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So much average

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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The most important thing to know about this film is that it really only gets going in the third act, both in terms of comedy and gore/violence. Before that there are some jokes and some blood but for the most part it is pretty tame and lame, although the story and characters remain solid throughout.As a movie it is definitely entertaining, it does threaten to turn into a cliché, especially in terms of the love interest having no redeemable features since they are used to garner sympathy for the main. However in the end that doesn't happen and the film is actually pretty refreshing in how it handles things in terms of plot and overall resolution. Although the end does feel a bit rushed, but not enough to mar the whole experience.Overall there is a lot more to like about this movie than dislike. It's unfortunate that most of the real laughs come two-thirds into the runtime, but as a whole the movie works and you could almost see it as a parallel for the breaking free of a corporate environment: things start off pretty generic and orderly and then gradually become more and more off-the-wall and original. I'm not sure if that's what the film-maker was going for but that's how it plays out; the first half is the dry tinder that fuels the fire of the second, so give it a chance and let it have room to breathe.

Reviewed by: Dare Devil Kid (DDK)Rating: 4/5 starsHaven't we all become bloodsucking drones, clocking in countless hours of work to achieve that next (meaningless) goal just to keep the numbers crunching and dollars flowing (most of which the average worker won't see)? The horror of "Bloodsucking Bastards" is not found through vampire bites, but in stinging corporate satire that seems too smart for a horror comedy, and too damn real.Written by the L.A. comedy troupe Dr. God, "Bloodsucking Bastards" follows a struggling sales department in desperate need of revitalization. Evan (Fran Kranz) has hopes of one day removing the "Acting" from his "Acting Sales Manager" title, but his boss Ted (Joel Murray) appears to have other plans. Ted announces that Evan's college rival, Max (Pedro Pascal), will be overhauling the department in order to achieve new levels of success. Max is confident, slick, intelligent, and perfect for the job, but when the company's biggest slackers start disappearing or abandoning their mediocre ways for a more cutthroat approach to telesales, Evan believes something sinister is afoot. Like, everyone-in-the-office- is-a-vampire level of sinister.What we have here is a total package – laughs, chills, gore, and personality. The settings don't reach farther than an office supply closet, the sales floor, a file storage room, and the building's parking garage, but location restrictions mean nothing when working off of a tightly written screenplay. Quality is quality no matter what your budget is, as the (viscera-soiled) cream always rises to the top!The first act of "Bloodsucking Bastards" is a bit like a more grounded episode of "Workaholics", but as the vampire theme starts to slowly creep in, comedic elements don't wane in response. Action sequences are balanced dutifully with hilarious nods to anything you might learn in Management 101, like Max explaining to a vampire underling that it's important not to micromanage your employees while his vampiric workers are locked in a gooey battle with Evan and his team. It's a bit of horror comedy that would make Mike Judge ("Office Space", "Beavis and Butt-Head") blush, and it never backs down from keeping an ongoing connection between business ethics and ghoulish monsters.More importantly, "Bloodsucking Bastards" doesn't skimp on any of the bloodsucking…or bastardization. You'll be happy to know that Evan is forced to fight his way through now-turned former employees alongside his crush, Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick), and buddy, Tim (Joey Kern), but you'll be even happier knowing that each vampire explodes upon death with their blood splattering all over.As expected, many office tools are utilized when dispatching each vampire, from paper cutters to fire extinguishers, and never once does the bloodshed feel repetitive or mundane. As the action gears up, and the supply closet is raided for vampire-hunting gear, the film sinks its teeth into toxic elements of office culture, such as the trampling of individuality in favor of productivity, or simply how no one ever bothers to learn the janitor's name. Director Brian James O'Connell showcases the ability to make such a small film feel immensely bigger in scope, turning a no-frills office setting into your cleaning lady's worst nightmare. Horror fans are not ignored for cheap laughs, proving that Dr. God respects all their audiences equally.The trio of Fran Kranz, Emma Fitzpatrick, and Joey Kern are the glue that binds the film, but so many supporting talents ensure this collection of workers provides steady entertainment whether they're killing time or killing each other. Justin Ware and Michael Hughes embody every workplace's archetypal slackers, playing video games instead of crushing sales calls, but Joey Kern is their hilarious slacker lord.If there's one scene-stealer to point out, it obviously involves Kern, who couldn't be bothered by the vampire outbreak spreading around him. His lazy acceptance of this horrifying scenario is a special brand of comedy, transcending the levels of "fucks given" into a land well beyond "zero" – all he cares about is clocking out at 5:00 p.m. and blacking out at Kelly Clarkson concerts. If that's not a comment on how mind-numbingly complacent we've become while manning empty, unfulfilling duties, I don't know what is.While you'll probably be too busy laughing hysterically or cringing at each gross vampire explosion, there are plenty of other hidden treats throughout this sublime horror comedy worth catching a glimpse of. Do yourself a favor and take a look at the extra office workers who fill cubicles next to the main characters. I'm not telling you WHAT to look for, but I promise you'll get a few extra laughs given a keen, observant eye. These Dr. God cats thought of everything, and enhance the most mundane moments when you least expect it.Vampires are back, people. They might not be scaring us around every turn, but with movies like "What We Do In The Shadows" and "Bloodsucking Bastards", I'll take having fanged comedians over the young-adult-fantasy versions tweens dream about. Add in an office setting, because someone finally connected stereotypical, bloodsucking, upper corporate hierarchy with actual bloodsuckers, and you've got a pretty damn funny horror flick. Work sucks, but Dr. God elevates that statement to gleefully vicious levels of genre- smashing beauty.

