Vampiress Review: "Chinese Speaking Vampires"

The Gist: An actor who has to learn mandarin for a role in a movie ends up taking a night class which is a cover for a Chinese vampire who is turning his students to create an un-dead army. 

Female Vampire Factor: There are two main female characters in the film and both are eventually turned very early in the film.  The first student to be turned in the entire film is Reika (June Lee)

She initially struggles with learning the language and the vampire teacher Master Ya asks her to stay after class.  He then explains to her that he has a way to teach her Manderin instantly before biting her. 

After being turned Reika seeks out her best friend Susie (Daniela Brown).

When she finds her she coerces her back into the school building before cornering her to bite and turn her. 

Suzie is the woman who the main protagonist in the film Tony is obsessed with trying to date.  Once she's turned she uses the opportunity to appear in his bedroom knowing he won't resist inviting her in. 

Obviously due to his obsession with her she has no problem being able to bite him and turn him.

 By mid movie the master has a classroom full of vampires

 

Final Opinion: This film is very corny but is actually pretty entertaining. The overall story is a good vampire vs evil vampire one where the main characters after being turned seem to be the only ones with free will enough to not go with the masters plan to take over Los Angeles and end up fighting against him.  Occasionally they fall back under his control but the paired up couples attraction to each other magically frees them from his control in those situations.  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 4 out of 5.  After the initial turnings it becomes a full on martial arts film so the vampirism becomes secondary but it's still a functional film none the less.

Vampiress Review: "魔女乌龙院 (Mysterious School)"

The Gist: A young girl is transferred to a school for witches though there is one problem.  Her powers have not developed yet.  This results in her being shunned by the other students.  To make matters worse students at the school are being attacked by vampires and disappearing.

Female Vampire Factor: The Vampire who is leading the attacks on the school is the sister of the only teacher in the school.  Queen Fiona

The witch school itself is broken into cliques that the girls hang in with each clique having their own distinct look.  You have the Goth Girls and your cheerleaders (below) as well as several other groups including Kung Fu Fighters, School Girls, glamour girls, girls obsessed with social media and so on.  Each group also has their own specialized powers appropriate to them.

As the vampires attack and turn the girls their only real change is adding a cloak to their individual cliques look.

Only one girl shows fangs in the film.  One of the goth girls Zi Yan is attacked and her unconscious body is brought back to the school.  As they are tending to her she wakes up, sprouts fangs and attacks Jack the teacher as well as the main character Beibei.

This becomes a turning point in the film as it's the point where Beibeis powers finally show itself as they prevent Zi Yan from biting her.

Final Opinion: The Concept is decent and I found it entertaining but not that great of a vampire film.  In fact it comes off more as a one hour K-pop video than it does a real movie as girls doing random girly stuff and music montages seem to be the most prevalent thing in the film.  The tone of the film outside of those things are about equal to an episode of the Power Rangers.  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 3 out of 5.