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An American Vampire Story

  • 1997
  • PG-13
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
2.7/10
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Carmen Electra, Debra K. Beatty, Trevor Lissauer, and Johnny Venokur in An American Vampire Story (1997)
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A group of friends go on a vacation with some new friends that turn out to be vampires, they hire a famous vampire killer to help them.A group of friends go on a vacation with some new friends that turn out to be vampires, they hire a famous vampire killer to help them.A group of friends go on a vacation with some new friends that turn out to be vampires, they hire a famous vampire killer to help them.

  • Director
    • Luis Esteban
  • Writer
    • Rollin Jarrett
  • Stars
    • Trevor Lissauer
    • Johnny Venokur
    • Adam West
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.7/10
    573
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Luis Esteban
    • Writer
      • Rollin Jarrett
    • Stars
      • Trevor Lissauer
      • Johnny Venokur
      • Adam West
    • 29User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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      • Rollin Jarrett
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    2a_baron

    An American Vampire Story

    Clearly this film was intended to be a comedy; if intentions were dollars, we'd all be billionaires. A teen is left in charge of his parents' home as they take off on vacation, then he and his friend meet a slightly mysterious character on the beach - it helps if you live on the coast. Before he knows it, the mystery man has invited himself into kiddo's home along with his two gorgeous female companions and manservant, the latter of whom, well, you don't want to taste his cooking. Needless to say the ladies are also ladies of the night. No, not prostitutes!

    At some point, whoever wrote the script decides the film should become serious, well, sort of. That doesn't work either. The script is not so bad, but the plot such as it is leaves much to be desired, and, well, some films just don't work. True, the soundtrack isn't that bad, but the jokes, such as they are, are weaker than the script. Give this one a miss if you have something more interesting to do this weekend. Like watch paint dry.
    3naranjas

    Like having the life sucked out of you in 90 minutes, but...

    Like having the life sucked out of you in 90 minutes, but the comedy audio track on the DVD is funny. Two members of the Groundlings Improv Troupe send up this hideous film on the alternate sound track a la Mystery Science Three Thousand. This and this alone makes it worth renting. However to really enjoy the comedy track you need to watch the movie without it first - a scary, not in the good way, endeavor! Otherwise bad acting, bad directing, bad boom micing plague this badly written film. It's also painful to watch Adam West sell himself out for a few bucks in a small supporting role. Carmen Electra with all her wiles can't save even a minute of this mess.
    ebiros2

    Very good Vampire comedy

    This is not a B movie. It's how a movie of this type should be made, and it's made with all the right ingredients.

    Frankie (Trevor Lassauer), and his friends suddenly finds themselves in middle of vampire insurgence in their neighborhood. He then calls in help of Dr. Van Helsing (Adam West), but the guy isn't as reliable as Frankie would hope him to be.

    Comedic plot, satire, nice looking chicks. This movie has it all, and it's done in good taste. The producers didn't make this movie into a joke. It's actually high quality, and actors really puts in their acts. Adam West puts in a superb performance, and actually I'm stunned at how good of an actor he really is.

    It's an entertaining movie, and is recommended for viewing.
    amaze122

    not as bad a movie as some others seem to think

    Don't be too hard on this movie. I myself have also seen many, many movies, both foreign and otherwise, and this was Not a bad movie. When you have seen bad actors in a graveyard, trying to re-incarnate a "dead man" who is some extra wearing a badly fitting dirt-covered mask, then being chased by a flying "alien" baby, which is obviously a doll being suspended from a wire making badly recorded backward-tape sounds, ThEn you have seen a truly bad movie (I forget what the name of it was). The key to ThIs movie is to see it for what it could have been, and not for what it is. And, also, to ignore the camera booms which appear in almost every scene. That was the fault probably of an overly tired camera boom guy, and an obviously comatose editor. The director, however, was actually pretty good, the music for each scene fit perfectly, the acting was kinda good, and the special effects were pretty good. And sometimes they even poked fun at themselves. And as for Adam West, if you have seen his Other acting projects, you would know that this is actually some pretty good acting on his part, the best hands down he has ever done. (My way of saying that this director milked the best possible performance from this guy that he is actually capable of giving)...

    The girls all looked GrEaT, and acted really well. The makers of this movie were unfathomably jealous of their obviously PG rating, and went to bible-belt-esque pains to retain it; (there could have been more screen acreage devoted to traditionally hot vampire sex moments), but I find it hard to hold that against them too much, it made the movie capable of being watched by kids, and we certainly need more of those...
    bottleneck911

    one good thing about it.

    The only thing that makes the a watchable dvd rent is the commentary track. I think the distributer of this horrible, horrible flick saw they had a real mess on their hands and got two members of the L.A. improv comedy troop "The Groundlings" to rifle on the movie while they watch. It pretty funny but it's the only way to watch the movie.

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    • Release date
      • 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • American Vampire
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Decatur-Staley Productions
      • Spencer Films
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      • 1h 39m(99 min)
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