So,I don't know how many people out there remember this little flick. But man,back in 1986,the lil 15 year old version of me enjoyed the hell out of this film. "Vamp" was a Grace "Dude Looks Like A Lady...Oh Shit She Is A Lady" Jones back in the mid 80's when she was appearing in a lot of films. She had appeared with Ahnold in that awful second Conan film (the only good thing about that film was a young Olivia "Kevin Arnold's Older Hot Sis" D'abo's nubile self being in it),and she had also been in the last Roger "I Never Really Was A Good Bond,But I Still Beat The Hell Out Of Timothy Dalton" Moore Bond film (the only good thing about that was the Duran Duran song and Christopher "Motherfucking The Man" Walken). I believe this might have been her swan song,as I don't recall her in much after this.
"Vamp" actually is a decent and enjoyable little film...still. Yeah its got a very 80's cheese fest feel to it...but it's got vampire strippers and a very tongue in cheek feel to it that helps it hold up.
The film is about these two guys who are trying to join a frat and one of their initiation duties is to obtain a stripper for a frat party. Sounds simple enough....but see back in 1986, there wasn't any internet to order your strippers from * side note-not that I've ever done that...uhm nor would I ever consider it,LOVE YA HUUN!!...anyways,they decide to head into the city borrowing the car of the one and only Long Duck Dong (Sixteen Candles) who is a loser rich kid with no friends who gets to tag along.
The guys, end up in the wrong part of town,piss off a very 80's type inner city gang (They look like something out of a Pat Benetar video) along the way and end up at the After Dark Club.
Now I will say this,the stripping in this isn't as hot as I remember it being,back when I used to watch this at 15,of course being 15,I was just happy to see semi clad chicks grinding across the floors , but the stripping is very lackluster for the most part , I mean Grace " I Swear She Has A Penis" Jones is no Salma Hayek....anyhow, the club naturally is full of stripper vampires with Jones being the ancient one,that's the head of them all. So these dudes are up shits creek big time.
Is this movie a classic? No , but its got some funny stuff that still holds up,never takes itself too serious,and for a mid 80's horror/comedy that wasn't a slasher,it holds up for the most part. Now "From Dusk Till Dawn" its not,but if your looking for a decent time waster...you could do a lot worse,besides its got a 22 yr old Dee Dee "Yeah I Know My Sister is Fricking Michelle" Phifer,who is just so frickin adorable in this,you just want to grab her and do things to her that might be illegal in about 47 states. She was SOOO cute back in the day....So on that note....if "Vamp" comes up on a movie channel,or you come across it on Netflix and have a coupon or something,and want to see something off the beaten path,give it a shot.
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