Wamp Movie It's bad, but not soft boots. Bloody, but not "meat." Vampire, but without "our vs. fangs." It's a little rusty, but in places. "Diversity," but not without racism. Cheap, but from the soul to the soul. Horrible, but it's okay. Comedy, but... Funny. In general. In short, if you want a "liver with stewed beans and Chianti", then this is not for you. If you want a homemade cutlet with a pearl, where a funny ketchup face is painted in the form of a vampire, then here it is, Blood on the Highway.
There are different movies about vampires. Funny ("Real Ghouls"), even parody ("Dracula: Dead and Satisfied") - and dramatic ("Almost Dark"), "tragicomedic" ("The Vampire Kiss"). Known ("Dracula") and "forgotten" ("Vamp"). The silent ("Nosferatu, Symphony of Horror") - and the musical ("Throat"). "Blood on the Highway" is a "trish" movie, and it seems that it has already been forgotten, or, better yet, not even managed to become famous (and in the soundtrack, by the way, there are a couple of memorable musical compositions). “Trash” means that it has a lot of seemingly stupid, illogical, absurd moments, but this is exactly the idea. "Hyperbolized stupidly funny." Well, like "A Very Scary Movie." But even more, this film reminded me of another picture buried under the sands of time, “Snowman 2: Revenge”, in which a killer snowman learned not to melt under the influence of heat and went to a tropical island to pierce holidaymakers and people who do not expect such a thrash. Going back to "Blood on the Highway," well, here's the scene: "Two people fighting, suddenly one picks up a dog poop off the ground, throws it at the other, then quickly gets in the car and drives away." This is an example of a very insignificant for the narrative and one of the most innocuous in terms of age rating scenes, but it, in my opinion, quite well conveys the general thrashy-boyish-fervent mood of the picture. “Blood on the Highway” is an interesting choice if you want to see something unusual about vampires.
Another feature of the film is that the vampires are not shown as monsters, but rather as... just as “people with fangs.” Who, yes, have to hunt for blood, what to do, kill ordinary people, but that's their nature. Interesting look. No, there was a human view of vampires in some other movies. For example, in “Another World” with beauty Kate Beckinsale in latex, where there is a whole community of vampires with a hierarchy. The peculiarity of “Blood” is that in this film vampires are not shown as a “separate”, “separate” group of “higher” beings parasitizing on people. No, vampires are literally the same people, just a little different. Here is a better comparison with the work “I am a legend” (with a book, not a film), where the “ordinary” person eventually turned out to be “alien” among those whom he considered “monsters”.
The last thing I want to say is that the film is cheap. Effects of the level of "focus with a severed finger". But this cheapness, as well as cracking, and the vampires themselves - it's all part of one colorful play called "Blood on the highway." Because everything together looks very organic. I don’t know what the budget was for the film, but I had the feeling that it was a group of students making a film: when the driving force is not expensive effects, not famous actors, but excitement and enthusiasm, and the willingness to squeeze the most out of what is. It was very lamp-like. (And the performers, although not famous, played well.) Well, either I have a "bad taste" and I myself do not understand the acting. I can’t say that’s the truth.
It's a pretty original vampire b-movie. Like a mixture of vampire entourage and jokes (sometimes on the edge), drive and trifles, blood and beer, torn limbs and unexpected ways to use ping pong balls. There are also a few “global mixes”, but without serious ones; a conflict between “us” and “aliens” (or, better, an attempt to understand who is a stranger at all). The movie also features Bruce Willis/Max Payne.
So, it's just a plus? The perfect movie? No, not really. The main disadvantage is that there is no Russian voiceover. Oh, come on, I didn't find any subtitles either. Come on, Russian subtitles, I didn't find English. (Come on, subtitles, I had to look for the video myself.) I just had to listen in the original. No, it was pretty clear, but... I don't know about you, but Mai Ingshish is from Soo Good, Yu Nou. In short, I'm afraid the lion's share of jokes passed me by. If I can ever watch a movie with subtitles to understand it more fully, I think I can appreciate it even higher.
P.S. Did you also notice that the text of the review turned out just a sea of quotation marks? I suggest we consider this not as quotation marks, but as vampire fangs. Or severed hands. Or pencils sandwiched between the fingers of a hand, like Wolverine, yu nou.