then?) Living in New York, the two vampires have to deal with modern life and dating in the modern age. But something is threatening the vampire community, and can vampire find love in the Big Apple?

For a movie of this caliber, the story was actually fun and entertaining, despite being as campy and cheesy as it actually is. But what really made the movie work was the list of people credited to the cast; Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, Marilu Henner, Richard Lewis, Wallace Shawn and Malcolm McDowell.

Something did strike me kind of odd though. Why would Vlad Tepes be living in New York, that was just a bit too far fetched. And also since they stayed fairly true to vampire lore and mythology, how come the vampires cast shadows? How come when they cast no reflection, you could clearly see the reflections of Goody and Stacy in the restaurant window when they carried out the Chinese guy? Or how come Goody's gloves were off in one scene, then magically appeared on her hands in the next, only to be off again moments after during the dancing scene? And finally, during the hilarious nosebleed scene, how come the blood was down to almost touching the upper lip in one scene, then magically retraced and just under the nostril in the next?

Despite these visual mistakes, "Vamps" is actually a fair enough movie. But hand on heart, then I am sure that you'd enjoy this movie a whole lot more if you are a woman.

Vamps: Unoffensive but stupid

[Platypuschow · 4/10 · 7 March 2024]

Plot

Two female vampires in modern-day New York City are faced with daunting romantic possibilities.

Cast

Alicia Silverstone and Kristen Ritter lead while Sigourney Weaver, Wallace Shawn, Malcolm McDowell and Dan Stevens support.

Verdict

I'd not heard of this at all which I was surprised about considering the cast. Did it bomb? It truly came out of nowhere for me and yes truly unconditionally isn't exactly my genre. For all intent and purpose this is Clueless, with vampires.

Camping it up to 11 Silverstone and Ritter are saved to a degree by a surprisingly decent supporting cast but doesn't take away from what it is and that's pure nonsense.

It tries to be a comedy but it's just not funny, later in the film it tries to be deep but rushes it badly and by this point with the dramatic tone shift I just couldn't find it in myself to care.

Not a bad film, just a fruitless silly one.

Rants

Am I the only one weirded out when Malcolm McDowell doesn't play a bad guy, I mean yes he was Vlad the Impaler here but he was presented as a good guy, a nice guy despite this unlikely fact. He's a bad guy, he looks positively evil and has been typecast ever since. Whenever he's a good guy it makes me uncomfortable, like I'm being gaslit and any second he's going to do something positively ghastly.

Breakdown

Solid cast Just not funny Attempts at being deep and emotional fail hard.

Funny enough

[alexander-75-640939 · 7/10 · 25 August 2012]

I saw Vamps at the Fantasy Filmfest, where the comedy was well received by the public. The main actors were very funny, Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter make a good duo. The story was fine and most of the jokes were great. The film is aimed more at middle-aged people than teens so I doubt it will be very successful. It is a little gem, yet miles away from Clueless or Fast Times. There was more potential for horror or gore, it is very tame in that department. Also, Sigourney Weavers sire vampire of both Goody and Stacy was too tame a character for my taste. Malcolm McDowell, Justin Kirk and Wallace Shawn were funny and as always great in their supporting roles. They can do no wrong.

Two dead girls live in NY and try to have fun and fall in love.

[hulkamnia82 · 1/10 · 15 December 2011]

I saw this movie at a screening and I hate to be the one to tell you this, but this movie is bad. Real bad. I mean it's not good at all. I really wanted to like it. I mean how could a Amy Heckerling/Alicia Silverstone comedy about chick vampires be bad, right? Well, trust me it is. The jokes try so hard to be young and relevant, but come across sounding like what an old person thinks is hip and current. The acting isn't much better. S. Weaver pretty much phoned it in and the rest of the cast if forgettable. I wouldn't be surprised if this film never sees the light of day. I'm betting on a straight to DVD, or better yet, straight to Netflix Instant release. Please don't waste your valuable time seeing this movie. I can honestly say it sucks. No pun intended.

Unexpectedly good as well as bad

[siderite · 7/10 · 7 November 2012]

Any rating of this film would be flawed, because it is a collection of extremes rather than a smooth average. Some of the scenes or references are great, especially for some older people, while some are simply horrendous. The cast is great, but the performances average. Some of the ideas and dialogues are incredibly interesting or funny, while others are simply garbage. You would have to watch it to truly tell if you liked it or not.

