Director – Les Sekely (Night of the Living Date, I Know What You Did in English Class)
Starring – Lynne Baker, Ali Elk (Of Light and Darkness, Hollywood Homicide), and Kat Facchino (Beverly Hills Bordello, Vampire Night)
Release Date – 1998
Rating – 4/5
Blu Release – 4/5
I was raised on 80s and 90s vampire flicks. I watched movies like Fright Night, The Lost Boys, My Best Friend is a Vampire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Children of the Night all the fucking time when I was growing up. I absolutely fucking loved them and the release of Blade catapulted my love for vampire flicks. Sadly, as time went on I found myself more interested in zombies and slashers instead of vampires. Fast forward to a few years ago when a friend of mine on Facebook made a post talking about the late 90s vampire comedy Vampire Time Travelers and how the VHS he just got was his favorite movie in his collection. The title peaked my interest but the artwork was lame as fuck so I had no interest in it.
Move to a few weeks back and Visual Vengeance announced that they would be release Vampire Time Travelers on blu. I thought the title sounded familiar but couldn’t remember why it was. I shot them a message and they were kind enough to send a copy over for review. It wasn’t until I was watching it that I realized this was that movie and how much fun it actually was. I want to thank MVD and Visual Vengeance for sending this one over!
**Spoiler Alert** The film follows a group of girls pledging a sorority. What they don’t know is that this particular sorority stopped a vampire from taking over the world recently and her sister is hellbent on revenge. Now she is going through the sorority one by one biting them on the ass and turning them into time traveling bloodsuckers. **Spoiler Alert**
I had no idea what this movie was about going into it but the title gave me a pretty good idea that it would involve vampires and some time traveling. However, it wasn’t until I got to the scene with the butt biting that I realized that this was the same film my friend had bragged about on VHS. I love stupid movies and this one is easily one of the dumbest movies I had ever seen. It was so much fucking fun and I can’t wait to recommend it to people looking for stupid movies to watch the next time they want to pop an edible.
The acting in this one is not that great but I kind of enjoyed that quality. It added to the overall no budget look and feel of the film. The characters are a lot of fun and the cast, regardless if they are experienced or not, do a lot to bring their characters to the screen. We have a lot of fun scenes with this cast and they make the movie as funny as it is.
The story for this one is a bit of a mess but that’s what I love about it. The movie is actually a sequel to Sorority House Vampires which was something I just discovered as I was typing this review. The info I could find on it according to imdb states that that both movies were made in 1998 and featured different filmmakers. I didn’t watch the first one and I was still able to enjoy this one. Back to this film. We have vampires, bloodthirsty record execs, bitchy sorority chicks, ass biting, and so much more in this one. With that being said, it’s the amount of simple one liners and puns that makes this film so fun. This movie is everything I would expect from a mid-90s direct to video comedy but it’s actually a late 90s no budget horror movie.
Finally, if you are looking for some fun effects and memorable deaths then you are shit out of luck. We have some simple and cheap visual effects and some not so impressive make-up effects but that is the extent of that. The movie focuses more on story and humor than it does the death scenes. Overall, Vampire Time Travelers is easily my new favorite movie. I will be adding something from this to my horror sleeve in the near future. I highly recommend snagging a copy of this one soon from Visual Vengeance.
Special Features:
New director-approved SD master from original tape elements.
Commentary with director Les Sekely
Director Les Sekely interview
Actress JJ Rodgers interview
Actress Angelia Scott interview
Director of Photography Dennis Devine and Assistant Director Steve Jarvis interview
Short Film: Not So Grim Reaper
Vampire Time Travelers – Visual Vengeance Trailer
Bonus Movie: I Know What You Did In English Class (2000)
‘English Class’ Commentary with director Les Sekely
Director Les Sekely ‘English Class’ interview
‘English Class’ Cinematographer Russ Lindsay Interview
‘English Class’ Director of Photography Dennis Devine and Production Assistant Steve Jarvis interview
‘English Class’ Actor Russell Towne interview
I Know What You Did in English Class – Visual Vengeance Trailer
Visual Vengeance trailers
‘Stick Your Own’ VHS sticker set
Reversible sleeve featuring new ‘I Know What You Did In English Class’ art
Folded mini-poster
Optional English subtitles
