Vampire Time Travelers

Vampire Time Travellers tries using every cliche in the book to make itself an interesting movie. However, in this task the low budget B picture does not succeed. The main characters are four college coeds seeking to join a sorority after arriving at campus. This naturally brings the potential of plenty of racy action, but sadly the chicks are about as sexy as Mamie Eisenhower! The plot is extremely weak, relying on gimmics such as time travel and vampires to push the story along at a snail's pace. Since the plot is so thin, this movie would have benefitted from star power in the cast. However, I didn't recognize anyone.

I don't want to spend too much words on this one. I've seen some films in my time (about 200-300 a year). From big box-office scores to the ultra no-budget genre, but never have I seen, nor will I see something as horrible as this. To call this "film" is degrading for the art. No arguments can save this: this is where bad taste ends. I'm not even going to cover storyline etc. If I had paid for this I would have been pretty p***ed-off!

About five minutes in I decided this was a horrible movie with no redeeming qualities. But when the main cast appeared and the acting went up a notch it was clear that it was trying to be bad. That's where the comedy was coming from. For instance, the main vampire tries to turn into a bat and fails, and this becomes a running bit, with one pretty effective and stealthy pun and several predictable other outcomes. The actresses ham it up, and I thought several were very effective... or at least did pretty well with what they were given. Even for not taking the plot seriously there were a few parts that just didn't work at all. There were more than a few bits that were kind of funny in a surprise left turn kind of way. I wouldn't say that the quality is at Monty Python's Flying Circus level of comedy, but the same kind of absurdity is clearly what they were going for. It's also not your typical time travel movie, despite the title. The parts where that plot gets worked in are pretty random and contribute to the weirdness. I can appreciate what it was trying to do, but in the end I have to rate it compared to other movies. While this is a step above other no-budget productions, it's not that much of a step, and it's only for people who like intentionally stupid things.