Different vampire tales have different sorts of rules and lore within their scripts, and Amy Heckerling’s recent film, Vamps, is no exception. The film, which forces it’s vampires into the nighttime hours and calls its creators ‘stems,’ is hitting Blu-ray and DVD on November 13, and to celebrate, we have a few clips explaining some of the rules.
The first scene follows vampire Goody (Alicia Silverstone) getting a history lesson from Vlad Teppish, an ancient vampire who just so happens to be played by Malcolm McDowell. The whole idea of ‘stems’ and the effects the creators can have on his or her vampire offspring is pretty interesting, and a little more exciting than Twilight’s glowing daytime vampires.
The second clip, “Having Chinese,” is an introduction to Stacy (Krysten Ritter) and Goody’s maker, Ciccerus (Sigourney Weaver), who doesn’t prescribe to the ‘rats only’ diet the girls have lived off of for years. The two younger vampires catch their maker in the act as she is almost through with devouring an entire restaurant of people. Weaver’s oddball character basically calls the girls wimps, but her disgusting blood-stained face is by far the most off-putting thing onscreen. I much prefer the vegetarian vampires to those reveling in bloodlust, unless we’re talking Russell Edgington.
The Vamps Blu-ray release runs a little short on the bonus features, but luckily you can catch it for a pretty great price. Find it on shelves, tomorrow.
