Suck

2009
6| 1h31m| R| en| More Info
Released: 11 September 2009 Released
Producted By: Téléfilm Canada
Country: Canada
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.suckthemovie.com/
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The film follows a petty rock band called the Winners, consisting of vocalist Joey Winner, bassist Jennifer, guitarist Tyler, drummer Sam, and French-Canadian roadie Hugo, along with their sleazy manager Jeff, as they tour across Canada and the USA after Jennifer is turned into a vampire by Queeny. Meanwhile, a vampire hunter who is afraid of the dark named Eddie Van Helsing quickly chases them down.

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guisreis What a funny Canadian dark comedy! Clever and innovative, well filmed and visually stunning. The stop motion trips by car or plane and the craziness of Jen's vampirization or blood abstinence footage are very cool and sophisticated cinematographic solutions. Beautiful Jessica Paré's character Jennifer is one of the most charming vampiresses I have ever seen, perhaps the most. Characters portrayed by music stars, such as Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and punk rock Black Flag's Henry Rollins are very entertaining and captivating. Off course the same may be said about hard rock guitarist Dimitri Coats's master vampire Queeny, who is really creepy. None of the guys from the rock band does a bad job, but after Jessica Paré's Jennifer I would highlight as the second best Chris Ratz's Hugo, a very funny version of Bram Stoker's character Renfield. Seeing Clockwork Orange's Malcolm McDowell as an eyepatch wearing Van Helsing was also great. Soundtrack, as it was supposed to be, is nice. Rob Stefaniuk, who is the film director, the screenplay writer and one of the leading role actors (the leader of the looser band "The Winners"), deserves public appreciation. This is one of the best vampire films I have watched, probably one of my top 10.
GL84 While trying to hit it big in the independent scene, a band tries to keep their freshly-turned vampire bass-player from killing all those trying to help them while a vampire hunter tries to end her reign of terror once and for all.This one was pretty enjoyable, but really needed to fix some areas greatly. The biggest problem area here is in what was initially billed as a horror/comedy in fact suffered greatly due to the comedy. There's way too many scenes here where it's only the fact that the people are put into those situations does the film seem to be funny, as while the situations itself would be regarded as funny, none of it really is. This tends to be mostly based on their utter cluelessness about her condition to becoming a vampire where a lot of this one really is supposed to be funny, as scenes like the group at the border patrol office, attacking the convenience store worker and the attitude of the hunter who seems like he's purposefully a step behind them as he arrives right when they leave which doesn't have all that much comedy in either the concept or execution of these scenes. As well, the endless amount of cameo roles popping up in here provides the other amount of comedy and it's really off-the-mark, not knowing who they are initially until the end credits reveal who was who or just popping up merely to have a part in the film, which is a far greater offense. These issues, along with a mediocre series of songs from what was supposed to be an exploding, popular band that just drags the film to a halt, does hold this down enough even though it's still rather enjoyable. What really tends to work here is the rather enjoyable scenes here of them enjoying their new-found powers, using the vampiristic tendencies to perform better, attract more groupies and handle themselves better on stage, letting their career come about simply from the exploitation of that facet which no one else really seems to care about even though the band literally features a vampire on-stage. This comes across as well as can be expected here, and leads to it's only really funny parts with the slowly-turning group outweighing the unturned members and growing increasingly disgusted by their actions while no one else really seems to care. The final battle is a little goofy but still keeps the main vampire as a threat which works nicely as there's some suspense gathered from where he is in the room with them trying to find him, and the running gag of the stop- motion car works hilariously, so it does have some good stuff going for it.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and drug use.
Claudio Carvalho In Montreal, Joey (Rob Stefaniuk) is the lead singer of the struggling band "The Winners", composed by the sexy bass singer Jennifer (Jessica Paré), the guitarist Tyler (Paul Anthony), the drummer Sam (Mike Lobel) and the handyman Hugo (Chris Ratz). Their incompetent and alcoholic manager Jeff (Dave Foley) is incapable to help them to reach success and they are on the road on tour playing in clubs and bars in Canada and United States of America. After a show in a bar in Montreal, Jennifer, who is also the Joey's former girlfriend, leaves the place with the creepy Queeny (Dimitri Coats), who is a vampire, and they spend the night together. On the next morning, Jennifer does not meet the band and they travel in their hearse to participate in a rock 'n' roll show without her. In the last moment, Jennifer arrives with a different appearance and on the next day they find that their home page had had several hits, all of them with good reviews and compliments to Jennifer. They become famous and Jennifer brings great audiences to the shows of "The Winners" and one by one, the musicians are turned into vampires but the reluctant Joey. "The Winners" become successful and Joey has a dream where he meets the bartender (Alice Cooper) of their show in Montreal in a crossroad and the man tells that he needs to decide whether he wants to be a winner or a loser. Meanwhile the vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsing (Malcolm McDowell) is hunting the vampire queen and tracking "The Winners" in their shows. "Suck" is a refreshing vampire and rock 'n' roll cult movie with cameo of Alice Copper, Iggy Pop, Moby and Henry Rollins. But the greatest attraction is the sexy and gorgeous Jessica Paré with her luxurious lips and beautiful eyes. Chris Ratz is hilarious in the role of the handyman Hugo and Malcolm McDowell has also a great performance. But the originality of the story makes this film a worthwhile entertainment. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): Not Available
ickleme_2 I was looking forward to watching this film as i have enjoyed watching other vampire spoof films. However the film had an exceptionally slow start and didn't really speed up even towards the end. The film was billed as a comedy and watching only found 3 or 4 lines in the entire film remotely funny. The best thing about the film is the cast. Some of the music stars really helped me continue watching, as i wanted to see who else would be in the film. The best thing about this film is that it really lives up to its title this film really "Sucks". It was 91mins of my life i will never get back. This however is just my opinion, and know of people who have actually enjoyed it. So i would say watch it. But don't buy it rent it as once will be enough.