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Rockabilly Vampire

Rockabilly Vampire… need I say more? Oh I guess I probably should. This cute movie is about a woman named Iris (Margaret Lancaster) who is a huge Elvis fan. She is trying to publish a book on Elvis sightings and how Elvis is still alive. Working in a thrift store, late on the rent, and being hounded by a Beatle-wannabe ( Jeremy Klavens), the woman is just having some bad luck. She stumbles across Eddie (Paul Stevenson), who was trying to win an Elvis-look-alike contest when his brother Wrecks ( Stephen Blackehart) bit him. Eddie has been wandering around for 40 years trying to stay ahead of his brother and his two goons.

Now, my one drawback to the film was the sound track was off so it made it a little hard to concentrate, but I am thinking it was just the copy I had. Casting was decent enough, though rather cartoonish. Some of the acting was a little lax. This sort of film should have been over-acted instead of under-acted. Some of it ended up being a little awkward at times, but the general humor in it all helped ease that pang of needing a little more. The filming, especially during the interludes, were fun and a nice homage to the Beatles and Elvis films. For an almost no budget film, special effects were alright; nothing too thrilling, but doable considering the movie in general.

The movie was very cute. Rather cheesy but that is what movies like this is all about. A lot of colorful characters and funny writing made it entertaining enough. It was a hoot. Bad puns and 50’s-speak, little musical interludes which were a throw back to the Elvis films, and even one boob shot. This movie made me chuckle. So if you want a little giggle bash daddy-o, check out this little morsel.

3 pink Cadillac’s out of 5