Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Beverly Hills Vamp


Director - Fred Olen Ray (Scalps)
Starring - Britt Ekland (The Monster Club), Eddie Deezen (Critters 2), and Tim Conway Jr. (Dorf on the Diamond)
Release Date - 1989
Genre - Horror/Comedy
Tagline - "All she wanted was a man to call her own...forever"
Format - Streaming (Netflix)

Rating (out of 5):


     One day while playing around on vhsps.com I came across this flick.  I had chose some movies to order before I found this one.  From the poster it looked like a fun little film similar to Rockula and My Best Friend is a Vampire.  Both are mediocre films that don't offer anything special just some good, cheesy, sleazy fun.  So I tried to check out a trailer for it on youtube.com and could not find anything except two scenes dubbed in French. That made me not want to order it but one evening while browsing Netflix I got lucky and found it.
     The film follows three film nerds as they travel to Beverly Hills to speak with one of the nerd's uncle.  His uncle just happens to be a sleazy film producer and they want him to help get their film off the ground.  Their uncle has no family ties and shew the young boys off.  That evening the three decide to look through the personal adds in an adult paper for females looking for a good time.  They come across an add for three woman that invite men over after dark for a good job.  Kyle (Deezen), the only one with a girlfriend, can't go through with it and leaves.  The following morning his friends have yet to return and returns to the home of the three ladies.  When he arrives he can't find his friends, as well as, the three ladies from the previous night.  He decides to visit the police and file a missing person report but the police refuse to help because it is out of their jurisdiction.  Finally, he decides to pay Brock's (Conway Jr.) uncle a visit.  While he is there Brock strolls in with pale skin and two bite marks on his neck.  Kyle deduces that Brock has been turned into a vampire and the producer takes him to see a priest about how they can cure Brock and their other friend.  The priest tell them the typical movie ways to kill a vampire and the pair head off to the vampire whores bordello.  Once inside, the producer is seduced while Kyle goes on a vampire killing spree.  After making his way through three vampires, and his other friend, he comes face to face with the head vampire...where she falls prey to his nerdy vampire killing skills.
      This movie was exactly like I thought it would be.  It is extremely sleazy and full of boobs.  The acting is decent for the most part.  I really enjoyed Eddie Deezen in this.  Most people recognize his voice as Mandrake in Dexter's Laboratory.  Anyway, some of the cast are worth watching while others are horrible actors and make the scenes they're in just awkward to watch.  The effects are nonexistent in this flick.  Those familiar with Ray's films know his flicks are extremely low budget with horrible acting and effects and this one is no different.   There is no deaths on film and the vampires have horribly cheap looking fangs.  Also, once bitten by the whore, Brock has white makeup oand just two red lines down his neck.  Even with the budget they had the effects could have been handled a lot better.  The story is similar to the Tales from the Crypt movie, Bordello of Blood.  This one was good to watch at least once but it has no replay value.  In fact, if you want to watch a vampire whore movie watch Vampire Whores from Outer Space or Bordello of Blood.  Both are very good flicks.  So check this one out on Neflix, or not, you will live either way.        

    

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