Vampires Suck

Friedberg, J. (Director) & Seltzer, A. (Director). (2010). Vampires Suck [ Motion Picture].USA: Twentieth Century Fox. ASIN: B003UESJBU

Plot Summary

  Vampires Suck is a hilarious parody of the popular Twilight series. In this movie, everything goes, from jokes about the plot lines of the original movies, misrepresentations of the characters, to added pop culture spots, Vampires Suck will have fans of the series rolling in their seats. Becca Crane, an overly anxious non vampire teen moves to Sporks to live with her overprotective father after her mother has an affair with Tiger Woods. She is immediately interested in Edward Sullen who she firsts believes is a Jonas Brother. After forming a deep relationship, she is heartbroken after he leaves in order to protect her. She then forms a friendship with Jacob White who, for some reason, can never keep his shirt on. Becca soon discovers his secret as he reveals himself as a Chihuahua and is appalled when the "pack" destroy the vampires who are hunting her. After dating Lady Gaga, Edward finds out that Becca has died and decides to reveal himself to the Zolturi at the school prom. Becca agrees to turn into a vampire and after doing so, Edward is attacked by crazy Edward and Jacob fans whom Becca destroys in her new vampire state. 

Critical Evaluation

  This movie is so silly, that it is good. Both fans and haters of the Twilight series will get a kick out of this parody. The creators make fun of the vampire craze so well that it would be hard to imagine people not laughing at this movie. This is hilarious spoof and will definitely appeal to teens. 

Readers Annotation

  Bite Me. 

Director Information

  Jason Friedberg was born on October 13, 1971 in Newark, New Jersey and Aaron Seltzer was born on January 24, 1974 in Mississauga, Canada. Both decided at an early age that they loved to make home movies which eventually lead to their love of movie making. Jason and Aaron decided to put the love of comedic movies to good use and started work on creating spoof movies. 

  Their first movie, Date Movie, is their best selling movie so far and it opened with 19.1 million dollars and earned 48.1 million over all. Regardless of their hard work, most of their movies have had negative reviews. Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans were rated the worst movies of 2008. Every movie that they have created has made it to Rotten Tomatoes "Worst of the Worst" list. 

Genre

  Movie

Interest Level

  Young Adult - Adult

Challenge Issues

  Language, sex, alcohol and drug use

  By referring to the library's Collection Development Policy, challenge issues can be handled appropriately. 

Reason to Include

  I am a die hard Twilight fan, and I could not miss an opportunity to see this movie. It was so dumb, but so funny.