Truly Dreadful Film

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Mr. Sparrow is a loser. He is more or less a sloppy, dirty, and extremely talkative and deranged version of Peter Jackson.But he is never boring. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard watching a vampire movie. This one is excellent. I love the dark humor!There are two types of vampire movies I enjoy. One is dark and serious, like Underworld, and the other is humorous, like this one.Out of the 143 vampire movies I've seen, the following are very good humorous ones I recommend to fans of the genre:Love at first bite 1979 Vampire's kiss 1989 Dracula dead and loving it 1995 Hotel Transylvania 1-2 2012-2015 Vamps 2012 (featuring Sigourney Weaver) Bloodsucking bastards 2015They are all very good humorous vampyre movies.Summer of blood is a pleasant surprise to my collection. It is so exciting, so good and funny!I laughed hard upon hearing lines like "This is what you get for not getting your education..." I might recommend the movie to school dropouts in the future. :)

The acting was very good--though I suspect that a good portion of the dialogue was ad libbed which may have been the film's strength as well as its weakness. The ad libbed riffs (if I'm right) contributed greatly to the natural feel of the dialogue and the character's reactions, as well as the give and take between the characters. The problem with this is that too much of the dialogue was constant complaining about something, or off the cuff semi-insulting childish responses to justifiable criticism that made the main character very annoying and unlikable. The best part was that the other characters ALSO found him childish, irritating and odd. In this light, the discrepancy that bugged me, is just how such a dysfunctional human being managed to hang onto his job and his girlfriend at all--and why anyone would bother giving him a second chance. Fact is, though, it happens so I can't very well fault the film for portraying a scenario that I see played out all too frequently in real life.The film needed a faster pace (the entire first half hour was pretty much NOTHING but the main character's complaining and self-absorbed existential whining (though that phrase gives it too much philosophical weight)and more variety in the dialogues (though there were some laugh out loud humorous bits, it was too monotonous overall). Once the action occurs in the middle of the film it picks up (the highlight of the movie and very well done actually--one of the more realistic vampire conversions I've seen--this isn't a spoiler, it's in the film synopsis) for awhile then goes back to pretty much the same old thing. The kicker being that while he has now pretty much gotten everything he wanted, of COURSE he's STILL not satisfied (we all know someone like that) and wants to go back to the way things were (finally recognizing what he's given up). If there is any real philosophical premise in the film it's that hindsight is always 20/20 and you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone.I really did enjoy the relationships as they were portrayed, and the film had a very promising premise with some genuine humor, but as with most vanity films (directed and starring the same person) a more critical eye was needed; less whining; and a shorter running time or livelier pace would have helped a great deal. There is a bit of a twist at the end, but nothing that you can't see coming a mile away. Still, this isn't your typical romantic lead, nor your usual vampire film--not by a long shot. If you are a fan of vampire films, you may enjoy this quirky take on the genre--or you may find it incredibly boring and the lead character overly irritating.

Normally I give 1/10 to majority of very low budget films because I believe that if you are going to do something, do it right, or just don't do it at all.This one gets 10/10. Writing is brilliant. Character development is exceptional. Story is just perfect.Main character has a personality that will rub a lot of people the wrong way, but that is because they have neither sense of humor nor understand that its masterful portrayal of what lot of guys out there are really like. Whether you ever see that side or not simply depends on how well do you know them. Just ask my friends and exes.And while this will obviously sound like overenthusiastic fake review, its as real as it gets. See this film, and if you did not like it, get better sense of humor.

This "Film" (and I use the term loosely) had absolutely nothing going for it, like someone else pointed out - it was pretentious mumble-core garbage, with terrible acting, no visible plot and obviously a shoestring budget to match.The main character (and everyone else) just would NOT shut up, even to pause for breath, they raced through their forced lines like they could not wait to get this steaming pile of crap over and done with and collect their meager paycheck at the end of it all.Don't waste your time or money on this trash.I seriously want my hour and twenty-five minutes of life back after this one, and I suggest it be avoided at all costs!