{"id":13126,"date":"2016-10-15T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T21:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=13126"},"modified":"2016-10-15T14:53:07","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T21:53:07","slug":"review-vamp-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/10\/review-vamp-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Vamp BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>A mixture of 1980s teen comedy with 1980s horror, Vamp<\/em><\/strong> technically speaking isn\u2019t a good<\/em> movie per se but there is some fun to be had and seeing what was likely the inspiration for Tarantino\u2019s From Dusk Till Dawn<\/em> is interesting.<\/p>\n

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Vamp<\/span>
\n(1986)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
\nArrow Video | NR \u2013 94 min. \u2013 $29.95 | October 4, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 10\/15\/2016 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Richard Wenk
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Donald P. Borchers & Richard Wenk (story), Richard Wenk (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Wantanabe, Duncan, Grace Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Gag Reel, Short Film, Trailers, TV Spots
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (PCM 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>31.0 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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Two fraternity pledges head to a seedy part of town to find some entertainment for their college friends but are faced with bloodthirsty vampires!<\/p>\n

Keith (CHRIS MAKEPEACE) and AJ (ROBERT RUSLER) want to make the right impression at college and so they devise a plan to get them into the best frat house on campus. They head to the After Dark Club where they want to find a stripper for a party their friends won\u2019t forget, instead they find themselves among vampires led by Kinky Katrina (GRACE JONES).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with reversible artwork<\/strong> and inside a nice booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One of Those Nights: The Making of Vamp<\/em> (44:30; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a well done and brand new documentary featuring interviews with Director Richard Wenk, Director of Photography Elliot Davis, Actors Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe and Billy Drago.<\/p>\n

Dracula Bits the Big Apple (22:03; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is Richard Wenk\u2019s short film.<\/p>\n

Rounding things out, there\u2019s some Rehearsal Footage (6:41; SD)<\/u><\/strong>, a Blooper Reel (6:14; SD)<\/u><\/strong>, some TV Spots (3:44; SD)<\/u><\/strong>, 2 Trailer (1:27\/1:58; SD)<\/u><\/strong>, and an Image Gallery<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Vamp<\/em><\/strong> bites its way onto Blu-ray through Arrow Video and is presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and given a nice, if not at times soft, 1080p high-definition transfer. Colors on this are OK, though sometimes looking a tad drab in some scenes while others there\u2019s some vibrancy. On the plus side, detail is consistently sharp and well defined and generally speaking, it\u2019s a solid transfer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The disc comes a PCM 1.0 track and outside of some minor pops or noise, this track performs fairly nicely. Dialogue sounded pretty clear and any action that happens helps expand the depth, albeit this is not the type of movie meant to reverberate through one\u2019s home theater system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, a mixture of 1980s teen comedy with 1980s horror, Vamp<\/em><\/strong> technically speaking isn\u2019t a good<\/em> movie per se but there is some fun to be had and seeing what was likely the inspiration for Tarantino\u2019s From Dusk Till Dawn<\/em> is interesting. The Blu-ray released by Arrow Video has good video\/audio transfers and so-so features saved by a well done, and newly produced, featurette.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n