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Alice and the Vampire Queen
USA 2023
produced by
Susan Helfrich, Rich Wolff, Michael Conroy, Jake Hershman, Marc Helfrich, Michelle Cain, Matt Dye, Amanda Rae Simon for Impulse-FX
directed by Dan Lantz
starring Shelby Hightower, Graham Wolfe, Brenna Carnuccio, Rachel Aspen, Xavier Michael, Danielle Muehlen, Aaron Dalla Villa, Chris James Boylan, John Groody, Luke DeMaine, Jared Michael Delaney, Casey Donnelly, Jordan Lutter, Ro-Mina, Andrew Daddazio, Jackie Marino, Taylor Hofnagle, Dillon Lantz, Ryan Baker, Connor Colucci, Rachel Nielsen, Susan Helfrich, Adam Danoff
written by Dan Lantz, music by Mix Mascter McD, special makeup effects by Michael Harvey
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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All Alice (Shelby Hightower) ever wanted was to be a top chef - and she
sure had both the talent and the training for it, but after she had done
time for manslaughter and on top of that has a nasty scar across her face,
nobody but cheap burger places want to hire her anymore - and she manages
to get fired even from those. Then though she crosses paths with Charles,
who makes her an offer too good to be true, a job as chef at a very
secretive club that pays more than she ever could have imagined. Thing it,
it actually is true, only one thing Charles forgot to mention, Alice would
be preparing food for the Vampire Queen (Brenna Carnuccio) and her
followers. This of course is cause to worry, on the other hand as long as
Alice pleases the Vampire Queen, she's under her protection and safe from
any vampire attacks. And Alice is pretty good at her job, so chances are
she will please the Vampire Queen a long time. So why not just doing what
she loves to do for really good pay? Plus, the Vampire Queen even makes
her nasty scar disappear. Problem is, the vampire world as such is far
from homogenous, and the Vampire Queen has her enemies, from Alice's own
kitchen hand (Chris James Boylan) to rogue vampire Kieran (Aaron Dalla
Villa) to the Queen's former favourite (Danielle Muehlen). And soon Alice
realizes if she doesn't take things into her own hands she's sure to be
dragged into a vampire war she has nothing to do with ... A
rather fresh take on the vampire genre, this time crossing it with
culinary comedy - a genre that has its dark corners as well for sure. And
the combination works, basically because writer/director Dan Lantz takes
his story's horror seriously and does get visceral every now and again
during the course of the movie, and the comedy pretty much adds to the
proceedings by helping the suspension of disbelief, making the too far
fetched elements somewhat plausible, and keeping the dialogue poignant.
And in the hands of a capable ensemble cast carried by a tight directorial
effort, this combination has turned out to be pretty enjoyable genre
entertainment.
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