‘Suck’ Film Premiere, London Soho Screening Room

June 22, 2010

Vampires are the latest craze to strike the entertainment industry, so it’s only natural that they have now infiltrated the music business. Hunter S. Thompson famously called the music industry a “cruel and shallow money trench” for “thieves” and “pimps”, but today it’s being portrayed as a home to thirsty bloodsuckers.

Rob Stefaniuk’s latest film, Suck, premiered at London’s Soho Screening Rooms on Tuesday night, and the small crowd was treated to a preview of the next installment of sexy vampire fiction…only this time, it’s got rock ‘n roll royalty.

Featuring cameos from Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins (Black Flag) and Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), this comedic spoof on the current vampire phenomenon traces the overnight success of an average, unknown band (The Winners) that drive around in a hurst, become vampires and get a taste of celebrity (and the groupies they feed on).

The Winners

Every aspect of this film makes it a budding cult classic. Not only does it also star Malcolm McDowell of A Clockwork Orange, one of the biggest cult classic films of all time, but it also has so many minor touches that music buffs will love to spot. For instance, a few classic album cover scenes are subtly recreated throughout the film, including T.Rex’s Electric Warrior, Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A., The Beatles’ Abbey Road and The Who’s The Kids Are Alright soundtrack. And we don’t want to spoil anything, but one vampire gets killed after being impaled with a guitar. There’s also a featured newspaper headline that reads, “Vampires Eat the Jonas Brothers”. How’s that for irony?

Alice Cooper

Suck is a Universal Pictures (UK) film. The DVD will be released in October. Suck is also an official sponsor of the Bloodstock 2010 Festival (August 13-15), which supports the Metal 2 Masses unsigned bands competition (www.bloodstock.uk.com)

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