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Starring a rock royalty cast including Iggy Pop (Iggy & the Stooges), Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins and Moby, Suck is a rock’n’roll vampire comedy-horror about a down and out band, The Winners, who will do anything for a record deal. Their luck suddenly changes when Jennifer the bass player, disappears one night with a Vampire and emerges with a sexually charged charisma that drives the audiences wild. As the band members succumb, one by one, to blood lust, their “gimmick” launches them into the limelight.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
At last a vampire movie worth watching. Suck is about a washed up band called the Winners who are so bad their manager reccommends that they fire him. One night in Montreal their female bass player is lured away by a vampire who turns her. Next night the audience are entranced by the vamp in the band and their fortunes start to improve. Their roady is roped in as a Rensfield type character and they soon have a Van Helsing on their tail played tongue in cheek by Malcom McDowell. One by one the band succumb to the temptation to become vampires until a showdown with Van Helsing forces them to reconsider their life style. The film is a blend of black comedy and musical and it works really well. Big names Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper and Moby all play secondary roles to good effect but don't overshadow the largely unknown stars. It has good production values and my copy was anamorphic widescreen so no black bars. Being musical it also has a good rock soundtrack which I had no volume issues with. I'm sure this film didn't have a large budget but you'd never know, it is so well produced and was a great 90 minutes entertainment.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I really liked this film. It is a guilty bit of fun, with great actors and musicians in every scene. It doesn't take itself too seriously, and it looks like the actors are having a good time.
Is it the greatest vampire flick ever made -- probably not, but it has no such pretension, either. It is a fun, quite novel look at vampires.
Very little in the way of exposition on what vampires are (or are not) is given, which was actually quite refreshing. In this story vampires don't need to be taught their natures, so there are no how-to hunting scenes, or anything like that ... it just chugs along with a rock and roll road trip story, and just assumes that the audience can accept that the vampires are vampires, and that they do vampire-like stuff. (Stakes and sunlight are bad, no mention of crosses or religious relics, no glittering like twilight - though they do shine sometimes)
I went into it expecting a bit of creative indie film fun, and that's exactly what I got.
Things that I especially liked -
Moby as an obnoxious hard rocker (the biggest rock star in Buffalo! -- People from the UK may not necessarily get why that is funny, but it is.)
Hugo, the hapless French Canadian roadie
Dmitri Coats as Queeny the head vampire, who was accurately described as being, "like a junkie from hell."
Alice Cooper & Iggie Pop, having fun being versions of themselves.
Is it the greatest vampire flick ever made -- probably not, but it has no such pretension, either. It is a fun, quite novel look at vampires.
Very little in the way of exposition on what vampires are (or are not) is given, which was actually quite refreshing. In this story vampires don't need to be taught their natures, so there are no how-to hunting scenes, or anything like that ... it just chugs along with a rock and roll road trip story, and just assumes that the audience can accept that the vampires are vampires, and that they do vampire-like stuff. (Stakes and sunlight are bad, no mention of crosses or religious relics, no glittering like twilight - though they do shine sometimes)
I went into it expecting a bit of creative indie film fun, and that's exactly what I got.
Things that I especially liked -
Moby as an obnoxious hard rocker (the biggest rock star in Buffalo! -- People from the UK may not necessarily get why that is funny, but it is.)
Hugo, the hapless French Canadian roadie
Dmitri Coats as Queeny the head vampire, who was accurately described as being, "like a junkie from hell."
Alice Cooper & Iggie Pop, having fun being versions of themselves.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By JD
Format:DVD
I thought it was gonna be crap, but I loved it! I think if you like "The Lost Boys" (which is an awesome film in my books)ur love this one too. I totally wanna wear the bass players makeup ;-;
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4.0 out of 5 stars
ITS NOT FOR EVERYONE BUT...
AT FIRST I THOUGHT ITS FOR LANDFILL,I NODDED OFF TURNED IT OFF WENT TO BED {IT WAS A WORK NIGHT}.THE SECOND TIME I NODDED OFF {FRIDAY NIGHT NO WORK IN THE MORNING} I AWOKE ABOUT... Read more
Published 1 month ago by LEN.P
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this film
Cool and funny film little rockin vamps were really cool
I enjoyed the film loads recommend this to all rockers everywhere
I enjoyed the film loads recommend this to all rockers everywhere
Published 3 months ago by michaela binks
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Fun but not a masterpiece
FIrst off this is not a great cult musical movie like 'Phantom of The Paradise' or 'Shock Treatment' or 'Rocky Horror' perhaps because it is 90% comedy/horror and only 10% drama. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr Blonde
5.0 out of 5 stars
So bad its Awesome!
I've read the bad reviews and the good ones for this.
This film was not expensively made, is very old school but loads of fun. Read more
This film was not expensively made, is very old school but loads of fun. Read more
Published 14 months ago by E. R. Baillie
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lives up to its title
Not very good. Made for teenagers with limited entertainment threshold.YThought it would be funny but laughs are thin on the ground.
Published 17 months ago by Tamdabam
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for Rock Music Fans
I must admit a certain bias as I love Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper but that is no guarantee for me liking a film as I also love Bowie but have disliked some of his films e.g. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Barry Spencer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Suspect title for a very good film.
Okay, so let's face it the title of the film makes it sound like porn rather than a decent vampire movie, but I suppose at least it get's the audience's attention. Read more
Published 22 months ago by N. Duncan-Drake
3.0 out of 5 stars
Needs more ROCK!
Suck is about a band who slowly become vampires too gain greater commercial success.
Suck had the potential to be very good. Read more
Suck had the potential to be very good. Read more
Published 22 months ago by j.r
1.0 out of 5 stars
suck
This film is aptly named because it definately sucks alright this is the biggest load of dribble I've ever watched.
Published 24 months ago by skinhead
3.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't, but only just.
Was hoping for a new millennium Rocky Horror, but this really doesn't come close. As it goes it's not a bad film, the music is (as you'd expect) listenable. Read more
Published on 7 April 2011 by T. Newbery
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