Vincent Lannoo Beholds The True Face Of Europe's VAMPIRES

I must confess to having a serious weak spot for Vincent Lannoo's Vampires, a film that plays out like the Christopher Guest spin on life among the undead. It's a picture that we wrote about here on ScreenAnarchy back when it was still in production and one which I had a hand in bringing to screen at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal where it played to a rousing reception. I like this film a lot and find it a slyly funny piss-take on the romanticism of many vampire stories and I could not be happier that IFC is bringing it to US shores with a VOD release beginning July 1.

In the hilarious, satirical VAMPIRES, a documentary film crew introduces us to husband and wife Georges and Bertha and their children Samson and Grace, a family of vampires living in suburban Belgium. They feed on illegal immigrants and former prostitutes (referred to as "meat") and attend gatherings with other vampires in the same district. Georges is a bit creepy, Bertha a little unhinged, and Grace is trying to kill herself (which, as an immortal vampire, she can't), but otherwise they seem like a normal family. But when the partying son Samson is caught having sex with the wife of the district vampire leader, the family is exiled (under Vampire Law, handed down from Count Dracula) to Canada, where a vampire's life is a lot less protected.

Yep, misbehaving vampires get exiled to Canada. I suppose that's another reason I find it funny. With the US release rapidly approaching a new US trailer has just been released. Check it below.