I never liked Alicia Silverstone, but at least before she was young and sexy. In this film she plays a vampire that has found a reason to live in her much younger friend and colleague in blood sucking. They are good vampires, meaning they only terrorize mice. They are part of a Vampire Anonymous organization where they count the years sans human blood, together with Vlad Tepes (which no one even remotely pronounces correctly) and a bunch of others. Things get more complicated when their maker Sigourney Weaver becomes mass homicidal and one of the vampires falls in love with a Van Helsing and becomes pregnant.

There is much to be said about references on older films and characters and history. That part was truly emotional. Unfortunately it wasn't done well and most of it would mean nothing to iPhone people anyway. And who else would look at a film with vampires that is labelled a romance? Also some of the acting was horrendous and some of the characters superfluous. There were some very funny jokes, peppered here and there, but overall it felt rather dull.

Bottom line: I had expected either a Sex in the City with vampires or a sexual exploitation of the genre. I did not expect deeper meaning or funny dialogue, and I was pleasantly surprised. But only bits and pieces were thus, while the rest was utter nonsense.

Krysten Ritter is drop dead gorgeous

[fluffchop · 5/10 · 2 April 2021]

Malcolm McDowell is totally wasted. He's by fair the most talented actor in the movie and he does nothing. They waste screen time with Sigourney Weaver just phones it in as usual. One of the most overrated actresses of all time. Really she did Alien and Ghostbusters. Good movies but like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman she too has ridden the coattails of that work for so long she needs a new coat. Krysten Ritter I could watch all day long. Alicia Silverstone is perfectly cast and pulls off the role perfectly. She gives the movie it's heart and is what makes it a heartwarming movie worthy of watching. It tackles aging really well as her story unfolds towards the end of the movie. It's one of the things that always gets me about Vampire movies, they never address the reality of living forever. The loneliness, the seeing times change. It happens in most peoples lives, you get to 50 and you can remember a completely different world. So much of what Alicia Silverstones' character was talking about I live everyday. New technology, new things like Twitter which is for twits ofc. 2007s iPhone marked the end of the world, well another end, it always pushes a new domino over towards the endgame of enslaving humanity. Zombies looking at screens all day. Overall an enjoyable film even if you don't like Vampire movies, which lets face it who actually does anyway? Vampires, like Zombies are ultimately very boring. That's why they invent stories around said creatures which really don't rely on there even being Vampires to begin with.

Also, when they kill that head Vampire they also just killed every other of her downstream Vampires. Way to go right?! I mean that's pretty selfish. They claim not to drink human blood, which they could anyway at a blood bank, so it's stupid to begin with. Then they turn around and commit the murder of thousands of Vampires for selfish reasons. Oh I don't want to live anymore, well them walk out into the sun or cut your head off. Problem solved right. And the other one wants to have a baby, which somehow is born a vampire and makes no sense. IF in this movie, a vampire gets pregnant, that pregnancy ends in a week. If she reverts back to human then that child if it somehow now gets born, isn't going to be a vampire. Tie up your loose ends movie maker!!! I sentence you to sloppy writing jail.

Vintage film adds 2 points

[lynpalmer1 · 7/10 · 2 August 2023]

Not a bad movie, some very witty and funny commentary on vampire lore. For me the best parts were the constant use of classic black and white movie and news footage and references to people and events of the past as I'm a huge fan of history and old movies. Also some very old songs from the first half of the 20th century. Great use of fashion with the contrasting styles of the 2 main characters as well. Some relevant rants, even more so now, about the due falls of progress and technology in particular. Not as funny or as dark as "What we do in the shadows". Mostly light hearted fun with a bit of heart , especially the ending.

Sad to say, nothing special.

