Vamp (1986)

In order to join a fraternity, two college kids (Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler) must provide a stripper for a frat party. They bum a ride with a third student (Gedde Watanabe, SIXTEEN CANDLES) and go to a big city to hire a stripper. However, the strip club they choose turns out to be a nest of vampires. Horror comedies are often hit and miss. The best horror films often have a subtle strain of humor running through them anyway from DRACULA to JAWS. This one is a modest success on the horror level but very lame on the witless comedy. It tries too hard and isn't half as clever as it thinks it is. The best part of the film is the strip club sequence. The dynamic Grace Jones, whose character doesn't have any dialog (she doesn't need to), lends her unique persona to the proceedings and performs a killer strip act that's the highpoint of the film. Alas, for most of the film we have to be satisfied with the insipid presences of Makepeace, Rusler and Dedee Pfeiffer (Michelle's sister). The film's ace is its cinematographer Elliot Davis (THE IRON LADY) who gives the film an atmospheric sheen, the night sequences are bathed in greens and pinks. Written and directed by Richard Wenk. With Sandy Baron and Billy Drago.