Vamp (1986)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Richard Wenk

Writers:

Donald P. Borchers (story) &
Richard Wenk (story) ...

Release Date:

18 July 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

A Frightening Comedy

Plot:

Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends. They have problems with transportation...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Highway | Erotica | Gore | Razor Blade

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Chris Makepeace	...	Keith
Sandy Baron	...	Vic
Robert Rusler	...	AJ
Dedee Pfeiffer	...	Amaretto
Gedde Watanabe	...	Duncan
Grace Jones	...	Katrina
Billy Drago	...	Snow
Brad Logan	...	Vlad
Jim Boyle	...	Fraternity Leader
Larry Spinak	...	Student
Eric Welch	...	Student
Stuart Rogers	...	Student
Gary Swailes	...	Sock Salesman
Ray Ballard	...	Coffee Shop Proprietor
Paunita Nichols	...	Maven

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:R (DVD rating) | Australia:M | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Balcor Film Investors

Goofs:

Continuity: After the car spins around when the drive into the city, the view from inside the car shows they are on the right side of the road. When the view changes to show the side of the car, they are stopped in the road on the left side of the road near the curb.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV)

Vamp...'Camp' With an Edge

Well as usual most people don't get it. I mean the ones that gave it a low rating. This movie is what it is. Camp with an edge. And no, I don't mean 'camp' as in a 'gay' sense. Camp as 'outragously affected' or 'something self-consciously exaggerated'. Camp...Thanks in great part to Geddy Watanby. Playing the rich geeky college kid having to draw in 'pretend buddies' with his car and his money. He could be the best friend you'd never want to be seen with in public. Edge...Thanks to Snow and his crew. Here's a group I think we all wouldn't want to run into at a coffee shop late at night in a part of town where the majority of residence seem to be Vampires and sewer rats. Camp...Dedee Pfeiffer. An over the top upbeat perky cheery dancer/cocktail waitress whose neck has somehow escaped her vampire co-workers fangs. Edge & somewhat camp...The great and underrated Grace Jones. The head vampire whose eye-popping mouth dropping mesmerizing performance is only out done by her vampire persona (yes, somewhat camp), thanks to some great make-up and special effects. Edge...Location/scenes & music. For this you have to see the movie, speaks for itself. Camp...The copy cat 'Hitchcock' tilt camera effect. Although this was probably done hoping to effect the purpose that Hitch used it for, in a film such as Vamp, at least for me, it achieves a 'camp' effect drawn from the 'camp' side of this film.

I rated the film a 7. I rated this film for what it was, not for what I thought it should be. It was never intended to be a great cinematic piece of work. And it may not be the best 'camp' film either. But as a 'camp' film with an 'edge', it works out to be a solid 7.