Rush of Blood

CAST: Colin Farrell,Anton Yelchin,Toni Collette,Imogen Poots,Christopher Mintz-Plasse

rating: *

So did you really believe vampires were romantic creatures who communicated in soft undertones? Move over ‘nice guy’ Robert Pattinson,enter ‘bad boy’ Colin Farrell. He kills without a beginning,middle or end,he kills remorselessly,he kills with as much bloodshed inside his house as out on street,and when he is done,licks the blood around his lips till much afterward. Much like the vampire at the centre of it,Fright Night’s killings have no beginning,middle or end,while the film dispenses with any explanation,enjoys its blood,and leaves behind a string of corpses.

Yelchin plays the innocent teenager next door who discovers Jerry the vampire’s secret,breaks in and gets a victim out under his nose. Imogen Poots plays his girlfriend — Jerry describes her as “ripe”,and really she is too luscious to remain untargeted in this blood fest.

The cherry on this cake is a Vegas vampire slayer/magician named Peter Vincent. He is the guy meant to spout us the vampire mythology – mercifully,despite the ambitious figurine with wings and a golden crown that Jerry has built a shrine to,there is little of it.