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Vamp (1986)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 7/11

Vap
7/11: So, what killed Vamp?

Simple...Grace Jones. As horrible as she was, how did Grace manage to get acting jobs during the 80's? She's always been full of shit. For a while, Vamp seemed to work out, displaying a cross among My Best Friend Is a Vampire, From Dusk Till Dawn, and Fright Night. Then, all of a sudden, it fell apart by becoming a boring, typical vampire picture.

Well, the Esai Morales/Rob Lowe look-alike actor (remember him from A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: A Freddy's Revenge?) manages to keep things interesting. It's too bad the Donger was transformed into a vampire. If he was granted more screen time, he would've made the movie more fun to watch. Ditto for Billy Drago who consistently fails to keep up with the Billy Idol look.

All in all, Vamp has enough energy to begin with, but it dissipates long before the end, and please...no more Grace Jones.