Starring - Kansas Bowling (Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, The Third Saturday in October Part V), Drew Marvick (Pool Party Massacre, XXX-Mas), and Nina Lanee Kent (Nite Time Creatures, Murdercise)
Release Date - 2025
Genre - Horror/Comedy
Tagline - "Work sucks. Be a vampire"
Format - Streaming (Online Screener)
Rating (out of 5):
I grew up with some of the best vampire films to grace the silver screen outside of the classic Hammer horror and Universal monster movies. Movies like Fright Night, Fright Night II, The Lost Boys, Children of the Night, My Best Friend is a Vampire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Near Dark, and the list can go on for days. While zombies may be my favorite sub-genre of horror, I will always have a soft spot for a good vampire flick. A few years back filmmaker Paul Ragsdale and his partner Angelica De Alba announced their new film OnlyFangs. This was one that I've followed closely since it was announced and couldn't wait to check out. A few days back Paul hit me up with a link to finally to review it almost two years after I made my first post about the film. I want to thank Paul and Angelica for sending this one over for review!
The film follows a group of insanely gorgeous vampires who cross paths with a wannabe monster hunter. He proposes that instead of killing him, he create an app for incels to to subscribe to monthly and they would get to drain them. This turns out to be rather lucrative for them and they become a pop culture phenomenon. This popularity brings attention to them from a conspiracy theory nut with backing from a local politician, as well as, the evil vampire that had enslaved them for years.
I went into Onlyfangs knowing it was a vampire flick featuring some of the hottest actresses in indie horror. However, I was not expecting the film that I actually saw. There was several things I didn't like about it but the film as a whole was a lot of fun and one that ties with GatorBlade Film's Fatal Desires for being the sexiest film of the year. The acting in this one is great. I loved the cast that A&P Productions put together with some familiar A&P faces meeting up with several genre favorites that have not worked together previously. Drew Marvick never disappoints. He is a natural in front of the camera and always delivers memorable performances. His character here is a bit more bland that his previous roles but he is able to work with it to give us something fun and enjoyable. Nina Lanee Kent is as talented as she is sexy. She absolutely murders her role as a ruthless vampire and has cemented herself as one of my favorites and an actress that I look forward to seeing in future projects. We also have another memorable performance from one of my favorite indie scream queens, Jessa Flux. I've been fortunate enough to watch and review two other films of hers this Halloween season with Blood Sick Production's Little Bo Creep and Blood Bitch Baby. While I loved her performance here, I feel she was underutilized or that just may be because I'm biased. We also have great performances from cult filmmaker and actress Kansas Bowling and actress Adriana Uchishiba. Kansas does a fantastic job as the film's light hearted vampire looking for love while Adriana delivers a very intense performance as a very aggressive vampire. The supporting cast is great as well but if I was to mention everyone that delivered amazing performances I would be here all day. The story for this one reminded me a lot of the erotic vampire flicks that you would find in the mid to late 90s. We have beautiful women who use their vampiric abilities and modern technology to line their pockets with cold hard cash. We then toss in a subplot with conspiracy theories and liberal snake people trying to take over America. I love all of this and love how they all work together to make a fun vampire film that is unlike anything I have seen before. With that being said, I was not a fan of the scenes featuring influencers and online personalities reacting to the ladies and their app. There was too many and they were extremely awkward to sit through. The movie would have been so much better if these were removed. Finally, the film has a lot of blood and some make-up effects. The kills are exactly what you would expect from a vampire film and they look fantastic. However, the film does have some not so great visual effects that stand out more then they should have. Overall, Onlyfangs is a great modern spin on one of horror's most enduring monsters. While I did have an issue with the amount of reaction videos used in the film to bloat the run time, I still enjoyed the overall film. It was a lot of fun and featured one hell of a cast. I highly recommend checking this one out when you have the chance.
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