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Suck (V)
“If you’re looking for some high concept, original vampire film, you won’t find it in Suck, but at least you’ll burn through an hour and half without regret. I’d say bust out some popcorn and grab this one for date night.”
Read Tim Anderson’s review:
Coming off obvious inspiration of rock ‘n roll horror classics such as Trick or Treat, Black Roses, among others, Rob Stefaniuk’s Suck is about a generic as you can get, but still finds a way to be entertaining.
Suck is a rock ‘n roll vampire comedy about a group of musical wannabees in search of immortality and a record deal. The rock band The Winners have sunk so low, they will do anything to make it big. At one of their gigs, their super hot bassist Jennifer (Jessica Pare) leaves with a creepy looking dude who is obviously a vampire. She shows up late to the next show “looking weird” and seducing the entire audience. When the band realizes that she’s a vampire and that it’s helping their popularity, they are turned one by one and gain immediate success. Meanwhile, Malcolm McDowell is a vampire hunter who finds the band and convinces them to help them hunt down and kill the Queen bee, which could transform them back.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
It should, as Suck is an ultra-generic horror comedy that’s been done hundreds of times in similar ways. While it’s nothing fresh or original, Stefaniuk sticks to what works, which is what makes the film watchable – although I wouldn’t recommend this other than a rental. To keep things moving along, the film is loaded with cameos ranging from Iggy Pop to Alice Cooper to even Henry Rollins. And to my surprise, Moby stole the show as a asshole singer from a rival band who gets what’s coming to him. Why anyone casts McDowell in anything anymore is beyond me as it’s obvious he just calls in his lines and puts forth zero effort, unless he’s just lost it.
In all honesty, Suck is a joke of a film loaded with cheesy lines, bad jokes, cameos, a horrid score, over-the-top acting and a lead vampire who hasn’t changed his clothes in 30 years, yet, there’s something charming about it that makes it worth a watch. In fact, there’s plenty of blood and pretty rad animated transitions that remind me of Guitar Hero.
If you’re looking for some high concept, original vampire film, you won’t find it in Suck, but at least you’ll burn through an hour and half without regret. I’d say bust out some popcorn and grab this one for date night.
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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