Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Amityville Vampire (2021)

aka Red Moon Lake

When a clean up crew goes to the Amityville house, the ceiling drips blood on one of the women. Unlike a normal person who would wipe it off, she lets it roll down her face and when it gets on her lips, she licks it off.  Then she turns into a vampire. There’s no rhyme or reason for this.

Meanwhile in the woods, a man tries to pressure a woman into having sex.  When she declines and says her friend told her he was a nice guy, he becomes hostile. Inexplicably she apologizes to him. He drives off and leaves her in the woods. She’s attacked by a vampire. Sigh

Cut to Johnny, a producer who used to be a DJ and was known for his promiscuous behavior. He’s got the maturity of a sixteen year old.  His girlfriend Fran is a doormat, while her sister Melissa is aggressive and antagonistic. When Fran says she thinks Johnny may propose, Melissa tells her he’s a loser and if she marries him her life will be ruined.

Johnny and Fran have no chemistry and their repartee sounds like two people at a party who are overtly trying to be charming but failing.  While they drive to a campsite for the weekend, Johnny tells Fran legends about Red Moon Lake. The first is about an office worker staying late who meets the owner. Even though there seems to be sexual harassment going on, she accepts an invitation for Thanksgiving. You know what that means. Vampire.

The second story is about a man whose wife is very sick.  There is a knock on the door and a woman says she can cure his wife. And oh by the way, she’s also revived his dead daughter. Even though the man knows creatures of the night are around, and the woman says he must invite her in, he prays for a sign if he should let her help his wife.  He’s an idiot and before you know it, vampire.

So we already know Johnny and Fran aren’t going to have a great time at the lake. Plus Johnny isn’t really marriage material, what with signing a fans bazooms while Fran is using a restroom, and then gaslighting her when she’s not happy about it. 

This is bottom of the barrel.  The audio usually sounds like it’s far away. It’s like listening to people  standing outside your house talking. Sometimes it sounds normal for a line or part of a scene, but mostly it’s distractingly distant.  The sound effects often almost drown out the dialogue. Also the lighting is so harsh, it reveals the actors complexion issues, pimples, and wrinkles. While none of the acting is that great, some of it is downright horrible.

Dialogue from lame characters

Fran: Would you just let me live my own life?
Melissa: No problem. Go ahead and ruin it.  Don’t come crying to me when that little marriage of yours ends in divorce.

Now I’m going to die at Red Moon Lake.  Why do I always make the wrong decisions?

Johnny: I didn’t do anything.
Fran: You signed her breasts and you didn’t do anything?
Johnny: I can’t help what my fans want.

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