Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires

I had never heard about the 2018 animated comedy "Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires" before now in 2022 as I happened to stumble upon it by sheer luck. I immediately took a liking to the movie's cover and the title, and figured that this was something that I just had to watch.

Writer and director Mike Mort delivered something truly unique and memorable here with "Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires", and it is without a doubt something you have to sit down and watch, should you find yourself with the opportunity to do so.

The storyline told in "Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires" was just brilliant. It was a great comedy story spruced up with action and vampires, well not vampires, but trampires technically. And it was just so well-written that it was great fun. Lots of interesting and funny things and characters throughout the entire 90 minutes that it ran for.

I liked the animation used in "Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires". It worked so marvelously in favor of the movie. And the attention to detail was just spectacular. And the animators really managed to bring the characters and their surroundings to life in a wholesome manner.

Now, I can't claim to be familiar with any of the voices of the voice cast ensemble, but people were definitely bringing their characters to life in a great way. And with "Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires" being an animated movie, of course having a properly talented voice acting cast is everything.

I was genuinely entertained by "Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires" and can warmly recommend you watch this.

My rating of "Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires" lands on an eight out of ten stars.

I guarantee you've never seen an animated movie quite like 'Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires', and probably never will - and I'm still deciding whether that's a good thing, or bad. Trampires is a cross between tramps and vampires. Just to be clear, it is tramps as in homeless people, and not hookers.

This animated movie is definitely not for kids. This is crude and rude with unsympathetic humour like you've never heard before - enough to make your ears twitch!! This is a parody in every sense of the word, and is an absolute madcap film!

The film revolves around our hero (or should that be more of an anti-hero?), Chuck Steel - a cop- trying to rid the world of vampires who feed on drunk homeless people - or bums. He is assisted by the weirdest bunch of heroes, including a horny old man.

Some scenes really are sick and vulgur, but one can't help but have a good time with this movie. Keep in mind, this definitely is not everyone's cup of tea, so think twice before showcasing this at a movie night with friends.

Would I watch it again? Uhm, I don't think so...

Chuck Steel, a no-nonsense maverick renegade cop, is pitted against a horde of vampire-like beings who feast upon the blood of those who are drunk.

Writer and director Mike Mort offers vibes reminiscent of Last Action Hero and Kung Fury in this stop-motion animated action comedy horror film. In addition to the aforementioned, the film parodies and pays homage to a slew of live-action films of the 1980s. The frame rate is so good that there are moments that'll trick you into thinking they could be people in masks. It's a work of art (geared for adults) with a technique that equals, if not surpasses, similar contemporaries. Although some of the voice work is a little bumpy, the majority is on point including the likes of comedians Jennifer Saunders and Paul Whitehouse.

It's on an epic scale with hundreds of characters and creatures, and dozens of scale-model sets. The craftsmanship of the production is clearly there for all to see. There are laughs to be had amidst the gore, explosions, and hails of bullets. It's wild, outlandish, and over-the-top, with mind-blowing animation that's blood-soaked and oozing fun throughout.

Fantastic work, as well as an enjoyable film. Highly recommend.

It's 1986, and Chuck Steel is the LAPD's best, baddest and most maverick cop. He may be unorthodox, but boy does he get the job done! When the Governor starts advocating a clean-up in California liquor laws, important and not-important people start to disappear, leaving nothing but a pool of blood. Everyone is baffled by this, until Chuck comes across Abraham Van Rental, who whispers the tale of the trampires: vampires who have fallen on hard times on Skid Row and can only survive on the blood of inebriated victims. And the pair soon learn that the Master of the trampires is about to arrive, intending to usher in the death of humanity.... Claymation is a very specific form of filmmaking that audiences either love or don't; one thing it does is to let the film-makers be as inventively gory (or sexy, or absurd) as they can imagine, which is to say that this short (88 minute) film is steeped in gore, heads exploding, massive blow-ups and the like. And it's really hilarious while it does those things! A note to parents with small kids, there's a ton of swearing and, well, gore in this film; it's definitely intended for mature audiences, preferably with a warped sense of humour!

This is a stop motion animated film, and a damn fluid one at that. The animation is beyond spectacular and never feels clunky. It also plays close attention to detail, like the constant flowing candlewax in the Wise One's face, and considering each trampire dies by a very gory explosion you can really feel the level of effort it went into making this.

Plotwise this is a pastiche of 80's action flicks, never taking itself too seriously and constantly poking fun at the tropes of the genre. Where I think the humor falls a bit is the anti-therapy message; take it as you will.

The monster designs are fantastic. You'd expect this film to just be populated by bum vampires, but there are quite a few surprises with stellar designs.

Overall a flawed product, but clearly a labour of love.