(Streamed via Halloween Flix)
A virus is on the verge of wiping out vampires for good. Faced with extinction, the last four sexy vampire women on the planet turn to a scientist for help. Her plan is to develop a serum that will allow them to give birth to half-human babies. However, she just might have her own ulterior motives for conducting her experiments.
Directed by Jim (Blood Reunion) DeVault, The Last Revenants has a good idea, but the shoestring budget prevents it from realizing its potential. I know making a low budget horror movie is a difficult endeavor, but you’d think they’d at least spring for better lighting. Or use the takes in which the actors didn’t flub their lines. Or edit out the bit where you can hear the director yell, “ACTION!”
The opening scene works pretty well though. Elissa Dowling gives a guy a rub n’ tub massage before biting his neck. I especially liked the fact she waited until AFTER he was dead to mount him and ball his brains out. After that, the fun dries up fast and you’re left with a rather dull low budget vampire flick.
The sepia-toned flashbacks were really unnecessary too. They eat up a lot of screen time and help pad out the running time. I’m not sure we really needed them as they do very little to flesh out the characters’ backstories. If they had been excised entirely, it would’ve made for a much tighter film.
Jim Wynorski was originally going to direct the film but was fired when he wanted to play up the sexy aspects of the story. I can only imagine how much better the movie would’ve been with him at the helm. The skin quotient is also low, and the lesbian vampire scenes are halfhearted at best. I can easily imagine Wynorski tossing in a couple of gratuitous sex scenes to give this a reason to exist. At least he would’ve brought a sense of fun to the proceedings. As it is, it’s a somber, sluggish crawl to the end credits.
Well folks, that’s about it for The 31 Days of Horror-Ween. I’ll be sure to continue watching and reviewing more horror reviews well into November as all month long it will be Halloween Hangover. Stay tuned and stay sick because there’s a lot more horror reviews to come!
Thought this one was OK, but firing Jim was a big mistake.
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