Vampiress Review: "The Sisterhood"

The Gist: A girl gets recruited to join a sorority but her professor believes that her new friends are evil.

Clarification:  The director of this film also made the 2001 film The Brotherhood (and it's subsequent non vampire related sequels) which had a similar premise using a frat as a backdrop featuring a bunch of guys in their underwear so this is basically the guy friendly alternative to that film (That film did have a female vampire of sorts but nothing vampiric ever happens with her).  The story of this film is a college professor puts her students life in danger in order to prove her suspicion that a sorority is evil then waits till the last possible second (and after other girls have already been sacrificed) to save the students life.

Selling Point: This film contains a bit of slutty lesbianism

Female Vampire Factor:  Though the entire sorority is vampires the only one who fangs out is the sorority president Devin (Michelle Borth)

This scene which is the films end is literally the only vampiric thing in this movie. The rest of the film basically just comes off as a porn-less softcore porn playing off the sorority girl cliche.

So the premise is great but the execution is lacking as it doesn't have enough horror to be a good horror movie or enough smut to be a good smut film.  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 2 out of 5.  Stick with the film "Vamp U" (or the vampire episode of Smallville) if you want a more entertaining and vampiric version of the evil sorority story.

Vampiress Review: "Club Dead"

The Gist: A group of co-workers head to an exclusive night club just to find that it's a restaurant for vampires and they're on the menu.

Clarification: A bunch of twenty somethings spend every weekend trying to get into a club but can't.  That is until a new girl named Judy shows up to work with them.  The first time she hangs out with them the owner of the club takes notice and lets the group in just to have her inside.  Once in, the crew gets picked off one by one by the patrons of the club while the new girl is seduced by the son of the head vampire.  It's up to the final remaining co worker and a vampire hunter to save Judy before she becomes the wife of a vampire. 

Selling Point: It's a pretty decent vampire survival horror film when it does get started.

Female Vampire Factor: Well as is said in the clarification pretty much everyone other than the group of co-workers are vampires in the film.  Only a few fang out and only one is preditorial and that being the head vampire known as "Madame" (Caroline Gombe)

She spends the bulk of the film seducing Judy but like I mentioned it turns out she wanted Judy for her son as he needed a virgin (and she apparently was the only one in Hollywood).

One of the other girls in the group April (Taisha Monique Clark) also turns but it's seen very briefly.

Finally Judy herself (Hope Alexandria Harris) does end up taking the Madames place as the owner of the club as seen in the films final scene

 Outside of that you get some randoms here in there as the film starts to reveal the true intentions of the club.  With a couple exceptions it's mostly the women who do the biting.

 The only real complaint I have for the film is how long it takes for the horror portion to get started.  Unlike something like "From Dusk Till Dawn" where at least an action crime story was happening.  In this case when vampire stuff isn't happening it's just people standing in line or serving food.  Other than that it's well above average for an indy vampire horror film (for what that's worth).  I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 4 out of 5.

Vampiress Review: "Dan Curtis' Dracula"

The Gist:  Dracula but Dan Curtis-y???

Clarification:  Dan Curtis is probably best known for the Dark Shadows series from the 1960's.  The film stars Jack Palance in probably his least scary character.  For those too young to remember Jack Palance he was just scary in general

so for him to end up not being scary playing Dracula had to take some work.  Not sure if it was the slicked back black hair or the awkward scene where he kind of hisses in circles when presented with a cross.   Otherwise it's a no frills film based on the Bram Stoker novel.

Selling Point: If you're a Dracula film collector this is definitely a Dracula film.

Female Vampire Factor:  So no different than any other novel based Dracula.  It's very disappointing if you're a Dark Shadows fan as that was way better than this.  The Brides are just random attacking monsters in a very quick scene (the standard for made for TV movie Dracula films like this)

The only other female fangs of the film is Lucy Westenra (Fiona Lewis)

The film really isn't anything to write home about by any standard. I give it a Vampire Beauty Rating of 3 out of 5.

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