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Chris Makepeace (Actor), Sandy Baron (Actor), Richard Wenk (Director, Writer) Rated:

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GRACE JONES STARS IN THE SEXIEST HORROR COMEDY OF THE '80s A group of fraternity pledges head for the seedy side of the city in search of strippers and discover a sinister spot called The After Dark Club. But when the bar's luscious dancers turn out to be bloodthirsty vampires led by the kinky Katrina (GRACE JONES), the evening takes on a freaky new twist. Can these guys survive a bizarre onslaught of vixens and vamps, or will the armies of the undead take the ultimate bite out of their night? CHRIS MAKEPEACE (MEATBALLS), ROBERT RUSLER (WEIRD SCIENCE), GEDDE WATANABE (SIXTEEN CANDLES) and DEDEE PFEIFFER co-star in this outrageously sexy horror comedy that features wild makeup effects by Oscar®-winner GREG CANNOM (DRACULA, THE MASK). Includes a 4 Page Collector's Booklet.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ s_medR R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4.16 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Richard Wenk
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 33 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ August 21, 2001
Actors ‏ : ‎ Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe
Producers ‏ : ‎ Donald P. Borchers, Susan Gelb
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Starz / Anchor Bay
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005KHJL
Writers ‏ : ‎ Donald P. Borchers, Richard Wenk
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Sierra

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Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2021

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Amazing quality. Arrow always exceeds expectations and has the best covers! No slipcover. That’s to be expected though when you buy after it’s immediate release. 🙂

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John Lindsey

Excellent blu-ray to a great 80s vampire cult classic!

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2013

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Two college friends Keith(Chris Makepeace) and AJ (Robert Rusler) want to be in a fraternity but in order to be in they have to get a stripper for them for a party. They bring along a rich student named Duncan (Geedee Wantanabe) for the ride to the big city to go to a special strip-club called "The After Dark Club" where there are plenty of beautiful women especially Keith's old girlfriend Armaretto (Deedee Pfeifer) whom he hasn't seen in a long time. The club is owned by the desirable Katrina (Grace Jones) who is an Egyptian vampiress as it turns out the club is full of vampires who drink the blood of many people as the trio with Armaretto must battle the undead of the night.

A very entertaining 1986 cult horror comedy cult classic from director and co-writer Richard Wenk! What began as a concept by Donald Borchers who is the producer of this film as he worked for New World Pictures in 1985 who had an idea for a film about college students vs. stripper vampires, Richard Wenk came off his hit short film "Dracula Bites the Big Apple" in 1979 as he was seeking something of a debut film and this was his chance. It did became a minor hit and gained a cult following since it's video release, what works in this charming horror comedy is the atmosphere with some dark humor. The acting is quite good even by Robert Rusler and Grace Jones is terrific as the title villainess as she is one of those singers who can act playing the seductive Katrina. Deedee Pfeifer is beautiful in this movie as i always had a thing for her since i saw this movie in theaters as a kid when i lived in St. Louis and she is indeed Michelle's sister, Billy Draco is good in the role of the psycho albino gang leader Snow and there's good and sometimes gory vampire make-up effects by Greg Cannom even with Katrina's transformation from stripper to vampire queen as her character is a bit like Orloff from Nosferatu in some way but as a female version. This movie pre-dates films like "From Dusk Till Dawn" and "Bordello of Blood" years before them with the similar concepts and all, it even ahsa good score by Jonathan Elias which sounds kind of Carpenter-esque in some ways and this is one of my favorite vampire films.

This blu-ray R0 UK import from Arrow Films is an excellent BD and what some people here in the US don't realize that some foreign BDS mainly ones from the UK can play on US based players sometimes and this is one of them that plays on all regions. The picture quality is great with exceptionally crisp coloring that make the colors pop out and great extras like interview with Deedee Pfeifer (not in the US DVD), new interview with Richard Wenk, new commentary by Robert Rusler and critic Calum Waddell plus booklet with info on the film with collector's poster, 4 panal reversible sleeve options with new artwork and original posters, intro by Robert Rusler, Back o the 80s an interview with the producer, scrapbook of Scares which has Richard Wenk look over his collection of Vamp memorabilia, easter egg, behind the scenes rehearsals, blooper reel, Dracula Bites the Big Apple short film by Richard Wenk and Trailer. A definite must own for fans of the film and for fans of vampire films but please AVOID the US Image company version which is crappy as it has zero extras and bad PQ as this is the only one to get.

