I love a funny horror movie interspersed with my scares each October, so I decided to check out this Chris Rock/Dave Franco/Snoop Dog vampire comedy. While it wasn’t a laugh a minute, it was light enough and had some incredible acrobatic feats throughout adding to the cool special effects. Plus, come on…vampires!
Chris Rock is hard-working dad Bud, trying to do right by his ten-year-old daughter and her mom by pretending to be a pool cleaner while really hunting vampires to make a living (certain teeth are worth different amounts of money). Thing is, he needs $10,000 fast, and he can only do that with a Union vampire hunting job, which he had been kicked out of. So he calls on his buddy Big John (Snoop Dog), top vampire dude in the Union, to help him get back in. He gets one more chance, but the deal is, he has to have a Union rep with him (enter uptight Franco as Seth) to make sure he doesn’t break any rules again.
Meanwhile, a local Realtor named Audrey (who is really a top sunscreen-wearing vampire looking to take over “the day”) is out for revenge when she discovers a vampire she was close with has been decapitated (the only true way to kill them) and her tooth removed. Soon, Audrey, along with her vampire minions, is on Bud’s trail, and she has her sight set on Bud’s family. While Bud and Seth team up to destroy the town’s influx of vampires, they must also fight Audrey and work to keep Bud’s family safe.
- Top Scare: Vampire Attack
- Heartbeats: 1 3/4 out of 5
- Gore Factor: 3 1/2 out of 5
- Scare Factor: 2 out of 5
- Recommended For: 16 or 17 and up, due to violence, gore, and profanity