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Suck

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Okay, so maybe it's not quite the classic that "Shaun" is, but this is a really, really fun horror comedy. I rent all the video store horror movies and it is rare that one comes along that's as good as "Suck." Well-shot, well-acted, great story, "Suck" feels like it's taunting critics with its title, but then it turns out to be a really solid film with what I thought would be just your typical blink-and-you'll-miss-them cameos until it turns out that Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins (who is HILARIOUS) and Alex Lifeson are all just characters in the movie. Who knew Lifeson was so funny?

The best thing about "Suck" is that while it's a good vampire comedy, it's also a play on indie band cautionary tale movies that has a few salient and pointed things to say about fame but is never overbearing or preachy.

I would really recommend this movie to horror fans. It's really entertaining and a lot of fun and you can really feel the makers' love of both horror and rock-n-roll.

a couple of posters have made comparison to rocky horror. thought this movie was better. alice cooper is on-screen for more than just a cameo and adds something to the mix. also a good performance by malcolm mcdowell as the vampire hunter. this is one of those movies that people have barely heard about now but will gain momentum as time passes. it's on my halloween shelf to watch yearly at this point.

Sorry. I couldn't think of a non-cheesy title for the review.
So Suck is pretty under-the-radar at this point. It might end up being one of those movies that the trendy dudes talk about knowing about BEFORE it was popular though. For a low-budget movie it looks really great and has a great cast and fantastic rock legends for cameos and small roles. McDowell is great as "Eddie VanHelsing." As are Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins to name just a few of the rockers in the movie. But the primary cast is also really good. The star of the movie is also the writer/director and he does a very good job playing the "straight man" as it were. The humor is pretty spot on and flows naturally. The only thing keeping the movie from being really great is the pacing and the conclusion. The pacing is sort of all over the place and doesn't build to a worthwhile climax. And the end of the movie is just a little underwhelming. Almost like the writer/director/star knew he had to come up with something after the climax, but ran out of steam before he got there. And even though it is a comedy, I would have liked to have seen some moral repercussions for the main characters.
But it's still a very enjoyable movie, and if you're a rock aficionado you'll love pointing out cameos from veteran rockers since just about every minor and bit role is filled by a rock star. Suck should be enjoyed by groups of friends, or better yet, bandmates.

I enjoyed this movie but don't consider it to be a 5/5 level experience. Positives: True music aficionados will undoubtedly enjoy all the cameos; the production values are surprisingly high and the acting is generally quite good; it features the girl from Hot Tub Time Machine who had a memorable hot tub crying scene; its witty - good dialogue with enough humor sprinkled in throughout; some very creative and artistic scenes (camera work, use of lighting, use of limited sfx, etc.). On the negative side, I found the story to be a bit slow and lacking engaging elements. While it was certainly fun, its just not that memorable; the story proceeds without any particular punch or substantial conflict. Again, please understand that I enjoyed this film, but its important to understand that its may not necessarily qualify as a 5/5 on everyone's scale. Definitely recommended as a rental, but be duly advised on a purchase decision.

In the modern world of formulaic, contrived, unoriginal retread movie making there are small gems you find along the road thanks to Amazon and Netflix reviews, I added SUCK to my to see list. I dident have high expectations going into this movie especially with how they felt the need to pander and push the more noticeable names in this movie, seen all over the cover of this movie to attract people attention. This movie will become a classic in the Horror Comedy genre through word of mouth, in my opinion better than Shawn Of The Dead, Doghouse and Idle Hands, this movie was perfectly cast, a completely refreshing original idea. The stylized look of the movie was perfect, even with a bigger budget I couldn't imagine changing any of the affects, it plays perfect the way it is. Cheesy stop animation with the opening bat to the car driving through different States, the lighting, colors of the landscape were perfect (from the purple sky to the glow on stage. Perfectly cast (from the creepy looking head Vampire to Frenchy the Roadie), Not to mention this Movie is really funny, the French Roadie who hacks up the dead bodies for the band is FUNNY AS HELL. I see this movie for what it is.......Cool, Cheesy, Fun, with a Really Good Original Soundtrack, I'll see this movie a 100 times before I pass away, and maybe my time will come while I'm watch this movie, laughing my ass off with a pleased smile on my face.........I gotta go I think I got a nose bleed.