Also recommended: "The Lost Boys", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Cronos", "Bordello of Blood", "Dracula (1931 with many other versions)", "Nosferatu (1922 and 1979)", "Lifeforce", "The Hunger", "Near Dark", "Let The Right One In", "Let Me In", "Thirst (2009)", "John Carpenter's Vampires", "Subspecies Saga", "Vampire Journals", "The Keep", "Lair of the White Worm", "Sleepwalkers", "The Monster Squad", "Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter", "Vampire Hunter D", "Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust", "Evil Dead 2", "Blade Trilogy", "Underworld saga", "Daybreakers", "Salem's Lot", "Vampire Circus", "Twins of Evil", "Dark Shadows", "Horror of Dracula and sequels", "30 Days of Night", "Count Yorga", "The Omega Man", "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", "Blood The Last Vampire (animated and live-action versions)", "Once Bitten", "My Best Friend is a Vampire", "Habit", "Immortality aka Wisdom of Crocodiles" and "Fright Night 1 & 2 and 2011 remake".

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Frank R. Schoonover

Another One Of The Most Underrated Films Of The 1980's.

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2012

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Vamp, a 1986 feature film, is one of the most underrated films of the 1980's. That decade gave us so much wonderful entertainment that it is hard to believe that many really good movies get lost within the mix that it is really hard to keep track of. While Vamp was not a big box office success and received mostly negative reviews, it happens to be a pretty decent flick and very watchable.

Vamp is really not a horror film in the true sense. It is simply a movie that urban slang would call a horromedy, which means a comedy with a horror film theme.

It all starts when two best friends since childhood, AJ and Keith (Robert Rusler and Chris Makepeace), are being initiated into the most popular fraternity on campus. The whole thing goes awry and when AJ makes a really hard to believe deal that he and his friend can provide anything in the entertainment department for their party, they request that they get a stripper for their party that night and then, they will be automatically in. After a few failed attempts, they decide that a professional stripper is needed and they ask an obnoxious Asian American student named Duncan(Gedde Wantanabe)for a car, providing that they take him along on their field trip despite their objections. While on the way there, they check an entertainment paper and see an ad for the After Dark Club and AJ feels that this is the place that they have been looking for. They first have a run-in with the area gang led by an Albino looking guy named Snow(Billy Drago), which ends with AJ and Keith getting the better of them and using it against them. They arrive at the club some time later, and despite that they feel that Duncan should stay in the car, Duncan winds up going in the club despite their objections and that is when the story really unfolds. Unbeknown to our three young men, the After Dark Club is a hideout for a coven of modern day vampires as every one who works in the club, with the exception of two young ladies, are all vampires led by a queen named Katrina(Grace Jones)and that they might be the next intended victims. AJ feels that after seeing Katrina perform that she is the right stripper for the frat party and decides to talk to her to make the preposition, but winds up getting bitten and after Keith accidently puts a cockroach in his mouth to eat, he decides that enough is enough and wants to go home fraternity or no fraternity as he really didn't care whether he and/or AJ made it into that group in the first place. But later, we see that Keith finds out the truth about the club and also seeing that AJ has now become one of them, he now knows that in order for him to survive, he has to get out of the club and the area immediately. During this time, a young waitress and would be hopeful dancer named Amaretto(Dedee Pfeiffer, who has always stated that Vamp is her all time favorite out of all the films that she has done)tries to get Keith to remember her, but Keith really has no clue as to who she is, until later on when she reveals herself to be an old school mate of his named Allison Hicks. With Amaretto and Duncan, they fight to escape the club after discovering the truth about everyone there. But after discovering that Duncan has also been bit, Keith crashes the car deliberately and it explodes only a few seconds later destroying him. For Keith and Amaretto, it now becomes a fight to survive the night and to stay mortal in the midst of the vampire population in that area. As usual, I won't give too much away as I don't want to spoil this for anyone who hasn't seen it as of yet.

Director and co-writer Richard Wenk effectively blends the elements of horror and comedy to deliver a very fun and entertaining romp. The cast all play their respective roles in the film with class and charisma and also, Grace Jones, though she has no speaking lines in this film, steals the show as the vampire queen Katrina. Her character simply growls, snarls and laughs very wickedly and hysterically, but is very effective and does help to keep the film afloat. Sandy Baron also helps in his performance of Vic, a partner in the club ownership. Gedde Wantanabe, who also appeared in other 1980's films like Sixteen Candles and Gung Ho, is a hoot as the over sexed, obnoxious and narcissistic Asian American guy named Duncan. That and the wonderful soundtrack, make this film an entertaining and fun romp that takes the horror element to the limits and also, you will have a few laughs along the way.

