Vampires Vs. Zombies
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| Directed by | Vince D'Amato |
| Produced by | Rob Carpenter Damien Foisy |
| Written by | Sheridan Le Fanu Vince D'Amato |
| Starring | Bonny Giroux C.S. Munro Maratama Carlson Brinke Stevens Peter Ruginis Melanie Crystal |
| Music by | Mikael Jacobson |
| Cinematography | Damien Foisy |
| Editing by | Vince D'Amato Nicole Hancock |
| Release date(s) | 2004 |
| Running time | 1 Hour And 25 Minutes |
| Language | English |
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Vampires Vs. Zombies is an indie horror movie, loosely based upon J. Sheridan Le Fanu's classic 1872 novel Carmilla. Unlike Le Fanu's story however, here, most of the action takes place in a car. Vince D'Amato is the director and screenwriter of this film. In the UK it is rated 18; in the U.S. it is rated 'R' for horror violence and gore, sexuality/nudity and language.
Tagline: The battle between the living dead and the undead has begun.
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[edit] Synopsis
The movie begins with a scene showing a sleeping girl being menaced by a female vampire in her bedroom. The surreal effect in this scene shows how well the lighting corroberates with the directors intention for this to be an obvious dream sequence. The dream is abandoned when the sleeping girl wakes up screaming in the front seat ("shotgun") of her fathers Forest green Jeep Cherokee. She relates to her father that she had "the same dream again", audiences now fully aware of the reoccurance of that specific nightmare towards the female protaganist, Jenny. Jenny and her father, Travis, who is at the helm of said Forest green Jeep Cherokee, are driving at a steady 5 miles per hour, to an as of yet undisclosed location. Then, it happens..."DAD!" Jenny yells, as he proceeds to plow over a roadside construction worker turned raving lunatic zombie with his Forest green Jeep Cherokee. The zombie's head goes flying skyward immediatly following the impact, and yet his body still shows a head visibly attached. This is most likely in part due to the directors nuance towards depicting characters, antagonists mostly, with multiple sicknesses at once, conveying a possible link to this world, and the netherworld. The audience is then treated to a techno rave ballad as the Forest green Jeep Cherokee fades from view, and the beginning credits roll. At this point, it is irrevocably clear that you are in for a tried and true "Fast Furious Horror Action Vampire Lesbian Story", as printed on the back of the very well illustrated DVD case. Once the credits are finished, we hear a radio newsreporter describing a recent and horrific epidemic of zombiedom that has swept the calm countryside of this once peaceful set of woods with one road and a gas station. And, apparently, the reports as they are handed in to him indicate that a symptom of said outbreak is "murder". They then pull up beside a stalled car with three occupants: an older woman and two younger - one of whom is bound and gagged. Ignoring the bound and gagged girl Travis gives the other girl a lift. This girl is possibly a vampire named Carmilla, or possibly not. This is followed by an odd encounter at a roadside gas-station when a strange woman in gothic make-up (who is possibly a witch or sorceress) hands them a necklace. Then, in a jeep, Carmilla indulges in lesbian sex with Jenny, as the gas-station attendant gets sucked into an orgy of violence at the hands of vampires/zombies. The destination of the two female leads appears to be a madhouse (where, for unknown reasons, Carmilla dons a Nurses outfit). From there, they make their way to a crypt, where they encounter more zombies/vampires, some of whom are dressed as schoolgirls. Finally they check into a motel. Lots of bright-red stage blood flows in these latter gory and surreal scenes, which could indeed be delusional or possibly flash-backs. Also in the film is a vampire-hunter known as 'The General', who may be pursuing them, or possibly, arranging a rendezvous: due to his daughter being kidnapped by a female colleague of Carmilla. The film ends with a spinning book and the words, "The End."
[edit] The Critics Rage
- The current IMDb rating for this is 1.6, which is one of the lowest scores for a movie on record. [1]
- According to 'Dr Gore' the film demonstrates 'Grade-Z incompetence'. He gives it a 'Landfill' rating [2].
- 'Wooden Spoon' describes the film's script as 'abominable' and opines that it is 'worse than 'Troll 2' [3].
- 'Movie House Commentary' reflects that 'the actors deliver their lines with the unnatural inflections of small-time appliance store owners doing their own local TV commercials' [4]
[edit] Trivia
- The picture design on the cover of the DVD is very reminiscent of the one on the cover of Freddy vs Jason. Reportedly the filmmakers signed over creative control to the DVD company, which changed the title from Carmilla in an effort to cash in on the Freddy VS Jason target audience ("Asylum," the distribution company, is notorious for releasing low-budget straight-to-dvd cash-ins of major Hollywood films.)
- At no point in the film do vampires combat zombies.
[edit] Memorable Dialogue
- Tessa: I'm NOT Carmilla!
- The General: SHUT THE F*CK UP!
- Travis: "Get this stake out of me! It's the only one we've got left!"
- Jenny: "Oh no....I got my period."
- Female Officer: "You got any engine fluid?"
- Tessa: "You broke my fuckin' tooth, man!"
- The General: "Well that makes us even... You broke my fuckin' C-gar!
