Bite Me

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In contemporary America, and presumably elsewhere, there are a lot of subcultures that have an expectation that whatever ostensibly weird thing it is they're into is honest, real, and completely harmless, if not virtuous. The corollary is that you should be fine with it, and even if there are some things about it that don't make a lot of sense, you should politely nod, say something like "that's very interesting," and not try to poke holes in it. Which this movie flatly tells you, so there's not much doubt about this being its main message. Because it revolves around this, your enjoyment of it is likely to depend on where you stand on accepting such things, like that there are real-life "vampires" who (from their POV) need to drink blood. (This is a 100% real thing, in the real world; they ain't making it up.) Enthusiasts of unconventional subcultures are likely to enjoy the message and representation, while the more conservative among us will probably be turned off by it. Coming from what I feel like is a middle ground on this, it's a middling movie. It has a real intention to be a "rom-com," so it follows a familiar formula, while trying to use that familiarity to comment on the message at hand. It's somewhat successful there, and the plot has above-average smarts, relative to the world of rom-comery. It can be somewhat sweet and amusing, but the comedy is very broad, often crossing into corniness, and still, as someone who doesn't completely buy into the message, it isn't funny enough to let me wholly sympathize with plucky vampires trying to get away with tax evasion.

Read the synopsis and thought this sounded interesting. It starts typically enough, grumpy goth type annoyed by people around her for no particular reason, then we see a clip of a "vampire" appearing in a reality show. It then continues going slowly downhill, with absolutely no sign of humour at any point so far. Then we're let into the fact that these "vampires" aren't supernatural, just people born without the ability to create their own energy and need to drink blood from donors to stop feeling ill... I think... I was already losing interest by this point. Then there was something about churches, the IRS, a guy with a British accent and a totally unconvincing love story. We tried to watch for a while longer but this simply has nothing to offer, I can't even recall the characters, except one had blue hair. We switched off after about 35-40 minutes and have no inclination of ever watching the second half.

Really super terrible. I'm super pissed that I have to get to all these required characters. Just come on here and say what a terrible movie this is An please don't waste your time. I kept thinking this would be getting better because of the reviews but it's not. I am so bummed out that I watched it. Watch the hunger, Watch only lovers left alive watch let the right one in , Watch a woman walks home alone ,Jesus almost even watch twilight instead of this dreck. Oh my God I can't believe I still have to get 335 characters all right let's see what I can do. I can't really complain about this movie anymore because there's so little OK I'm done.

Writer/director duo Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards made 2014's Imagine I'm Beautiful and this is the follow-up, with Jones starring as Sarah, a real-life vampire who finds herself getting audited. I never saw that in any of the Hammer movies. She's soon helped by IRS agent James (Christian Coulson, who played Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and gets in a cute line about muggles in this), who is incredibly understanding of the secret world of bloodsuckers, who in this movie ave very ordinary origins, being born with a condition that requires regular blood consumption. Sara once was married to a vampire king and the man who inked her face at age sixteen - and who claims to be the social media voice of vampires - and now lives in a house of female vamps that she hopes to turn into a church, the House of Twilight, with roommate Chrissy going on reality TV to explain how the vampires aren't fiction. They also have another roommate named Lily, who as a Muslim vampire really breaks stereotypes. Bite Me isn't a horror movie, unless you're afraid of romcoms. It's a quick and breezy film, with much of its humor perhaps better done by What We Do in the Shadows, but the leads are so likable that this is a rewarding film. It's not going to replace any of the vampire films that you love most - Near Dark remains the best vampire movie ever - but it'll pass the time and may even make you laugh a few times.

Lovely film about seeing the weirdness in us all and loving each other for it! Throw in Vampires, New York City and the IRS and you have a gem!

Great movie for a Saturday night! A lovely romance story about people who appear opposites but have more in common than they think. Both grow stronger in being their own person as a result of knowing each other, and these shifts are skillfully portrayed as the movie progresses. The leads, Christian and Naomi, are really good and it has an interesting backdrop of the real vampire subculture.

Naomi's voice is so unique and lovely. This movie is a delight!

Of all the evil, twisted, and sick characters Ms. McDougall-Jones could choose from, she chose - you guessed it - an IRS agent. Lol! This cute film plucked all the right heart strings to create a beautiful, tightly crafted love story. Bravo! Can't wait to see her next film!

I had a blast! Such a fun project, with great cast and so much fun to meet the director-lead actress-producer and her wonderful husband at the Santa Fe premiere! Learned so much about the hard work and thinking outside of the box that these talented folks are doing to create a truly independent film business model, and the updates from the road are priceless!!!!!!! Support your local joyful vampire and buy or rent this hilarious movie!!!!!!