The reception for Vamp wasn't very favorable back in 1986 when the film was released. It didn't really play much in many areas. I don't even remember this film even playing at a theater in my hometown. I still remember the TV spots that did get shown on TV a lot, but still, I don't remember this film ever coming to my hometown as I never really saw it in the local newspapers playing at one of the local theaters. The vast majority of critics didn't like this or maybe, they really didn't understand it at first when it was initially released. So, as a result of that, I didn't get a chance to see it in any movie theater in my hometown as again, I have no recollection of it playing in my hometown.

But on one birthday of mine back in the mid 1990's, a friend of mine bought this for me on VHS as a present and since I had only limited knowledge of the film, I decided to pop this in that very night. This particular VHS tape was the initial re-issue of the movie on VHS by the Starmaker company, that was later bought out by Anchor Bay Entertainment, who also later re-issued this movie on VHS again in 1997 with a theatrical trailer before the film started and also, a small featurette where a few members of the cast and the crew talk about the film and their experiences making it. I popped this movie in my VCR and I actually enjoyed the film immensely. I thought that it was a wonderful and entertaining romp and I actually watched it several times after that. I still enjoy this film and it is one of my favorite movies. The film is a hoot and a holler and worth watching. The film is very watchable and laughable. It is worth renting or even owning if you enjoy movies of this type. It is a fun and entertaining romp.

Yes, the film was not a big success, critically or commercially, but it has since become a cult classic and also, a favorite among everyone who admires the actors who starred in this, especially the legions of Grace Jones fans out there in the world. Though she doesn't have any spoken lines of dialogue in this, she still steals the show as the wicked, but you can't help but love, queen Katrina. She alone is the main reason why this film is worth watching and owning. Grace Jones is a multi-talented performer who sings, writes songs and acts. She is still loved by her legions of fans across the world. I happen to be a fan of hers in my own right as I have several of her albums in my ever growing vinyl collection. The movie, as a whole, is considered a "guilty pleasure" amongst it's cult of admirers who love the movie and still do.

This debut DVD release of Vamp by Anchor Bay Entertainment has the film remastered digitally from the original negatives for superb quality. The film is very colorful and the audio sounds terrific. The soundtrack also sounds wonderful.

PROS: There are some wonderful special features. This DVD has several TV spots. The theatrical trailer that was used on the 1997 VHS re-issue. It also has a short film called Dracula Bites The Big Apple, that was also directed by Richard Wenk in 1978, eight years before the making of Vamp. We are also treated with a poster and still gallery. Also, the aforementioned colors and terrific sounding audio and also, the soundtrack sounds wonderful. The commentary track is also very entertaining, as the director and a few of the film's stars talk about the film and their experiences making the film.

CONS: While the aforementioned special features make this DVD a treasure, it doesn't reissue the short featurette that was issued on the 1997 VHS re-issue by Anchor Bay Entertainment. If that were included with all of those above aforementioned special features, it would have made this THE definitive DVD issue. Since this has gone out of print, it has been re-issued on DVD by other company's and it is also available on Blu-Ray.

Overall, Vamp is one of the most underrated films of the 1980's and is a very satisfying film in many ways. It is a very fun and entertaining romp that can be watched more than once and enjoyed again and again. It is well worth renting and even owning, especially if you admire any of the films stars and even Grace Jones fans will be satisfied. It is fun if you love horror movies or comedy movies or both. If you haven't gotten this film yet, by all means get it. No horror or comedy fan, or even Grace Jones fan, should be without it.

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Marcus E. Sharpe

Grace Jones as a vampiress...need I say anything more!!!

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2015

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This movie brings back so many memories from my early teen years. I was about 13 when this movie was released in the US. While I couldn't watch it in the theaters, I sure was able to later rent it from my local video store (anybody remember those?). Immediately fell in love with it. Yes while there are many now laughable aspects to the film itself, those of us who are fans have specific reasons for the affinity to this film (and others like it) that often has little to do with cinematic quality, production value or character arcs. If you, like me, were a child of the 80s and enjoyed even remotely interesting stories about vampires (long before Twilight) then this movie will probably be for you. Grab a seat, some popcorn (or whatever you eat when watching films), and have at it...

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Mike Bridgeman

Fine quality transfer . . .

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2016

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I believe there are enough reviews of this film, content, plot etc so I won't add to that side of the reviews, but . . . I have had this film on VHS, dvd & eventually bluray, and for some daft reason sold it, and have bought it again for possibly the fourth time! Whether or not the bluray player I had at the time wasn't as good as my current one, but watching this again last night, I was very pleased to say that the picture & sound quality were faaaar better than before! The use of pink and green lighting - so very 80s! - looks sumptuous! (I mean, really, would you find pink/green lighting in a sewer system . . . ? Doesn't matter - it fits perfectly with the overall look of this movie!) Overall, this was well worth getting once again and this time I will hang onto it! You also get a double sided sleeve, double sided poster and a very informative booklet. (And whatever happened to Sandy Baron, the Vegas obsessed pink tuxedoed After dark club MC? Played the part to perfection!) Great period film, great sets, great lighting . . . . a very decadent guilty pleasure!!

