British Films

Investigate a recent British film: Lesbian Vampire Killers


Lesbian Vampire Killers is a 2009 British comedy horror film which stars James Corden and Mathew Horne, very funny comedians. It is written by Stewart Williams and Paul Hupfield, produced by Steve Clark-Hall and is directed by Phil Claydon.

James Corden and Mathew Horne are very popular comedians and actors who's main recognition is Gavin and Stacy (comedy)their popularity is what I reckon leads to the success of this film.

In short the film plot is about two men who aren't very successful in life and haven't had any luck with the ladies, they decide to go on a road trip to a random location of a unknown village in which they find by throwing a dart at a map of England. They make their way to the unknown village and stop by into a small pub, the men inside the pub tell them about a place down the road in which they can stay. Previously they had seen some young women making their way to this lodge. After time goes by the girls begin to get picked off one by one and its just Fletch (James Corden), Jimmy (Mathew Horne) and Lotte one of the young women left. Turns out Fletch is the prophet who, in legend is supposed to kill the vampire queen Camilla, after Fletch is captured Jimmy gets help from the Vicar who tells him about the sword which can kill Camilla, they go get it whilst throwing holy water bombs at vampires and shooting them with crossbows. Only to find that the sword is some amusement to Jimmy because it looks like male parts. They get the sword and kill the vampire queen. End of story. Throughout the film love builds up between Lotte and Fletch.

This film was extremely popular in Britain and in addition made a healthy profit. The film is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the classic Hammer Horror films and was originally slated to be the first "new" Hammer film. This did not come to pass and it was ultimately Alliance and Momentum Pictures along with AV Films who finally allowed the project to go ahead. The film as I can see did not win any awards even despite its popularity, it was slated by many film critics and was given a bad name.

Compare a recent Hollywood film: Role Models



Role Models is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Wain about two energy drink salesmen who are ordered to perform 150 hours of community service as punishment for various offenses. For their service, the two men work at a program designed to pair kids with adult role models. The film stars Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, and Elizabeth Banks.

This film is about two men who are energy drink sales men who eventually give up on their job because it was becoming more and more depressing as each day passed. As a result Paul Rudd loses his girlfriend and after a particular school assembly they crash into a school statue by trying to escape from a cop who attempts to tow their truck. Then they are sent to a program called Sturdy Wings which involves them looking after their own child for 30 days. Paul Rudd gets the quite, white and nerdy teenage boy and Seann William Scott gets the opposite, a small, young and rude black boy who attempts to joy ride his car. Throughout the film they both start to develop a relationship with the boys and they end up participating in a event that Christopher Mintz-Plasse likes to go to called 'LAIRE' which they previously got banned from after having a fight with the king. This time they come back with their own country to attempt to over throw the king and become ruler, it ends up with just the king and Christopher Mintz-Plasse left for the final battle. Ill let you watch it to find out what happens ;).

This was a hugely popular film in both UK and the USA no doubt about it there was a huge profit in this film and with 3 nominations of Critics Choice Award, MTV Movie Award and Teen Choice Award.