Vamp
Short description
Two college students, Keith and AJ, need to find a stripper for a fraternity party. Their search takes them to a bar that seems to offer exactly what they want, but the club and the women working there turn out to be something far more dangerous: the establishment is run by vampires, led by the alluring Katrina, and the friends soon find themselves fighting to survive the night.
Released in 1986, Vamp is a comedy-horror film written and directed by Richard Wenk. It was his first feature as director, followed years later by Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women. The cast is led by Grace Jones as Katrina, alongside Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler, Sandy Baron, Dedee Pfeiffer and Gedde Watanabe, with 28 credited cast members and 41 credited crew. It was produced by Donald P. Borchers for Planet Productions and Balcor Film Investors, on a budget of 3 million dollars, and it grossed 5 million dollars worldwide.
The film runs 93 minutes and blends horror and comedy in a story set around a nightclub. It holds a rating of 5.9 out of 10 on IMDb, based on around 8,100 votes, and 5.8 out of 10 on TMDB, from roughly 190 votes. Both audience scores sit at a similar middling level, suggesting a modest but steady response rather than a strong one.
What's left behind the scenes
- In reality, Billy Drago has dark hair. He lightened his hair and eyebrows specifically for the film's shooting.
- In the scene where Grace Jones bites Robert Rusler's character on the neck, she went a little too far. Her prop teeth actually punctured her co-star's neck, drawing blood.
- The film's budget was so meager that Grace Jones had to borrow costumes for her own character from acquaintances who were fashion designers.
- When creating Katrina's makeup, the image of Pris as performed by Daryl Hannah in Ridley Scott's science fiction film "Blade Runner" (1982) was used as a basis.
- The strange chair in Grace Jones's dance scene is shaped like a human, and a cast was made from Dolph Lundgren's body, whom she was dating at the time.
- Throughout the entire film, Grace Jones (singer, actress, and model) does not utter a single word. This was her own decision, inspired by the example of Max Schreck, who played Count Orlok in Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's classic horror film "Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror" (1922).
- The chair for Grace Jones's dance scene was painted by artist Keith Haring.
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