08-08-2025, 09:38 PM
A servicable vampire flick set in depression era south…twin brothers “Smoke” and “Stack” come back to town with a bunch of money (from their exploits in Chicago with Al Capone). They want to use that to set up a juke joint for all the share-cropper folk, make more money selling booze, gambling, etc…
The buy an old barn with a wad of cash and start to make all the other arrangements. A side story shows some on-the-run white vagrant running thru fields as if someone is in hot pursuit. He ends up at a shack and the folks there (klan) let him in. The injuns that are chasing him appear later, but are turned away. Then it gets dark, and things go to shit.
Now there are several vampires in the neighborhood, and they play banjo, fiddle, and want to join the fun at the juke joint…
After that, it’s a somewhat predictable vampire movie, but enjoyable. They did a good job with the music and intertwined old blues with appalachian/irish music. There was one scene, trying to demonstrate that some musicians have the power to connect old spirits, the present, and what’s to come together and there’s a bit of a mishmash of african musicians and dancers, the 1920s-30s age blues dancers, and “the future” including a p-funk link guy playing a flying V. I could have done without that, it was a bit cliched and they could have done it a myriad of other ways.
All in all, a pretty good movie tho.
—tg
The buy an old barn with a wad of cash and start to make all the other arrangements. A side story shows some on-the-run white vagrant running thru fields as if someone is in hot pursuit. He ends up at a shack and the folks there (klan) let him in. The injuns that are chasing him appear later, but are turned away. Then it gets dark, and things go to shit.
Now there are several vampires in the neighborhood, and they play banjo, fiddle, and want to join the fun at the juke joint…
After that, it’s a somewhat predictable vampire movie, but enjoyable. They did a good job with the music and intertwined old blues with appalachian/irish music. There was one scene, trying to demonstrate that some musicians have the power to connect old spirits, the present, and what’s to come together and there’s a bit of a mishmash of african musicians and dancers, the 1920s-30s age blues dancers, and “the future” including a p-funk link guy playing a flying V. I could have done without that, it was a bit cliched and they could have done it a myriad of other ways.
All in all, a pretty good movie tho.
—tg