My Step-Dad's a Freakin' Vampire

I saw this film at a theater back in 2009 to a sold out crowd. I didn't know what to expect, I just new that there was a lot of buzz about it on the news. I heard it was a kid friendly movie so I took my 10 year old son to go see it and he was blown away! That's all he could talk about for weeks.

The film is about a high school student who finds out his step-dad is a vampire looking to raise his army of monsters from hell and regain his power.

Overall I feel the movie was really good. It's definitely not a horror movie. It's more of a teen adventure movie with touches of horror. There are parts where the acting isn't all that great, but the main character and the step-dad were really good. The cinematography and the visual effects were well done for the budget. The best part about the whole movie were the monsters. They looked GREAT! My only real complaint is I wish there were more monsters.

High school student, Rusty Funkouser, finds out his brand new step-dad is a vampire looking to raise some serious hell.

Honestly, I expected this film to be pretty terrible just based on the title alone. And then I saw the low rating on IMDb, which seemed to confirm that this was a complete waste of time. I will have to respectfully disagree with this rating.

Sure, there are no "name" actors and the acting at times is a bit weak. And the plot may be just average. But I actually thought it was a pretty good film, sort of a poor man's "Fright Night". There was some humor, a clever up and down momentum, and despite the vampire subgenre being done to death, there still seems to be something here that is a little bit new.

In short, it is better than "Twilight".

If I were a rich man, I would not waste my money running for public office or travelling to the Space Station. Just imagine how many movies I could act in at only $20,000 a pop. I could have paid for director David Matheny's first feature film, and a quarter of this one. I could at least get the UPS driver part.

But you have to start somewhere, and this is Matheny's first full length film. Horror is usually a good place to start.

I get to be the first to review and really rate this film. So far it has only been rated by the cast and crew, so it's like having a screener.

I did like the costuming on the creatures and I though the zombies were made up well.

There isn't a whole lots of blood and gore until the end when things start popping.

Sorry, a horror movie without bare skin is just not satisfying.