[abryan · 3/10 · 6 July 2013]

OK. I had reasonably high expectations of this movie after seeing the trailer. Well, it's OK. That's about it. The story is light but fine, there are a few humorous moments in there, and the characters are OK. But it's a bit of a drag. The special effects are a little hit and miss, and it was all wrapped up a little too neat, tidy and predictably. Another sad fact is that unfortunately Alicia Silverstone, although a babe, is getting a little too old to play these ditsy comedic roles anymore. To me, Dan (Downton Abbey) Stevens, Sigourney Weaver and Wallace Shawn were wasted in this movie. All a bit too lightweight, predictable and run of the mill for me.

A Fun Film

[synikk · 8/10 · 7 January 2013]

I can't believe how many negative opinions surround this film. I mean granted, its not Oscar worthy or going to go down in time as one of those incredible films, but the humor, sarcasm and light hearted tone are greatly enjoyable. Perhaps some people cannot vibe with the blunt somewhat twisted humor, but I loved it.

This is a film for people who want to simply watch something fun. It's never serious and simply a parody. The cast and acting were excellent and I really liked seeing all the stars. I think this movie makes fun of the current state of our culture and perhaps that is what annoys some viewers. It also attacks our cultural vampire-obsession which has become quite ridiculous in my opinion. So, perhaps this is not a movie for twilight fans as it may ruffle their feathers? I don't know.

As a fan of vampire films and light hearted comedies, this film fully delivered for me. It's kind of got a feel good vibe but also a lot of demented moments. Perfect for me :) I would recommend to anyone who likes vampire movies, comedies or cheeky dramas with some slightly twisted humor.

Funny and heartwarming.

[the-awesome-von-grimm · 7/10 · 10 November 2014]

Oh where to start. I am busy with watching loads of vampire movies and I have to say that I wouldn't have watched this if it wasn't on the list. But I am glad I did! I don't get all the negative comments, but I actually like quite a lot of movies where this happens. The movie is maybe cheesy on the vampire part, but it is basically just like any other romantic comedy. It is something to watch for fun, with funny dialogs, good acting and enough girlie moments for every teen of grownup on her period. Krysten Ritter is not only a beautiful actress, she fits her role perfectly. And Dan Stevens looks just really hot! All by all nothing deep, some parts of the storyline I didn't really get, but it is fun and heartwarming. It makes you think of your childhood, of all the things that are changing around you, the world, fashion, views...I had to drop a tear at the end!

You can really see the budget here...sadly

[GregTheStopSign95 · 5/10 · 13 June 2023]

The cast are the drawing power, and the only real reason to stick around if you ask me. I mean, Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Dan Stevens, Wallace Shawn, Sigourney Weaver...what's not to love there? It's just a shame the movie comes out feeling like a straight-to-DVD movie, or a mid-80s TV movie, because there's some good potential here aside from the cast.

There's a decent enough story here, and some really good performances, it just doesn't ever really rise above midday-movie level, even with the cast and crew it has. I'm also kinda disappointed because I watched this based on having found it on a list someone did up of "movies you don't expect to be sad, but are kinda sad" and...it wasn't sad at all to me. Unless you count the wasted talent, and the dismal box office returns of ~US$4000 on a US$16m budget...

Still, it's worth watching if you have nothing better to do?

Woeful attempt!

[diverdiva · 1/10 · 26 August 2013]

What can I say? I thought I'd give this a try because of all the glowing reviews on IMDb - maybe have an enjoyable 'chick flick' night in with some popcorn and a few laughs. Besides, a movie with Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell couldn't be all bad? Boy, was I in for a big disappointment! Whilst the premise had potential (2 girly vamps, surviving in modern NY and abstaining from human blood, while trying to live 'normal' lives), the execution was dire - the acting was amateurish and I'm afraid that Alicia Silverstone is past the age of this kind of role - she acted more mature in "Clueless"! Sigourney must have cringed when she saw the finished result, she was given terrible material to work with and wasn't able to improve on it. Malcolm McDowell's cameo as Vlad Dracul was actually quite funny, but there wasn't enough of him to save the film. Dan Stevens as 'son of Van Helsing' just looked bewildered and sorry to be there, which I'm sure he was - this was not a good choice for a break-through role in Hollywood. Sincerely, don't waste your time - if you want a comedy vamp film, dig out "Love at First Bite" - if you want Sigourney being nasty, watch "Working Girl" - well, just watch ANYTHING other than this woeful mess!

