BLOODSUCKING BOSSES is a low budget comedy horror flick in the EVIL DEAD mould, except much more campier and jokey in tone. The story has the feel of THE OFFICE with lots of desk-centred humour and geeky characters commenting on the action. They think their lives are bad when they're being oppressed by their hated bosses, but a sudden vampire outbreak makes things much, much worse. There's a lot of gory humour here, particularly in the second half, which works well, although I did find the central characters rather annoying and overstated. Pedro Pascal is good value in support. The film is light, airy and completely forgettable, but it passes the time well enough.
Bloodsucking Bastards
2015
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Bloodsucking Bastards
2015
Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
Keywords: vampirebusiness rivalry
Plot summary
Evan is a a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda and his slacker best friend Tim. Evan's world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max. However when the bodies start piling up and lazy coworkers become paler, hard-working, and more aggressive Evan soon discovers Max is actually a vampire, and has turned most of the office into vampires as well. Now Evan must defeat Max and rescue his workplace pals before his life and career go from dead-end - to just dead.
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There is nothing like a good quirky office film that breaks politically correct rules and includes a funny vampire takeover. The characters and dialogue are fresh and funny. The humor style is comparable NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, although I enjoyed this film more. Must see. BAAM. SNAP!
Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.
Pretty Good Horror Comedy
The story of Evan Sanders (Fran Kranz),a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern). Evan's world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max (Pedro Pascal).
The film is marketed as a mix between "Office Space" and "Shaun of the Dead". Individually, these are some high bars, and together may be impossible to match. But the comparison is fair. "Office Space" definitely seems to have been an influence. And while this may not become the cult classic of either of those two, it excels far better than most horror comedies ever manage to.
"Horror comedy" as a genre (or subgenre) is more challenging than it sounds. Some in recent years have been great, including "Tucker and Dale Versus Evil" and the aforementioned "Shaun". Many more fail. "Brutal Massacre", for example, was chock full of horror icons and tried to be a good comedy, but ends up rather flat, ultimately failing in both horror and comedy categories. "Bloodsucking B..." gets the balance right. Some of it is downright funny, and there is more blood and gore here than... well, almost any movie ever.
The comedy also works on multiple levels. Most of it is obvious, but there are enough references to keep you finding more hidden gems. Talking of "calling in sick to see a baseball game" is clearly a reference to "Ferris Bueller". But is the name Max a reference to "Lost Boys"? Probably, but maybe not.
Definitely worth a watch. Even if you do not buy a copy, at least rent it or check it out on demand.