Bloodsucking Bastards (2015)If the film's title Bloodsucking Bastards hasn't given you a clue as to what to expect here then maybe the tagline 'Work it sucks the life out of you' will. Yep, this a vampire comedy horror billed as 'Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead'. By comparing itself to two cult flicks where laughs are high sets an awfully high precedent for director Brian James Connell's movie. It is a level that it fails to reach but that doesn't mean that his premise, where the bosses are literally sucking the staff dry in order to improve a company's performance, is without any charm or fun along the way.It's initially difficult to warm to our lead character Evan (Fran Kranz). He's no Shaun, as in Shaun of the Dead. Sure Shaun is put upon at work, has a slobby best mate and girlfriend issues, but his circumstances are more or believable, and therefore more relatable. Evan is too much of a victim. for the most part, so it's no easy to emphasis with him.Evan has messed up with HR director Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick), with whom he is romantically entangled, or was until he responded badly to her saying she loved him one evening. Evan finds solace in believing that a forthcoming promotion to Sales Manager will be his only to find it offered to a company outsider. The outsider is smarmy, slimy, slick Max (Pedro Pascal), an old rival of Evan's. No sooner has Max made himself known co-workers start disappearing and/or change into a more aggressive persona with Evan's colleagues slow to pick up on the changes.Obviously filmed on a budget, but filmed and played with enthusiasm and glee, Bloodsucking Bastards overcomes its shaky start - it takes awhile to warm to the characters - and never overplays the vampire angle with puny related puns. Some visual panache is called for rather than the static camera-work on offer and it's also slow in finding its feet. The screenwriters clearly enjoyed dispensing the earlier 'witty' and crude insults, failing to realise that their script works better with the lighter asides - such as colleagues asking what the character Dave actually does each day at work aside from going around telling people they owe him money.Fran Kranz (Evan) will be familiar to genre fans as the stoner from the overrated The Cabin in the Woods however the real stars in Bloodsucking Bastards are Joey Kern, as Evan's laid-back best friend Tim and David F. Park as Dave who seems to have no real function in their workplace. Things get suitably bloody come the climax and the earlier reservations are completely forgotten. Bloodsucking Bastards plays like Shaun of the Dead, albeit with vampires and not zombies, and whilst it's not in the same league is does pick up halfway through and becomes a lot of fun.Check out more of my reviews at www.mybloodyreviews.com

I'd say it's a weird mix between Office Space, Shaun of the Dead and Fright Night. I give it an "A" for originality as well. There were a few times when things were lining up for a cliché' horror movie moment, but suddenly things veer off the page or jump right to the point, in a hilarious way! I also appreciate how they didn't try to re-invent the wheel. It's almost like they knew where "their particular" sweet spot in comedy was...and kept riding it out through the entire movie. There wasn't any rocky highs and lows with comedy and horror mixing(like most movies of this genre). It was kind of chill and relaxed, yet just enough excitement to keep you curiously hooked on the edge. The personalities really sync in a light-hearted way, it feels pretty genuine and stupid at the same time. It's almost got like a weird sympathetic view towards the vampires too, it's silly yet believable, haha.