That bites!
The Story:
Two vampires in New York, Goody
(Alicia Silverstone) and Stacy (Krysten Ritter) mostly enjoy their night
life. Taking college courses at night and working as exterminators to
catch rats and drink their blood. Yep, they and many other vampires
have shunned human blood and concentrate on the vermin of New York as
their sustenance. Ah, but when the Van Helsing family moves to New
York, the girls' existence is about to get really complicated...
Following up the latest viewing of Clueless, I wondered whatever happened to Amy Heckerling?
Turns out she wrote and directed this one last year, and brought back Alicia Silverstone (and Wallace Shawn!) in the process.
I'm
not sure if she gave up on Hollywood, or vice versa, but there just
hasn't been very much Amy Heckerling product in quite some time.
She
comes out of the gate in 1982 with Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and
then enjoys success again in High School in 1995 with Clueless.
Other
than that, her career is filled with long gaps from the Director's
chair, and even longer since she's had a box office hit.
Vamps apparently didn't help her much, which is a shame, because it is a cute little movie.
Perhaps
that was the problem? It's nothing special that screamed "I must be a
movie" instead of something that could have been made for tv.
Her
cast is impressive, with Sigourney Weaver playing the stem vampire that
turned both Goody and Stacy. As it turns out, only stems can turn
people into vampires, and if a stem is injured or killed, it will have
repercussions on the entire line of vampires that the stem had created.
So you can see where the plot device is coming from.
Either way, it's still a better film than Twilight.
: )
Final Grade: B-
Rewatchability/Purchase
Factor: Mostly harmless fun. Not Heckerling's best, but it's a
movie that I could watch again with no problem.
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