movie: The Dead Undead Vampires vs Zombies
starring: Luke Goss, Lance Frank
genre: Sci-fi
year: 2010
format: DVD
plot: A group of teens arrive at an abandoned hotel only to find that they walked right into a nest of zombied vampires. Soon, a military group arrive having tracked the ZVs to the hotel, to destroy them.
This is Luke Goss's second vampire movie (that I'm aware of) he played the new breed of vampire in Blade 2 Bloodhunt. And one of the last movies legend Forrest J. Ackerman did before his death (so this film was shot a few years before it was released as Mr. Ackerman died in 2008)
This is one of those films that is so outrageous that it works. It starts off more like a slasher film, with the kids lounging around a lake, then quickly becomes a free for all with machine guns. And the soundtrack puts you in mind of an old Megadeth or Sepultura cd, which is brilliant.
There is a flashback where you learn that two of the military group were once Vikings and turned into vampires. I think I would have had that scene as one of the first scenes instead of dead center.
When they try to figure out what it is that is infecting the vampires and making them zombies, the leader of the group says "mad cow disease" from the vampires having drank what ended up being bad cow blood. I thought that was one of the most original ideas I've ever come across in a vampire movie.
The end scene hints at a second film, which I think would be an interesting idea. They close out on the leader of the group talking about the vampire history and a chance to uncover a vampire legend.
what do i think i learned from this film?
There is always a good reason to be a vegetarian.
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