Can an alcoholic police chief and a traumatized black cop save the sleepy tobacco-growing town of Marlow from vampire zombie space invaders? This lovingly made orgy of horror clichés with its flying saucers, celebrity vampires and white nightie maiden in a field is good gory fun. The ‘overhead shot’ of the ‘cultivated’ rows of carpet weave is almost as delicious as the flapping bats on strings and, yes, you’re meant to see the strings. If that bothers you, then it’s not your cup of tea. The whole point is to literally overkill, even if the black and white decision to enable the retro look has removed the intensity of the blood being freely spilt. The art department and the sound designer clearly had a ball. Some nice lines: “When I was ten, vampires exploded my mum.”; “You can’t shoot people just because they have a white face.”; “You plan to suck this man?”—“I plan to suck him dry.”; “Punctured neck and jugular, yet the heart still ticks.” This last is spoken by the coroner, who (spoiler alert) is promptly eaten.  The half-man vampire (literally cut in half at the torso) is pretty awesome too. Great date movie to find out if he/she/it has a sense of fun. Alas, no Thai subtitles but the visual monstrosities make it easy enough to follow. 

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(Alice Skinhead)