Verdict
Summary
At just over an hour long with snazzy editing, halfway catchy songs and music video-style interludes (the big song is called “Bite Her in the Butt”), and a sense of humor that actually resonates above the lowest common denominator bottom feeder realm where this movie should rightfully belong, Vampire Time Travelers has an off-kilter sensibility that gives it just a bit more of an edge than you’d expect for being so grungy and lowbrow. It’s amusing, sort of sexy without being exploitive, and reminded me of a slightly more mature version of Pee Wee’s Playhouse with its underground, marketable qualities that appeal to the kid in all of us weird dudes raised on Saturday morning cartoons and Mr. T cereal. It was shot on videotape, which is a detriment to the way it looks, but it’s still watchable, if goofy to the extreme.
Plot:
A sorority is under attack by a vanquished vampire queen’s sister.
Review:
A sorority girl named Buffy vanquishes the queen of vampires, sending her to hell, but her spirit lingers and she summons her sister, also a vampire, to get her revenge on Buffy’s sorority. Buffy, no longer a member, is off vanquishing other vampires (likely on T.V., hint-hint), but her “sisters” are around for the vampire queen’s sister to pester. Jenna, Michelle, Zoe, and some other gals are just trying to live their lives – one is an aspiring rocker, one is a tennis dynamo, and the others have their own talents and hang-ups (one of them is haunted by a weird guy who lives in their closet) – and when they get ahold of a book of spells, they figure out how to jump around through time, saving their timeline from becoming infected by the vampire.
At just over an hour long with snazzy editing, halfway catchy songs and music video-style interludes (the big song is called “Bite Her in the Butt”), and a sense of humor that actually resonates above the lowest common denominator bottom feeder realm where this movie should rightfully belong, Vampire Time Travelers has an off-kilter sensibility that gives it just a bit more of an edge than you’d expect for being so grungy and lowbrow. It’s amusing, sort of sexy without being exploitive, and reminded me of a slightly more mature version of Pee Wee’s Playhouse with its underground, marketable qualities that appeal to the kid in all of us weird dudes raised on Saturday morning cartoons and Mr. T cereal. It was shot on videotape, which is a detriment to the way it looks, but it’s still watchable, if goofy to the extreme. Written and directed by Les Sekely.
Visual Vengeance, that incredible specialty label that restores and releases super low budget “gems” and turkeys that pretend to be gems, has just pulled out all the stops for Vampire Time Travelers, stocking the disc with tons of bonus features, including short films, stickers, a poster, alternate artwork, and commentaries, interviews, and so much more. This is just too much for a fan to handle!
