Director: John Williams
Year: 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Vampire
Plot:
After leaving a deadly cult, a pair of friends decide to embark on a series of adventures before a predicted asteroid will destroy the planet and decide to go around helping people, eventually bringing them into contact with a group of vampire hunters tracking down a coven hiding out in the area.
Review:
This was a rather fun if rather flawed effort. What works really well here is the rather impressive nature of getting the guys involved with the slayers and bringing everything together. With the backstory of how the vampires have come into being and their connection to the area, this one starts off rather nicely before showing how they encounter the slayers out on their mission. The situations they get into at this point, from the scene at the farm encountering the vampire helper, the big confrontation at the reenactment camp, or the massive finale involving the group combating the creatures in the middle of their ceremonial ritual all offer up the fun of their inability to effectively fight them off yet still are adept enough to luck into some quite silly moments. Given the decent gore on display throughout all this and a somewhat enjoyable lighthearted tone that keeps it quite watchable throughout here.
There are some issues to be had here. The main drawback on display here is what this one thinks is comedic material but instead is just plain painful to watch. Despite the enthusiasm and chemistry the guys have, most of their antics are just plain aggravating and irritating which supposedly signals this one was intended as a comedy. The hamfisted jokes about their inexperience and unfamiliarity with the modern world, the seemingly innocent take they have with everything the vampires undertake while in their presence or meeting up with others who take them for the mentally stunted and laugh off their stories are all intended to be funny. Instead, they come off as painful, much like the random encounters with other travelers in the area that are not only unfunny but drag this one out by virtue of having unnecessary scenes here.
That is another big factor against this one in that it’s way too long for its own good featuring some useless and unnecessary sequences that are quite easy to cut out. The opening featuring the guys escaping the cult takes up way too much time with the useless speech about the upcoming doomsday comet before getting to the punchline if it can be called as such, while the generally overlong segments of them going out around the countryside trying out the locals with what’s going on. These are just absolutely overbearing and take too long to get the film going which is a big factor to the group getting set up for the final battle that’s really overlong and takes a while to get going. Overall, these here hold the film down for the most part.
Overview: **/5
With some enjoyable elements and a rather detrimental series of flaws, this one comes off with some decent aspects that make it watchable enough due to the drawbacks these feature. Give it a look if you’re intrigued by this kind of indie feature or looking for a fun, light-hearted genre effort but most others who aren’t interested in those elements should heed caution.
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