Beverly Hills Vamp

Beverly Hills Vamp is a 1989 direct to video comedy horror film directed by Fred Olen Ray and starring Eddie Deezen and Britt Ekland.[1]

Beverly Hills Vamp
German film poster
Directed byFred Olen Ray
Screenplay byErnest D. Farino
Produced byFred Olen Ray
Grant Austin Waldman
StarringEddie Deezen
Britt Ekland
Tim Conway Jr.
Tom Shell
Michelle Bauer
Jillian Kesner
CinematographyStephen Ashley Blake
Edited byChristopher Roth
Music byChuck Cirino
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot summary

Three nerds, Kyle (Eddie Deezen), Brock (Tim Conway Jr.) & Russell (Tom Shell), want to make a film, so they take their script to Brock's uncle Aaron Pendleton (Jay Richardson), a "famous" film director in Hollywood. While Uncle Aaron is reading the script, the boys do a little sightseeing.

First stop is a call girl service in Beverly Hills where they meet Madame Cassandra (Britt Ekland) and her girls; Jessica (Debra Lamb), Claudia (Jillian Kesner) and Kristina (Michelle Bauer), all of whom are vampires. Kyle, trying to be faithful to his girlfriend Molly (Brigitte Burdine), leaves the brothel.

When neither Brock nor Russell return home that night, Kyle revisits the brothel. He finds that no one remembers his friends. Kyle goes to the police, but they advise him to wait until his friends show up. Becoming worried, Kyle calls Molly, who catches the next flight to Hollywood.

While explaining the disappearance to Uncle Aaron, Brock shows up, looking pale and clammy and with two bites on his neck. Sure that they are dealing with vampires, they get advice (and props) from Father Ferraro (Robert Quarry) and, one by one, Kyle destroys the vampires...except for Brock and Molly.

Cast

Reception

A reviewer for The Age gave Beverly Hills Vamp a mixed review, comparing Deezen to Jerry Lewis and remarking that the film managed to be "entertaining in a schlocky sort of way".[2] Jerry D. Metz Jr noted that the film did not adhere to typical slasher film tropes, as Deezen's character chose to remain faithful to his girlfriend when he and his friends go to a brothel, as opposed to indulging.[3]

Nick Prueher of the Found Footage Festival posted the trailer to the Festival's website, writing that Vidmark's trailers "were always better than the movie you were about to watch".[4]

References
  1. "Beverly Hills blitz". Reno Gazette-Journal/Los Angeles Times. July 23, 1989.
  2. "Video (review of Beverly Hills Vamp)". The Age. January 11, 1990.
  3. Woofter, Kristopher Karl; Jowett, Lorna (2018-11-29). "For all I know, it could be really hilarious or it could suck". Joss Whedon vs. the Horror Tradition: The Production of Genre in Buffy and Beyond. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-78673-541-6.
  4. "Beverly Hills Vamp Trailer". The Found Footage Festival. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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