Vamps

[Scarecrow-88 · 6/10 · 4 August 2013]

We don't drink…Mojitos.

Clever vampire comedy, using the tropes of vampirism, intermingled with pop culture and modern technology, for the ipod age, set in NYC, has centuries-old vampire, Alicia Silverstone, and younger "bestie" Krystan Ritter (of Modern Family fame) trying to exist and maintain a level of secrecy within society, among humans, with a "stem" (Sigourney Weaver, an absolute blast) overcome by her overwhelming voracious appetite for human blood, her feasting becoming too out of control, certain to ruin any sort of anonymity successfully held over time. A stem is the "chief" vampire who feeds from certain humans, allowing those infected to live, "summoning" them when she so demands because of the control that comes with such power.

Regarding plot, that's about it. This is more about Silverstone and Ritter's episodic adventures in NYC, with a wealth of talent in the cast, such as Wallace Shawn (My Dinner with Andre & The Princess Bride, reuniting with director Heckerling from Clueless (1995) as a Van Helsing, no less!), Dan Stevens (as Shawn's son, falling head over heels for Ritter, and vice versa), Malcolm McDowell (as Vlad the Impaler!), Richard Lewis (as an old love of Silverstone's from the 70s), Kristen Johnson (Shawn's wife and Stevens' mother), Kak Orth (as Renfield, quite buddy-buddy with our leading ladies, always hoping they will turn him vampire) and Justin Kirk (as Vadim, a Ukrainian vampire always mistaken as Russian, much to his chagrin).

Weaver just gets lost in her part as a self-absorbed diva, totally irresponsible when it comes to not calling attention to "her kind", and her inability (she just doesn't care, to tell you the truth) to cease from drinking human blood (Silverstone and Ritter, along with many others attending a "Sanguinary Anonymous" meetings, feed from rats!) is becoming a nuisance to all vampires who want to co-exist with their mortal counterparts in the big city. Silverstone's adorable and recalls her old part as that cute (but pampered and oblivious to the hardships of the common man due to her affluence) princess in Clueless, except this time here she's an older woman in a lovely thirty-year old's body, from before "progress" and technology revolutionized America, living through it all and seeing such drastic change while generations lived and died, but unable, it seems, to keep up with the speed of the technological advancements such as computers and iphones.

There's a sense of Sex & the City fashion, with clubbing, importance in looking your best, and that search for romance here in the film, but Vamps has vampires occupying the city and follows how they inhabit the night-to-night (they can't very well inhabit "day-to-day", now can they?) social scene. While I love Silverstone in the film, Ritter is the real surprise as a zesty, fun, spirited, energetic, very sexy gal-pal totally involved in the happening night activities and social networking, her relationship with Stevens disrupting the usual animosity between vampire hunter Van Helsing and bloodsucking Nosferatu. Heckerling loves to have Silverstone nostalgically looking back in the past with an affection no longer felt in the current time she lives, pining for when life moved at a slower pace. Old movies and 80s references find their way often into this vamp comedy, much appreciated by me. It was nice to see Silverstone again with a comedy centered around her, even if she had to share the spotlight with the eye candy Ritter. NYC comes alive (well, mostly Detroit filling in for NYC) thanks to Heckerling's direction, and the film can be a bit violent (however, the CGI is terrible, especially Weaver's "chainsaw incident", along with a head on the skeletal remains of Ulysses Grant (!) coming after Wallace Shawn), containing dialogue in tune with the times (and characters).

The rat blood drinking is equal parts off-putting and absurdly comical. McDowell as a rehabilitated Vlad Tepish, and a voice of comfort to Silverstone and Ritter because of his experience as a vampire "down through the ages", is another brilliant piece of casting. The eclipse allowing the vampires to escape required day time commitments as "registered citizens" (jury duty, meeting with the IRS, etc.) by using ACLU attorney Lewis (who discovers that his former flame, Silverstone, is a vamp when she interrupts a robbery in a music store) accompanying them in order to help is also a really nicely cunning piece of comedy. The vampire tropes (garlic, crucifix, stake through the heart, thirst for human blood, etc.) are all gleefully usurped by Heckerling, especially when Silverstone and Ritter must inform the Van Helsings that they have it all wrong when it comes to successfully harming the undead. I have to admit this is probably about as guilty pleasure to me as possible because when you say "Sex and the City" to me, I cringe, but because I have a soft spot for Silverstone (and now Ritter), this was more easy to digest and enjoy.

the old footage is just a big quiz for horror buffs

[trashgang · 5/10 · 21 November 2012]

Strange things went on with the release of this flick. Released for cinema only two weeks later it was already available on DVD or Blu Ray. It was with a bitter feeling that I start watching this. I came across this title due my best friend asking if it was something to watch with our children. But I should not recommend it for children. Therefor too many things are shown that children never would understand.

