Bloodspit

Thank god for Troma. The titans of all things tasteless, tacky, and terrific are back with a film more than worthy of addition to their illustrious canon. Bloodspit is a fang fest of twisted depravity, a cacophony of decadent ear candy and a visual banquet of perversion. The story follows the crazed Dr Ludvic as he tries to steal the crest from Count Blaughspich's (aka Bloodspit's) coffin. Meanwhile the horny old count occupies his time by indulging in anomalous sex play with the female members of his castle in between bouts of an illness that gives him the death rattles, and constant pining for his homeland known as the "mirror world." Director, Duke Hendrix mashes a blend of John Waters, Andy Warhol's Flesh for Frankenstein and the Munsters into a toilet bowl of postmodern and old school mayhem. Hendrix and co writer Leon Fish, hang outrageous gags on a thin storyline that both tickle and fracture the funny bone. The beauty of such no budget films is that what they lack in money, they more than make up for in characterization and imagination. Bloodspit is a twisted, crazy vampire epic that not only follows the Ed Wood ethos, it embraces it. Viva la Troma!

I went to the New York City Premiere of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, an excellent film by the way, and there, Troma had a booth selling DVD's. On that booth, I saw this movie: Bloodspit. The trailer made it look half way decent, and I thought to myself, self...this movie isn't released yet! So I bought it, and well...I kind of wish I hadn't. I mean, this movie is okay, but it's just...stupid...and not that funny. It has some gore, but not much. And it's a bit weird. It has it's moments, but really, not one of Troma's best. I mean, I guess it is worth a watch, just don't expect too much. The introduction by Lloyd is kind of funny though. Watch if you are a big Troma fan.