huck Steel: Night Of The Trampires

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.

If you're reading the other enthusiastic, high-mark reviews on IMDB and thinking FAKE FAKE - you'd be wrong!

Whilst some of the non-PC humour is a bit hit and miss, the SXF and outstanding animation more than make up for it. It's so fluid, it's actually hard to believe it's all claymation. There are several laugh-out-loud moments, mostly involving the background characters and one or two things you won't see coming.

Lots of homage moments to Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, lots of gunfights, and some nice one liners.

Worth a watch if you're not easily offended.

HARRYHAUSEN!!!

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.

While I found the story to be a bit slow, bland, predictable and dumb at times (not to forget the poor humor).. I couldn't help but admire the impressive production quality in it!! Which was enough for it to warrant a watch.

Be it the exquisite clay animation (with movements and details that surprised), model designs, great sound mixing and music choices, sets, lighting, choreography, visual effects, or even the camera work. You name it! I applaud the work of anyone involved.. except whoever was in charge of the script. That is not to say that it doesn't have its moments of brilliance, and a few scenes here and there.. but the layer of "comedy" just drags it down. I'm fine with it being dumb, but not boring.

At least I wasn't disappointed with Chuck Steel himself, whom I expected to be your average dumb, loud-mouthed and annoying lead. But he was actually pleasantly written as a decent character. A man of action, with enough brains to be likeable and useful.

Sadly, a better story and this would be worth recommending. Wouldn't mind seeing more in a different setting, with a better structure and less stupidity.

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.