Thursday, November 30, 2023

TUBI-WEEN HANGOVER: TWILIGHT DINNER (1998) ***

Twilight Dinner proves the rule that any movie that’s first line of dialogue is, “What made you literally eat her pussy?” is destined for greatness. 

That line is spoken by a detective interrogating a suspect accused of the heinous act.  He tells a flashback about how it all… uh… went down.  It seems two hot sisters moved in across the street from him and he fell in love with them both.  These freaky gals are wine connoisseurs who have a mysterious skin condition that makes it hard for them to go into the daylight.  Before you can say “Bram Stoker”, the girls bite him, and he slowly begins turning into a vampire with an insatiable thirst for human blood. 

Before I go any further, I have to point out that the sex scenes look like they were edited for content as they sometimes end abruptly.  The fact that the Tubi version is forty-three minutes long, and IMDb lists the running time at sixty-four, sort of supports that.  Either way, there’s still some good stuff here even if some of the T & A sequences seem to end before they start heating up.  The most surprising thing about Twilight Dinner (the original title was the infinitely more hilarious “House of Immoral Sisters Messing Around”) is the wealth of LGBTQ content.  In addition to the brief incestuous tryst between the two sisters, we also have a subplot where the vampire virus turns our hero bisexual!  I don’t think I’ve heard of that in any of the accepted vampire lore that’s been passed down throughout the ages, but I certainly commend the filmmakers’ progressive approach. 

When it comes to the horror elements, they are predictable, but effective for the most part.  The finale (which also looks like it was probably edited down) also works rather well.  Overall, vampire fans who’ve think they’ve seen it all need to take a bite out of this one.

AKA:  House of Immoral Sisters Messing Around.

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