Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

christopher-underwood After an unsettling start, this roars off in exciting manner through night streets, bathed as if by Mario Bava in streaks of green, pink and mauve. This could even be Planet of the Vampires, did we but know it. Inside a strip club we have a whole delirious section, fantastically designed and choreographed, the centre piece of which is the turn of Grace Jones. It is as good as anything she has ever done as she prances and dances and more to one of her own songs. Things get more vampiric and the delirium continues. Some time after halfway through, however, we suddenly notice the absence of the wondrous lady and realise just how flat and juvenile things have become. Things pick up towards the end and all in all, even including the music (very decent, especially for an 80s film) this is well worth a watch and much underrated.

Red-Barracuda Vamp is a really good example of a very 80's vampire movie. It's one that is far less well-known than the likes of The Hunger (1983) or The Lost Boys (1987) but it has that unmistakable 80's gloss which makes it kind of fun even if overall it's a bit uneven. In true 80's tradition, its story is very simple too. Three frat boys go into the city in search of a stripper to perform at one of their parties; they wind up at a nightclub run by vampires. And that is really about it as far as any plot-line is concerned. The reason it works is that it has enough style about it to ensure it remains interesting.It also adheres to that other sub-genre so very popular in the 80's, namely the horror-comedy. It's pretty rare for these types of films to truly be successful in that the horror is usually diluted, while the comedy is normally weak. To a certain extent that rule also applies here, with quite lame humour sprinkled throughout and nothing that really constitutes genuine horror. But this isn't such a deal breaker as this film benefits quite a bit from having a very colourful aesthetic, with lots of effective use of lighting of various hues. This ensures that there is a nicely hyper-real feel to events and it sort of creates its own little world. There are few locations used but the ones we have are integrated well enough. A strip club is a good central location for a vampire lair, while the catacombs below the streets make for an interesting nest for these creatures of the night. The two star performers in this one were probably the two main villains. Grace Jones is a very exotic Egyptian queen vampire, she is introduced while executing a dance routine while covered in zebra stripes and she adorns various elaborate costumes throughout; she also is made more mysterious by never uttering a word of dialogue at any point. The other most interesting presence was Billy Drago who successfully played a somewhat sinister albino gang leader. The rest of the cast are serviceable enough.I think Vamp is a movie that has kind of gone under the radar somewhat. It's no classic to be fair but it definitely has a few good things about it. It's a bit of nicely stylised 80's vampire action and there's always room for a bit of that in my book.

FlashCallahan Two fraternity pledges go to a bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends. They have problems with transportation, Biker gangs, and worst of all, the staff of the bar. Because they all seem to be vampires. Oh, and Grace Jones, who does the most boring strip in the history of film....So we have three guys who go on a road trip, and we have the token comedy one, throw in some Vampires for good measure, and you have a cult movie.Just not a very good one. For starters, Jones must have done this as a favour, because she's hardly in it, yet gets all the credit and her face popped up on every one sheet. Pull up to the bumper was a hit, and she hit Russell Harty, so I supposed it's justified.The rest of the cast are as bland as the story, and the humour is a little too in your face, once the vampires 'turn'.It's one of those movies that 'you had to be there to appreciate it'.I wasn't, and I don't appreciate it.

FSfilmblog There are only two films that I can remember Grace Jones starring in. One is the James Bond vehicle A View to A Kill, and the other is Vamp.An 80's comedy horror about a couple of college students Keith (Chris Makepeace) and AJ (Richard Rusler) looking at getting into a fraternity to make use of their accommodation. The only condition for them getting in is that they have to get a stripper to their party. With no car, they make a deal with the Duncan (Gedde Watanabe) who is the only guy on campus to take them to find a stripper.Unbeknown to them they head into a city after dark, to a club run by vampires (clearly an idea nicked by "From Dusk till Dawn"). Having travelled hundreds of miles it's a fight for survival to find a way back to campus against Grace Jones' head vampire and her many minions.An incredibly cheesy but thoroughly entertaining movie, littered with equally cheesy dialogue where the characters are goofy but likable and the use of Grace Jones as the head vampire is a stroke of genius. Just as Arnold Schwarzenegger gave The Terminator a great robotic performance, Grace Jones has the creepiness and down right weirdness which makes her perfectly believable as a vampire.Similar to Scorsese's "After Hours", the film is mainly set at night in a strange environment where the locals are vampires instead of oddballs. It shares the same energy and enthusiasm, it's hard not to like this throwaway 80's film. The effects are above average and the acting is good. Sure it's dated with the haircuts, fashion and style, but there's no denying it, it is a fun and easy watch and there aren't many of those around these days.