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whats that French vampire film like BUFFY?

post #1 of 8
8/20/03 at 8:02pm
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I forgot the damned title and want to find it to buy.
Thanks guys.
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post #2 of 8
8/20/03 at 8:20pm
You mean Bloody Mallory? Lions Gate, I think, acquired it and intends to release it later this year or early next.
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post #3 of 8
8/20/03 at 8:25pm
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Thanks RR! Damn it was right on the tip of my pointy little brain!
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post #4 of 8
8/21/03 at 7:56am
I highly recommend this movie! If you get a chance to see it, go for it. It's a fun little movie.
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post #5 of 8
8/21/03 at 9:08am
I dunno.

It's a bit like an uber-camp Buffy fan film. Saw it at the Frightfest last year - could have done without having all of the non-hetero Besson influences: specifically the screaming trannie character who only ends up being less annoying than Chris Tucker purely because I had to read his asinine babblings rather than just listen to them.

It's quite fun and imaginative I guess, but it falls into the trap that so many pictures of this genre that love the mix of mirth and pathos that shows like Buffy effortlessly swing between: it thinks it's an easy trick to pull off. But it's not. It's deceptively complex. And so anyone attempting such a band wagon hop will err to the side of clumsy camp and wildly uneven tone. Much like ...Mallory

Still, the lead is buxom enough and the score is wicked, and bizarrely enough by Kenji Kawai, cmoposer of Ghost In The Shell and Dark Water.

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post #6 of 8
8/21/03 at 4:15pm
My take?

you are right. It is near impossible to pull off that mix. And Buffy the series never did pull it off. Swanson is the real Buffy, with Reubens and Hauer to support it. The original movie is just brilliant... and the series....

Well, to avoid eventual flamewars I will just say I judge many real horror fans on how they gauge that particular piece of drivel.
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post #7 of 8
8/21/03 at 5:23pm
No.
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post #8 of 8
8/22/03 at 10:26am
I think this movie is mindless popcorn filler of a movie.
Is it Casablanca? No.
Is it played for laughs? Mostly.
If you go into it looking for a serious horror movie, you will be dissapointed.

If this is your thing and you want to see what could be a fun movie, you might like it.

It would have been nice to see Lisa Wilcox (of Nightmare 4&5) in the title role as the director originally wanted.
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