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2009
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Set in a rural town, two hapless friends encounter a nest of beautiful Sapphic bloodsuckers that are enslaved by an ancient curse.
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Jimmy and Fletch are two friends living in London. Jimmy is dumped by his unscrupulous girlfriend, while Fletch is fired from his job as a clown for punching a child. They decide to escape their woes and hike to a remote village in Norfolkthat they find on an old map. As they approach a pub in the village, with Jimmy upset about Fletch destroying h...
Background
After several years in development hell, the project was picked up by director Phil Claydon. Claydon describes the film as influenced by Ghostbusters with a mix of Hammer Horrorand Universal's monster movies. Referring to the special effects used in the film he said "I covered James in vampire gunk at every opportunity because that made me laugh", since the Vampires turn into slime rather than dust or bursting into flames like other vampire stories.
Location
Lesbian Vampire Killers is set in Norfolk, based around the village of Cranwich which is portrayed in the film as Cragwich, but was filmed outside London on location at Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire and in Three Mills film studios in Bromley-by-Bow. The film is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the classic Hammer Horrorfilms and was originally slated to be the first "new" Hammer film. This did not come to pass and it was ultimately Alliance and Momentum Pictures along with AV Films who finally greenlit...
Reviews of the film were largely negative. Lesbian Vampire Killers holds a 28% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 25 reviews with an average rating of 4.1/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Lesbian Vampire Killersstakes a claim to niche British humor, but ultimately succumbs to dreary twaddle." James Christopher...
Awards
1. San Sebastian Horror Festival: Audience Award for Best Feature Film (2009)
Nominations
1. International Film Music Critics Association: Best Original Score for a Comedy Film – Debbie Wiseman(2009)
Lesbian Vampire Killers was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 3 August 2009. Momentum Pictures claimed retailers – including supermarket chain Tesco– demanded warning stickers be placed over the word "Lesbian". A spokesperson from Tesco said that although they did ask for a cover with less cleavage, they "did not suggest that they [Momentum] amend the...
Lesbian Vampire Killers at IMDbLesbian Vampire Killers at AllMovie- Phil Claydon
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Jul 31, 2009 · Two men get stuck in a village where all of the women have been enslaved by a vampire curse.Genres: Comedy and Suspense/Horror
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- Fletch; Jimmy; Vicar
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- 2009
Oct 19, 2018 · Titled “ A Woman’s Bite: Cinema’s Sapphic Vampires, ” the series also complements an excellent Jean Rollin retrospective, Très Outré: The Sinister Visions of Jean Rollin, the French ...
Mar 20, 2009 · Vampire Killers: Directed by Phil Claydon. With Silvia Colloca, Margarita Hall, Sianad Gregory, Mathew Horne. Their women having been enslaved by the local pack of lesbian vampires thanks to an ancient curse, the remaining menfolk of a rural town send two hapless young lads out onto the moors as a sacrifice.
Rent Lesbian Vampire Killers on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Lesbian Vampire Killers stakes a claim to niche British humor, but ultimately succumbs to ...
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- Horror, Comedy
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