Bloody Mallory

In BLOODY MALLORY, those pesky demons are once again out to destroy mankind. Now, it's up to Mallory (Olivia Bonamy) and her team of demon hunters to stop them.

This movie is just plain entertaining. Is it dumb? Of course, but it's also loads of fun!

THIS MOVIE CONTAINS: Demons, ghouls, vampires, telepaths, a lovely transvestite with machine gun shoes, the pope, and a pink hearse!

A farcical fantasy adventure for those with a functioning sense of humor...

This French all-action comic-book-style adventure pits the lovely Mallory and her team of Anti-Paranormal Commandos against the forces of darkness led by Abaddon, as he seeks to bring an end to the human race's time on Earth.

Mallory is joined by Hot Transvestite Vena Cava, a blue-wigged be-platformed explosives expert in platform shoes (comics fans should think of Lord Fanny crossed with that one out of Codename: Knockout); Talking Tina (une petite fille extralucide) and Inspector Durand.

It's The Invisibles meets "The Pope Must Die".

It's 50% Buffy, 50% Xena and 50% totally over the top French superhero fun. Before the screening, director Julien Magnat told us that he was a big fan of superheroines "Wonder Woman, Buffy and Xena - especially Xena" and this could be a fine potential TV series in that vein. Larger than life and rather nicely satirical, there is, as you'd expect with a film about religious paranormal business, a fair bit of scathing commentary. Vena Cava, when rescuing the Pope, berates him about banning condoms.

This film has exploding heads, exploding nuns, a faceless succubus and a sexy vampire. It is not for the religiously devout or the humourless type who thinks Sam Raimi TV series are nothing more than rubbish. It's got human-demon romance. And it's got a pink hearse !

Probably not. But while I was watching this movie, I was thinking that she may be just that. She has an incredibly beautiful face (she reminded me a bit of Kristy Swanson, the original "Buffy" - coincidence?), a magnificent, toned, fit body, lovely red hair, a hip hairstyle, an irreverent attitude, and she handles her fight scenes competently. She's far and away the best reason to see "Bloody Mallory" - the rest is sometimes fun but mostly silly stuff. The mythology presented in this movie is actually quite interesting, but the script seems to be inventing and changing its rules as it goes along, and it often gets overly silly (ghouls that get into karate fights, talking bats, etc.). The film also suffers from an overuse of CGI, and the monster effects are rather cheesy. It all ends with the setup for a sequel, but so far one has not materialized and chances are it never will. (**)

Bloody Mallory is an intentionally campy flick in the mold of Dead Alive and Army of Darkness. Although it's not nearly as good as either of those films, it does deserve some credit. Where else can you see a blood-spattered bride team up with a priest, a mute telepathic little girl, and a 7-foot tall French-American drag queen? Nowhere I tell you. Did I mention they're on a mission to rescue the Pope? People keep comparing this film to Buffy the Vampire Slayer but I see more comparisons to Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher. They are both extremely colorful, oddly humorous, and set up for sequels. If you like horror-comedies with their tongue firmly planted in its cheek, check out Bloody Mallory. You could do a lot worse.

Note for genre buffs: Valentina Vargas, who played Lady Valentine, was also the sexy Cenobite, Angelique, in Hellraiser: Bloodline.

I just recently viewed Bloody Mallory on DVD and really enjoyed it! I wasn't expecting any Oscar-winning performances from the actors, and I already had an idea that the plot might be a little hokey, so I wasn't expecting too much. But I was pleasantly surprised - for a B-movie, it really wasn't too bad! It's fun, fast-paced, and funny (Vena Cava was a trip), although it still wasn't quite up to the caliber of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie or TV show).

I expected a lot more gore in the movie than there actually was, but there were still a few nasty spots in it. The visual effects were a little cheesy, but the make-up (demons, vampires, etc) was pretty good. Surprisingly, there was no nudity in it at all (d*mmit)! However, I have to take my hat off to them for taking that route - a lot of B-movie producers would do it in a heartbeat. Olivia Bonamy was lookin' pretty hot too - she could give Sarah Michelle Gellar a run for her money!

I wouldn't recommend viewing this movie with small children (there are some rough spots and language in it to make up for the nudity), or anyone who is spiritually sensitive because of the story line involving the pope, and other points of the story I won't go into. The actors seemed like they were there to have fun, and didn't try to make the movie into more than it was. I think that also helped make the movie a success with me.

If you can find a copy of it, I would recommend this movie to any horror/action film buff - especially Buffy fans. I know, it's not Buffy, but it's fun to make comparisons anyway. You'd have to watch it in subtitles, but it's well worth it!