Silent Bite

I wasn't expecting much from this, but have to admit I was pleasantly surprised how fun and entertaining this was. A little slow at first but rapidly picked up steam. The last 30 minutes was really good. Led by the always reliable British actor Simon Phillips as leader of a gang who just robbed a bank and are hiding out in a motel on Christmas Eve. Little do they know that a bunch a female Vampires are also staying there. Sort of a clever scenario with some comedy elements make this totally watchable which is more than I can say about many other recent theatrical releases. The acting with some of the supporting players may not be up to standards because of the low budget, but it somehow all seems to work here anyway.

The only excuse to use such a lame title as "Silent Bites" for a vampire-flick that takes place around Christmas, is when it's some hilarious horror-comedy. Well, it's not even close. It's a very bad acted, non scary, tedious, and extremely unfunny failure. They tried to mirror "From Dusk 'Till Dawn" (a bunch of bankrobbers takes refuge in a hotel, only to find out that it's invested by dangerous vampires), but they couldn't even fill the tips of those iconic shoes. The characters are all equally uninspiring, the dialogues are terrible, the special effects (if any) are amateurish, and the story itself is totally insipid. It's like watching a very bad 1960's wannabe horror flick. The only thing remotely endurable was the Prancer-character, but mostly because Luke Avoledo was so endearingly cute.

It's hard to fathom why producers come up with such lame projects, who do they think to pleasure with it?! Of course a low budget doesn't help to make a top movie, but it neither should be an excuse to settle for this kind of uninspired rubbish.

Obviously this is not a high budget movie so don't expect interview with the vampire storyline and acting.

This the kind of movie you watch with your friends after you had a couple of drinks already and you gonna have a good laugh or scare...

Actually the editing and directing is not bad at all some of the acting are also okey. But what i don't get at least get a good consistent writing if you don't have the budget for effects and cast.

Cause the writing is sometimes atrocious. They borrowing lines for other famous english movies but they don't work here in this movie.

The fact in a small hotel vampires do nothing for hours and sometimes based on the editing it takes a vampire to get from one room to another an hour..other times it takes 2 minutes is just poor writing.

Overall get some friends get some drinks and everytime a stupid scene happens in the movie have a shot you might have a good time :)

The idea of this movie is very interesting, that's what got me watching it in the first place. But I regretted doing so, cause the quality is so pitiful. The acting from most actors are second rate at best. The logic of its plot only works for kids who are still in kindergarten. I mean, using a spoon to kill a vampire?! Really? What do you think their skin are made of? Tofu?! LMFAO. And they didn't stay consistent with the vampire lore that they're using. At the end of the movie there's a vampire walking in the sunrise but not getting incinerated to dust. How the heck did that happen?! Because the screen writer said so? Major facepalm! I don't wanna be a jerk, so I added another star to my initial rating. I really think that in the hands of the right director and screen writers, this movie can turn out better. Way better!

Initially I found this movie's cover to be interesting enough to make me take notice of it. And truth be told, there is just something alluring about the myth of vampires. And with it being a horror movie that I hadn't heard about, combined with it being a vampire movie, of course I had to check out what writer Simon Phillips and director Taylor Martin had to offer.

Well if you sort of imagine if you think "From Dusk 'Till Dawn", but on a shoestring budget, then you have "Silent Bite", oh and add that it takes place during the Christmas holidays. Writer Simon Phillips put together a fair enough script, which made it adequate for a single viewing. You're not in for anything grand here, but the movie is watchable.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble, and that was something that helped me get through "Silent Bite", as I enjoy watching unfamiliar talents on the screen. For the most parts, the acting performances were fair. But they made a mistake of casting Sayla de Goede for the role of the vampire mother, as her acting stood out like a sore thumb in contrast to the other actors and actresses, and not in a good way.

Visually then the movie was okay. It wasn't a movie that relied heavily on special effects, so don't expect a grand Hollywood spectacle of over-the-top CGI effects. I have to say that the vampire effects, with them having make-up penned bloodstreams or whatever it was supposed to be, around the eyes, just didn't really do it for me.

If you enjoy vampire movies, perhaps you will get a kick, or perhaps I should say a bite, out of watching "Silent Bite".

It is, however, not a movie that warrants more than just a single viewing, as the script just isn't solid enough for repeated viewings.

My rating of director Taylor Martin's 2024 movie "Silent Bite" lands on a four out of ten stars.