Lesbian Vampire Killers was released in the UK on March 20, 2009 but only in certain film festivals here in the US until it came out on DVD on December 29 renamed “Vampire Killers.” Lesbian Vampire Killers, while it may sound like a porno, is actually quite an entertaining horror-comedy. Similar to the likes of Shaun of the Dead, LVK focuses on two unpredictable and unusual male heroes who must defeat a pack of murderous vampires (who are, of course, all lesbians).Best friends Jimmy and Fletch decide that after losing their jobs and girlfriends they want to take a vacation. They throw a dart at a map of the UK and wherever it lands, they decide to travel to. Eventually they make their way to the village Cragwich, which unknown to our leads, has been cursed for centuries when the Baron Wolfgang MacLaren vanquished the Vampire Queen Carmilla.
Carmilla did not go easily, however, and cursed the town by declaring that upon every girl’s eighteenth birthday she will become a lesbian vampire (like Carmilla herself). After arriving in the town, Jimmy and Fletch meet four Swedish university students (all impossibly attractive young women of course) whom they share a cabin in the woods with. It is then that the real action starts.As the lesbian vampires pick off the girls one by one, Jimmy and Fletch must fight for their lives even after a seemingly crazy vicar comes along and informs Jimmy that he is the descendent of Baron MacLaren and is the only one who can defeat Carmilla and her troops of lesbian vampires for good. Hilarity ensues.
While not particularly scary, Lesbian Vampire Killers does not forgo a good horror movie plot in return for a few laughs. On the contrary, it delivers both. While somewhat predictable, the hero veruses the bad guy (or in this case, girl) storyline is as well played out as any movie that actually takes itself seriously.
All the while, we can’t help but be amused by the fact that the bad guys are, in fact, a bunch of hot lesbians who drink blood. Mathew Horne’s Jimmy is outshadowed by James Corden’s funnier Fletch and MyAnna Buring’s extremely likeable Lotte, who has teamed up with the guys to save her friends and defeat Carmilla. Eva, played by Vera Filatova, plays an immaculate villain as she attempts to resurrect her dead lover, Queen Carmilla.
The vicar, played by Paul McGann, is also a stronger character than the hero Jimmy, delivering the cliché lines about descendants and fate. The only characters that are more 2D than the lead are Lotte’s three friends, whose lack of screen time overshadow the fact that they could actually be amusing (with the exception of the almost-mute brute Trudi whose lack of dialogue and boorish behavior did not impress nor humor me).Overall, Lesbian Vampire Killers had a good, even if a bit predictable, storyline and enough quirky humor to keep me entertained. The characters were amusing and all well-acted, while the creepy setting kept the film’s horror aspect afloat. In the end, it was the originality and devil-may-care attitude that lets audiences enjoy it.
By: Jamie Z.
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Sounds like an original concept, even though there are about 978465783645893765 vampire things out right now.
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