The Bleeding Clips: Shootout, Weapons, Behind the Scenes

Anchor Bay has released three clips from vampire action/horror flick The Bleeding, out now on DVD.  In the first one, our hero, Shawn (Michael Matthias), saves a slayer (DMX) from a bloody fate by shooting lots and lots of vamps.  In the second, a slayer/priest (Michael Madsen) introduces Shawn to his array of blessed weapons.  The third clip is a behind-the-scenes featurette that show you how they did that thing to DMX’s hand in the first clip, among other things.  First and third clips are a little gruesome, so be warned (or encouraged as the case may be).  The film also stars Kat Von D, Vinnie Jones, and Armand Assante.

Clip 1: Gun Fight

Clip 2: Weapons

Clip 3: Behind the Scenes

And, while we’re at it, here’s the trailer…

Vinnie Jones Trips the Light Pimptastic in The Bleeding Trailer

Anchor Bay has just released a trailer for The Bleeding, a new horror/action flick in which a recently minted vampire slayer (Michael Matthias) must take on his brother-turned-ubervamp (Vinnie Jones). Jones appears to be especially pimped out, making one hope for the line, “Bitch better have my blood. Not some, not half, but all my plasma.” But I digress.

The film also stars DMX, Armand Assante, Rachelle Leah, Michael Madsen (in full-on preacher/cowboy mode), and L.A. Ink‘s Kat Von D as a vampire lieutenant.

The Bleeding arrives March 1st. Check out the trailer below.

Lost Boys: The Thirst Interview: Corey Feldman

Geek Chic Daily has an interview with Corey Feldman, star of all three Lost Boys films, including the latest, Lost Boys: The Thirst.  They talk about Corey Haim and the unintentional-at-the-time shout out to him in the film as well as Feldman’s evolution from comic relief to hero throughout the franchise.  And, of course, Goonies and bobbleheads.

Read the full interview.

Mixed Reviews for 30 Days of Night: Dark Days

While no one seems to think 30 Days of Night sequel Dark Days lives up to its predecessor, some are more impressed than others.  Scott Weinberg at Fear.net and Eric Snider at Cinematical both lament the fact that while the original had a clever premise (vampires stalk victims stuck in a month-long sun-free period in Alaska) the sequel just has the unoriginal premise of vampire hunters at work in Los Angeles.  Says Weinberg:

“What starts with a nifty gimmick promptly devolves into a 17th-generation Blade sequel that would probably feel more at home on the Syfy Channel than pulsing through your over-qualified blu-ray player.”

Snider describes the film as “a cheap-looking cheesefest that wastes the few good ideas it has.”

Nix at Beyond Hollywood is a little more forgiving, calling the film “surprisingly decent” and, with the exception of Diora Baird, whom he describes as “hilariously miscast,” seems to enjoy the performances.

IMDb users are not blown away, giving the film 4.6/10 stars with 1,282 votes counted.

30 Days of Night: Dark Days Director, Producer Interview

ShockTillYouDrop.com has an interview with Ben Ketai and J.R. Young, director and producer respectively of 30 Days of Night sequel 30 Days of Night: Dark Days.  They talk about how closely they hew to the original graphic novel and how budgetary concerns resulted in what ended up being a welcome avoidance of CG.  30 Days of Night: Dark Days arrives October 5th and stars Mia Kirshner (appropriately enough from The Vampire Diaries) and reunites Lost stars Harold Perrineau and Kiele Sanchez (Nikki of ‘Paulo and Nikki’ infamy), who takes over for Melissa George in the role of Stella Oleson.

Lost Boys 3 Trailer Arrives, Looks Like Blade Sequel

The first Lost Boys: The Thirst trailer has arrived so action-packed as to appear as if they’ve replaced Wesley Snipes with Corey Feldman in a Blade reboot.  Or maybe it’s just the club-going vampires that are throwing me off.  What we do know is that Deaths of Ian Stone director Dario Piana is directing, Lost Boys: The Tribe scribe Hans Rodionoff is co-writing, and possibly-Megan-Fox-replacement-for-Transformers-3 supermodel Tanit Phoenix co-stars.

Not so much with a release date.

Vampire Killers Reviews: Delivers on Its Old Title, Lesbian Vampire Killers

For some reason, Lesbian Vampire Killers got a name change on the road from theatrical British release to straight-to-DVD American release and is now dubbed Vampire Killers.  During its heyday as Lesbian Vampire Killers, it had time to garner plenty of reviews, most of which were on the “meh” side.  While the film apparently delivers on the key elements of its title it’s best at comedy, but not so great as to become a camp classic spoof.  Dread Central credits that to the film’s lack of knowledge of the lesbian vampire sub-genre:

“Lesbian Vampire Killers is nearly devoid of any of the in-joke references that make a movie like Shaun of the Dead so much fun for horror fans. Making matters worse is the fact that the film can’t decide if it wants to be a splattery gross out movie, or ‘Dude, Where’s my Dicksword?’”

eFilmCritic, BeyondHollywood, and Film School Rejects also chime in with basically the same message: Amusing, but not in the way a movie called Lesbian Vampire Killers really should be.  So maybe the generic title change is appropriate.