Think the approaching end of Twilight means the vampire-movie trend is over? Think again. Well, sort of. As the movie’s new trailer shows, the upcoming Vamps — from writer-director Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, who previously worked together on the 1995 classic Clueless — takes the genre in another direction. As vampire stories go, it’s less a spoof of the sexy-vampire meme than a sunny (er, sorry vampires) comedy in the Buffy-movie mold. Silverstone and Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23’s Krysten Ritter play the single-in-the-city bloodsuckers of the title, with Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) as a human love interest who comes from a family of vampire hunters.
The starry cast also includes Richard Lewis, Sigourney Weaver, Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Marilu Henner and Kristen Johnston.
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The Heckerling-Silverstone combo is undeniably familiar, and we love a movie with a dance scene. We’ll stake a claim on a seat for opening weekend, cross our hearts, because there’s no way in Helsing we’d miss it. Vamps is due out Nov. 2.
Think the approaching end of Twilight means the vampire-movie trend is over? Think again. Well, sort of. As the movie’s new trailer shows, the upcoming Vamps — from writer-director Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone, who previously worked together on the 1995 classic Clueless — takes the genre in another direction. As vampire stories go, it’s less a spoof of the sexy-vampire meme than a sunny (er, sorry vampires) comedy in the Buffy-movie mold. Silverstone and Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23’s Krysten Ritter play the single-in-the-city bloodsuckers of the title, with Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) as a human love interest who comes from a family of vampire hunters.
The starry cast also includes Richard Lewis, Sigourney Weaver, Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Marilu Henner and Kristen Johnston.
(MORE: Downton Abbey: Three Reasons We Can’t Wait for Next Season)
The Heckerling-Silverstone combo is undeniably familiar, and we love a movie with a dance scene. We’ll stake a claim on a seat for opening weekend, cross our hearts, because there’s no way in Helsing we’d miss it. Vamps is due out Nov. 2.