Vampire comedies are surprisingly a pretty short list. At the peak of my personal faves would be the bizarre '74 dark comedy Blood for Dracula. 2010's SUCK by Rob Stefaniuk immediately gets vaulted pretty close to the top of the goofy blood suckin heap, partly by default. It is a very solid film, featuring small roles for Rock legends Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop. Malcolm McDowell, Henry Rollins, Moby and several others also share the spotlight. But they all pretty much play little side dishes for the main course--the yummy Canadian hotness Jessica Pare (Hot Tub Time Machine).

It's the story of a struggling rock band called The Winners. They're all kinda lovable losers, except for the gorgieoso female bassist Jennifer(Pare). Early on she gets converted to a little vamp vixen and goes on a super slurping spree.


Have you ever noticed in real life the more a band sucks the more popular they get? Same is the case here.


It's difficult to bring much new to this genre, but SUCK makes a decent effort. It's stylistic with some funny moments. Great music. Good acting. Okay blood suckage. There might even be a little nudity if you have a good imagination, but not actually. Oh, I did think the ending was kinda lame, but oh well.


Bottom line--one of the best vampire comedies ever, which isn't really saying much.

A giddy, goofy piece of rock and roll camp that delivers on all counts, from the homages to classic rock albums and pictures to the cameos from Moby, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Alex Lifeson, "Suck" makes glorious hash of the overworked vampire movie and rock band films. Dave Foley manages "The Winners," a mediocre band that travels in a hearse and can't catch a break. That is, until the sexy female bass player gets bit and becomes a goth idol. Before you know it, the band is gaining fans by the thousands, leaving a trail of groupies in their wake and Malcolm McDowell on their trail.

There is no real attempt to make this anything but a corny cult flick, even the 'animation' is hokey. Alice and Iggy are obviously having a blast chewing their parts, and there's an hysterical inside joke regarding Moby as the lead singer of a rival band. The original songs are just good enough to be Spinal Tapp-ish, but not too bad as to make you graon. The soundtrack itself contains the likes of Lou Reed, Iggy, Cooper, David Bowie and The Burning Brides, and is a true addition to the film. "Suck" is exactly the kind of film that should be on the A-List for a few decades' worth of Halloween parties.

I borrowed this movie from my local library for a Halloween movie night, and was pleasantly surprised about how good it was.

Its a fun, campy movie about a horrible rock band that goes vamp (and one overworked, loyal roadie). Throw in some famous rock star cameos, a creepy semi-master vampire, Malcolm McDowell as a hilariously awful vampire hunter, and MMMmmmmm...delicious groupies, and you've got a great movie.

Great comedy, interesting music, fantastic makeup and a different take on the vampire concept. The cast and the writing was excellent.

Some people thought that Suck sucked, but I didn't. The film is about the rock `n' roll lifestyle and vampires, and the challenges presented to a group of young musicians on tour with a bloodsucker in their midst. The film has relatively low production values, although it makes do fairly well with whatever money there was for some good visual effects, camera techniques, slow-mo and sped-up scenes, great cameos, and lots of blood and gore. It has a fine-tuned and somewhat crackling (but maybe a bit too hip to be genuine) screenplay that occasionally indulges in cliche (the series of famous album covers done in tableau vivant in the first part, for example - see pictures below).

With all of its cameos, and great songs by Burning Brides - the band of Dmitri Coats, the actor who plays the major vampire Queenie - being played throughout, and the film is probably the most rock `n' roll film since Roadkill. But where Roadkill only had a famous cameo by Joey Ramone and Nash the Slash, this one has appearances by Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins (in a really bad mop top/wig), Alex Lifeson of Rush, Moby and Carol Pope of Rough Trade (and also Alice Cooper's daughter Calico Cooper, and Dave Foley of Kids in the Hall). All of these cameos (except, perhaps, for Carol Pope's) are stellar and any one of them is well worth the price of admission on its own, particularly Moby's as Beef Bellows, the metal singer in the band `Secretaries of Steak' (Moby is well-known as a life-long vegan), and Alex Lifeson as a psychotic border guard. Alice Cooper plays an elder vampire, so he's just as Alice as you want him to be, while Iggy Pop plays it straight as an "aw shucks" studio producer who isn't happy seeing our young protagonist making the wrong decisions about the vampire in his band. He's Jim, and we all love him.

One of the more clever moments in the film is the use of footage of Malcolm McDowell, who plays vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsing (get it? Eddie Van Halen, Eddie Van Helsing?), in his appearance in "O Lucky Man!" from 1973 to show a young Eddie Van Helsing. Very good, very good.