It's full of old footage from old horror flicks like Metropolis and Nosferatu and so on. Further they return into time to see old footage from New York. I guess children wont understand it. But for horror buffs this is a trip to memory lane if you can guess all the flicks shown. and not alone that, they even speak of old actors and stuff.

The flick itself never becomes eery, it's a comedy but I must say that I never laughed. It's just a flick to watch with the family. The effects used are mostly CGI. I didn't have a problem with it because otherwise it would become an real horror flick.

The acting was okay for such a flick. Still, I think teenagers will have their doubts with all that footage used and wont understand it all. And for horror buffs this is a big joke. I watched it for Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell, old favorites from the genre.

Luckily it didn't laugh with vampirism or isn't ridiculous like Twilight. Just a flick that everyone can see, nothing more, nothing less. Funny to hear Das Pop in the soundtrack.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 1/5

A Light Comedy, a Mixture Between Sex and the City with Vampires

[BornKnight · 6/10 · 12 January 2013]

The film is obviously not a masterpiece, but is far to be bad and unwatchable: taking into account the other films of writer-director Amy Heckerling (Look Who is Talking etc.) it is not expected something worthy of any nomination.

The movie is a light romantic comedy, and unpretentious movie, about two vampires, one older (1840) and other "younger" (1990) who live together and their adventures and romantic conflicts in nowdays New York.

It features an interesting cast with Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter in the lead roles, besides other known actors such as Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell (Clockwork Orange The - any movie with him to me is worth watching). The performances are of a light-hearted comedy, with a mocking tone.

The film's visual effects are at least basic and do not know whether they were deliberately forced to refer the B horror movies, with hours that they are hilarious...

The story unfolds gradually with a meeting between Krysten and another person who I will not name (spoiler) and this event turns to be the main line of the story until a cute end, typical of those light romantic comedies. The jokes are good and funny, but not hilarious.

Ends up being a good fun to watch with your wife / fiancée / girlfriend, off course, if she likes this genre of movie.

Less than B-movie quality but somewhat entertaining at times

[tapio_hietamaki · 3/10 · 29 November 2013]

Calling this a B-movie would be undue praise. Evil Dead is a B-movie. Vamps is cheap, silly and uninspired.

Cashing in on the success of vampire franchises, Vamps is a film with poor quality in story, acting, special effects, dialog, directing and soundtrack. It tells the story of two young women living in New York who meet guys and go to clubs and happen to be vampires. The film manages to squeeze a couple of funny jokes and ideas out of this setup.

Mostly the film rests on the shoulders of Alicia Silverstone, who is funny and genuine even in this silly role. Krysten Ritter is alright as well, and Sigourney Weaver looks like she had fun filming her scenes, though I'm not sure how that is possible and how the filmmakers got her to sign on this.

A new generation of Vampires!!!

[elo-equipamentos · 6/10 · 10 April 2019]

A smart squib of tons of Vampire productions where they usually bite everyone to live, instead the new Vamps who have a good behavior, drinking a blood from rats, some kind of a new generation of undead politically correctness, a bit snide mixing of nightlife, caught by tax authorities, living together with already regenerated Vlad the Impaler who use to make crochet, also there are a group therapy called vampires anonymous (V.A.) and finally we have great great great grandfather of Van Helsing played by the hilarious Wallace Swann, Alicia Silverstone still in great shape even more than thirty an so, your friend Krysten Ritter more younger are the leading roles, both enough sexy and funny, the highlights are the soft punk rock by the band "The Lost Patrol" on female voice spread his tunes on movie, one in live performance, a fabulous soundtrack, the Vamps experience hooked me which l didn't expect nothing, my brother gave it as a gift, he takes it as a real bargain on second hand dealer!

