Review of Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) by Roxanne C — 24 Jan 2010

"Fletch? He's fucking useless.".

Director: Phil Claydon.

Starring: James Corden, Mathew Horne, Paul McGann, Emer Kenny.

Running time: 88 minutes.

Country: UK.

I don't even know a positive reason why I wanted to watch this film. I guess I wanted to watch it for the same reason as I did for Meet The Spartans and The Love Guru: to see how crap it was. It would have been my biggest guilty pleasure ever if I enjoyed it. I obviously appreciate that this is like a horror comedy but they could have at least made the characters seem interesting.

Mathew Horne was awful as Jimmy. He made no attempt to act in it at all, really. His so-called "acting" was neither emotional nor funny. James Corden was embarrassingly funny as Fletch. No, he's not a good actor but he made me laugh a tiny bit in a few scenes. Despite that, it didn't reconsider my decision to actually like this film.

I admit that the directing isn't like top class filmmaking but I think that is what it was aiming to be anyway. It would have made a decent Edgar Wright film but he has already done a horror comedy before. He would make it better because I think he would be able to create a suitable, clever and really interesting story. The script was damn awful just as the directing and acting within the film were.

Overall, Lesbian Vampire Killers is an obviously stupid film that I really didn't like at all. I wouldn't recommend it at all but everybody who watches and loves or likes this film would find this a guilty pleasure.