picadilli May have been low budget but the acting for most of the characters was good and the story was good. Thoroughly enjoyed this, did not find it slow- maybe if you are a blade vampire type of movie person you might have found it slow. Only thing that gets me is I am tired of vampires offing themselves in the end! What is so wrong with being a vampire that they all go from living the high life and drinking blood to - oh no- we can't do this anymore- let's fry ourselves. Can we please have a non tortured accepting vampire once in a while? Overall though, I did enjoy this movie.Being that vamps are an old topic, there is not much left to be original. I don't mind a movie that follows a formula.

ballaterbboy Just saw this on Zone Horror, home of the dodgy horror film. I've seen a fair amount of bilge on this channel (Nazi zombies, cheap cash-in titles) but this one takes the biscuit, the wafer and the whole selection box.First off... what accent was the lead supposed to have? Beyond terrible. And the Ripper thing? Good lord. The other reviews have this film as a groundbreaking, revitalising-the-vampire-genre masterpiece. Have they seen the same film as the one I witnessed? Dreadful performances, horrible editing, awful script. Plus they plagiarised the Halloween theme at one point. Shocking.Rubbish. Rubbish. Rubbish.Avoid at all costs. Not even so bad it's good. It's just bad.

Scarecrow-88 Lurid vampire film, set within a seedy part of London where night feeders feast on the blood of prostitutes. Well two, in particular, both bitten by a mysterious woman, never named(..and whose face is never shown). One is Vincent Monroe(Giles Alderson), a night feeder who waxes existential about how the addiction for blood is akin to a heroine junkie's need for the next fix. He falls in love with a tough-talking, street-wise exotic dancer, Ruby(Katia Winter, who smolders on screen)for whom he bites, and turns, into a feeder. Ruby is haunted by the nightmarish childhood where memories of her heroine-addicted father(..seen at the opening as we view his puss-oozing arm, infected by the ugly needles)who would commit suicide in the next room. Ruby is being groomed as the top stripper of a club magnate, Max(Jonathan Coyne), a bald vicious sort, in tailor-made suits who "protects" the female investments under his employ. The lucrative prostitution ring he runs in his stripping establishment is ran under Max's iron fist and, along with his muscle(Daniel Kobbina), persuades his girls to participate in keeping the business a success. Ruby is continuously pressured by Max to take her position as a dancer one step further by making more money having sex with clients. Soon Ruby will attempt to leave her boss with Vincent working as her avenger..but a Jack-the-Ripper type psychopath(René Zagger), under Max's employ, also a feeder(..the other male turned by the mysterious female who seems to meet men she picks up at bars with the sole intent on spreading her "sickness" to others)has a fixation with Ruby and will seek revenge for what Vincent does to his boss, as well as to settle a score with the one who denounced his advances. This psycho is the actual one feasting on his boss' employees.I commend the effort of director Lawrence Pearce whose obviously working with a rather low budget..it really shows because he shoots most of the film at night, with characters shot in darkened rooms and streets. Set in London, the director opts to show very little of the characteristics associated with the city, probably due to financial woes than choice. Yes, he does use modern techniques, but the director seems intent on keeping this "vampire" tale story-driven, even if the setting is riddled with foul characters and ugly circumstances. London, in this film, is portrayed as a nasty world replete with loathsome people. The title is quite appropriate..this views vampirism as an addiction with the need to feed insatiable, always there yearning for blood as the body desires oxygen. We are privy to Vincent's methods in how he selects and disposes with his victims. He tries to be selective, but there are times where he must not be choosy.He informs Ruby as they stroll a bridge that over the edge is his "..cute little community which rests at the bottom of the Thames." Ruby finds this repulsive, but Vincent believes he's doing them the community a service, if he left the bodies he fed from lying dead, "..it'd be like a user dumping needles on the street." This film is very talky with Vincent narratively explaining the burden of his addiction. At the forefront is this tragic love story between two lost souls trying to make a pact against feeding, but fighting the craving for blood(..along with the psycho searching for them and his climactic confrontation)will test their bond. Not a bad little movie, I rather liked it. But, the film is drenched in unpleasantness(the sleazy nature of Max's business is exploited; René Zagger's sadistic psycho beats a drunken hooker across the face in a rage, lapping up the blood on her face like a starving mutt), so it's not for all tastes(..pun intended). Many might feel that René Zagger is a bit too over-the-top..he certainly seems to be enjoying himself, relishing his violent behavior theatrically.

Dave Wright The best thing about this vamp movie is the Psycho character. He is hilarious and scary at the same time. A killer scene is where he's talking dirty to the old woman, because it's black comedy at it's best, but I digged the scene where he punches this girls face in over and over again and then licks the blood off her f**king face!Bad ass movie, with dangerous characters, insane use of blood and hot chicks sliding around poles :P Already recommended it to my boys, although it seems that the girls are liking this movie too. I didn't think they would because all the women in this movie get beat up pretty bad! But I guess I was wrong.I hear from the Myspace site that there is a 2nd movie to come. I'll be looking out for it.Keep rocking. Dave.