Resume:

First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: Blu-ray / Rating: 6.5

"B" movie at best

[richiemann · 1/10 · 22 October 2012]

This was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. I understand what they were going for, but they didn't come close to pulling it off. I think the script was probably decent until the director got hold of it. A really bad display of one not funny joke after another. I'm a Democrat but even I got sick of the non-stop push of the liberal agenda - ACLU, Vietnam, etc. Can't anyone just make a movie for fun anymore? Does every film have to push an agenda? I'm just so tired of it. Basically the entire movie reminded me of how my first project turned out in film school. And for that matter, how most of the projects turned out - ridiculous.

Vampire Success

[lmpassist · 10/10 · 25 October 2012]

I saw this movie and died laughing. I'm a huge Heckerling fan of course, and Vamps fits right into her already ridiculously impressive catalog. Alicia Silverstone is hilarious and adorable, and Krysten Ritter is even better than she was on Breaking Bad (which is practically impossible in my opinion.) This could be my favorite Silverstone movie of the decade, just sayin'. Wallace Shawn is ruthlessly hilarious as always, and Sigourney is at her most devilish. And then out of no where, Justin Kirk shows up (Uncle Andy, from Weeds) and he had me cracking up from his vampire accent. And Malcolm McDowell too... this cast is stacked. The movie is a real delight. Fingers crossed for a sequel!!

Comedy with a Bittersweet Bite

[fal1en_angel5 · 6/10 · 6 January 2024]

Ok this is a comedic vampire film that blends humor, some romance and supernatural elements (starring Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as modern-day vampires). The movie unfolds with a fast-paced and humorous narrative, showcasing the protagonists facing entertaining dilemmas from romantic complications to the temptation of human blood. However, the film stumbles in its conclusion, leaving me with a sense of dissatisfaction and an incomplete closure to certain plotlines. The resolution feels like they wanted to simply get by. Despite this drawback, I enjoyed watching this movie and the chemistry between Silverstone and Ritter (I think) is evident. This may not be a super great cinematic experience but its enjoyable, so while the ending may fall short of expectations, the movie still provides a fun and lighthearted option if you want to see funny SFX / performances.

Vampires a la mode

[princedelapau · 1/10 · 13 December 2012]

Where to begin...

The acting? Very, very lame. The two leading ladies were obviously having a lot of fun during filming, but the overall result was, if not exactly wooden, definitely very in-your-face with the jokes, which, having been forced on the viewer in such a "laugh, dammit - this is a joke" way, had a tendency to go down like pork chops in a synagogue.

Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell were a horrible disappointment. The ever-lovely Sigourney played the vampire "stem" who had created the two young vamps, but instead of playing it seriously and letting the jokes flow, she over-acted from beginning to end.

Malcolm McDowell as the knitting-fetishist Vlad Tepes aka Vlad the Impaler, now attending something akin to Bloodsuckers Anonymous, was evidently trying to get into his role, but the lines weren't up to it.

The rest of the plot really isn't worth relating. There was love, there was a Van Helsing vampire hunter working for Homeland Security, there were some cute moments. But it really wasn't worth the bother.

1* for completely awful. I only regret that one can't give negative stars...

A monkey with a typewriter

[leopold-henriksson · 3/10 · 20 January 2013]

Let's be honest,it's a dump. No it's probably worse then that. I can't help myself to think how there was not a single person during the making of this piece of horse crap that says "Hey, you guys, seriously, this is not even close to good, why don't we make something decent instead". It must have been a bunch of greedy leprechauns that saw a pot of gold at the end of this waist deep poo filled sewer tunnel. I give this thing a 3 and not a 1 only, and I mean only because Krysten Ritter is really hot in a few episodes of Breaking Bad, and I felt bad when she dies.

Don't watch this broken down want to be spin off vampire crap. Unless you are a ....., if so, go ahead.

Fun, cute movie!

[skipreader · 7/10 · 3 July 2021]

I gave this movie a 7 out of 10 rating. I thought it was silly, but fun, gross in parts, funny and cute. I actually got slightly teary eyed at the end. I liked it.