Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Best movie ever!

Blistering performances.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Joey Winner (Stefaniuk) leads his band with bassist Jennifer (Jessica Paré), guitarist Tyler, drummer Sam and their roadie Hugo. Their manager Jeff (Dave Foley) is incompetent. Instead of sleeping in the hearse with the guys, Jennifer stays with weird looking Queeny who turns her into a vampire. The band leaves Montreal for Toronto without her. Joey asks money from his girlfriend Susan who is jealous of Jennifer. Jennifer shows up in Toronto with a different look. Eddie Van Helsing (Malcolm McDowell) is tracking down Queenie and follows the band. The band suddenly begins to get noticed.Written and directed by Rob Stefaniuk, this has some interesting ideas. However the filmmaking is not sharp enough. It has great actors in this. I don't know how they got McDowell but I'm sure the music legends have something to do with it. I can see what this movie is trying to do. It seems obvious that this needs a music video director's touch to energize the pace. The humor isn't really that good either. The movie is just not sharp enough in any way.

After the plethora of dim witted teen angst vampire films that have trudged across our screen in recent years its refreshing to see a highly original, witty vampire flick that shows you don't need mega bucks to be entertaining.The title Suck is a double entendre. A struggling US/Canadian rock band that sucks when they start out but suck literally when they are transformed into highly successful rocking vamps. The mix of rock genre and vampires makes for naturally good chemistry but its not enough on its own. What really makes this film work is its high creative IQ. There is genuine wry humour and no small amount of originality sprinkled generously throughout this film. The cast are well chosen too. The male and female leads compliment each other beautifully whilst the other cast members hand in fine performances including rock legends such as Alice Cooper. Interestingly the music that runs through the film is pretty damn good too. It really does rock. I rarely rate horror flicks highly, most are mass produced trash which relies on either special effects or grotesque sensationalist violence to carry them. This film does neither of these things, instead relying on genuine talent which is what good film making is all about. A well deserved ten out of ten from me.

I don't have anything against The Rocky Horror Picture Show and I don't have anything against musicians playing in a movie but I really have something against movies classified under horror while it's just some piece of crap. Some of the musicians can't act, like Moby. If you want to see musicians act go watch Hardware. Why an actor like McDowell agreed to play in this flick is for me still a question. It just is a movie for teenies. If you like Twilight then you also will like this one. It is never scary or gory, yes, there is blood and dismembered bodies but it doesn't work. There are a lot of effects, old school like Alice Cooper said and CGI. A lot of effects done while editing. The director just made a mix of a musical, horror, spoof, and references to album covers (The Beatles at Abbey Road, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA). It's just a hodgepodge. Made for the teens, if you are a real horror geek, I prefer Hardware with Iggy Pop, Carl McCoy and Lemmy, just suck that one...

What a great ride! Suck is one of those movies that will put you in a good mood. Jessica Pare is mesmerizing as a vampire, you will find yourself unable to break eye contact with her in some of her scenes. The makeup is done in the vein of the original Dawn of the Dead, giving the vampires a graphic novel look and feel. The humor is akin to Shaun of the Dead and rarely misses. I found myself laughing all the way through the movie, something I can't often say with many of today's comedies. The cameos by the old school rockers were awesome and contributed immensely to the production. The music-videos-in-a-movie format works well and almost makes you feel like you're back in the day when MTV was actually MUSIC television. There is one song performed by Jessica Pare that is quite touching, in my humble opinion. The director's conservative use of ever so slightly slowed movement is hypnotic. I know my comments may not seem like they were written for a film like 'Suck', but that's why I feel it's so eclectic, and it so works.