Summer of Blood (2014)
Lousy lover and egocentric Eric Sparrow is dumped by his girlfriend after rejecting her marital proposal. After a few failed dates his luck turns when a chance encounter with a vampire turns him into a sex god.
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So much average
People are voting emotionally.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
The might the first time I'be left a review on IMDb. I was just so insulted. I love the Comedy Horror category, it's probably my favorite. This was insulting to the genre and the viewers. I couldn't even get to the horror part. After half and hour of the guy whining and complaining and by uncreatively sarcastic, I couldn't take anymore. I don't care what happens to his life. I don't care that he turns into a vampire and gets laid all the time but doesn't want to eat people. It's not funny. This is torture. I had to break up with him. But for those that are this guy, unfunny a**holes going nowhere in life but still think they deserve hot girls, this one's for you guys.
This "Film" (and I use the term loosely) had absolutely nothing going for it, like someone else pointed out - it was pretentious mumble-core garbage, with terrible acting, no visible plot and obviously a shoestring budget to match.The main character (and everyone else) just would NOT shut up, even to pause for breath, they raced through their forced lines like they could not wait to get this steaming pile of crap over and done with and collect their meager paycheck at the end of it all.Don't waste your time or money on this trash.I seriously want my hour and twenty-five minutes of life back after this one, and I suggest it be avoided at all costs!
I must have watched a completely different movie from the other reviewer, but I could not stand this film. The main character is so abominably unlikable and annoying that it's hard to see the point - sure, pretentious hipster wastrels are a reasonable target for satire, but you have to let us out of his insufferable orbit a bit or else we can't breathe. And when the movie's plot (such as it is) centers around this schlub's relationship with his girlfriend, an attractive, up-and-coming lawyer, it robs that plot of any motive power when we can't figure out why anyone, let alone her, would be with this guy. Agonizing to get through.
Total auteur cinema, in the best, non-pretentious way possible. This is a film that never takes itself too seriously, yet throws down on some serious themes and ideas. A schlub who can't catch a break suddenly turns vampiric and kinda cool. Kinda. Not just Onur's performance, but every character, even the minors, are totally on it. They bounce off each other effortlessly. I'm normally bugged by neurotic characters, as they usually feel forced and rehearsed. Not Onur. His rhythms and surprisingly-apt observations come effortlessly, like he's abandoned the script for what he feels is true to the moment. It's honest to the core. Self-depricating and rude and hilarious. And there's blood and sex and internet dating. It's rough around the edges in the right ways. I have no idea how it was pulled off, but what feels like a colossal mess of ideas comes together so cohesively. It just clicks. It moves forward and doesn't really care if you can keep up. It may be the first film of the year that I really love.And really, we're all afraid of becoming Michael Douglas.