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Michael Dobey

a fun horror comedy to sink your teeth into.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2016

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this is a wild colorful film. It's similiar in lighting to 'creepshow' from 1981 and that gives it a comic book look that works well in this horror comedy. The film is not a mockery fype of film like scary movie, instead it's just a horror film that is played with some humor. This arrow print looks better than the one that we got in the u.s. So I had to buy this one instead. The film looks pretty good on blu ray and much better than it did on blu ray. It has no real defects The story is about young guys looking for some nasty fun who run into a strip club of vampires. Who are really monsterous in appearance as well. Which makes it all the less like twilight. This is well worth owning as part of your horror collection and grace jones is really good in this film as well as the other actors.

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E. Granter

From kid's TV to DVD

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2012

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It's good to be able to get hold of a quality DVD of this after years of trying to catch it on TV. I first saw this as a youngster and while it hasn't stood the test of time perfectly, it's still an imaginative and original comedy horror caper.

Grace Jones, one suspects, was one of the central selling points for the film originally, but while she does a fine job (mostly non-speaking) of leading a coven of blood sucking harpies, it's other elements of the film that hold the attention. The set design and lighting are both imaginative. It might not be the only film from the 1980s to have used pink and green neon lights, but it's certainly a fine example of how to make the city by night even more alien and disorientating.

Following on from this, the way the neighbourhood around the After Dark club is set up as something of a world unto itself is a nice touch. The seedy hotel, the diner, the grungy street gangs who somewhat confusingly seem to be both vampires and in conflict with vampires at the same time... Taking this further, the vampires' backstory is mentioned in a scene towards the end of the film, although like the characters, is never really properly developed.

Still, the film has at least some kind of, er, logic to it. Vamp is mainly about visual style, and when you add in the fact that Keith Haring contributed to the look of some of the club scenes (Grace Jones' body paint), it's fair to say that this is a quintessential 80s horror film: All fangs and no knickers!

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Scaroth, Last of the Jagaroth

Slave to the Rythmn

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2012

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Grace Jones as vampire stripper Katrina is really the selling point for this mid-1980s Comedy Horror. Jones strikes a bizarre yet somehow appealing figure, and her natural elegance and fearsome demeanour make her perfect for such a role. Other than GJ, this remains a decent watch - Chris Makepeace and Robert Rusler are likeable leads and Deedee Pfeiffer provides energetic and visually appealing support as bubbly waitress Amaretto. Highly stylised, full of disorienting neon lighting, and with a well rendered seedy backdrop, Vamp is a typical slice of Eighties cinema in all its garish pulsating glory.

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Nyssa's Little Sister

Comedy with teeth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2010

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On the whole, were I to recommend this to anyone by stating that it's a comedy-horror starring Grace Jones as the Vampire owner of a strip club stumbled across by a couple of American students looking for a stripper for their fraternity I'm sure that 8/10 would say no thanks.

That, I'm afraid, would be a mistake. This is exactly what I stated above, but so much more. It may not be one of the 80s better known films, never mind comedies, but it's far superior to most of the student-orientated fare that the decade produced. The special effects are knowingly produced so that they don't look rubbish but are clearly developed for an audience that want to be entertained, not terrified. For example, a scene where Ms Jones rewards one of her minions for the girl's incompetence is gory but not graphic. Likewise, one of the lead's encounter with a 'human pincushion' is less 'Saw' and more 'Goonies' but definitely not 'Blake's 7'.

The acting is good. The direction is perfectly pitched. You have ridiculous set pieces featuring albino psychos, creepy little girls, sexy Vampire strippers, goofy love interests and pink-neon-lit sewers. Plus, Grace Jones is used to her strengths - whilst she showed she could act in 'A View To A Kill', she is primarily a model with a large personality who developed a singing career and her striking looks are pushed to the fore here. Arguable better than her Bond outing, showcasing her bodily and vocal assets (she sings the sleezy title track), this is one of the best comedy horrors of the 80s and deserves recognition as such.

Bonus Features: As well as the entertaining commentary by the Director and 3 of the cast you have the usual TV spots/Trailers, stills gallery and blooper reel, plus some interesting rehearsal footage and the short 'Dracula Bites The Big Apple' - an early piece directed by Richard Wenk which sees 'Dracula' trying to be the next big thing at Studio 54. It's very much of the 1970s and hugely kitch, but worthwhile rounding off a better than average collection of bonus features.

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