BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

GL84 Tired of working in a dead-end job, a man slowly comes to realize that the fellow workers are slowly being turned into vampires by his new boss and must rally the remaining unturned workers who believe him and stop the vampires from taking over their job.This here was a somewhat problematic though really fun effort. What really turns this one down is the fact that there's just not a whole lot of the film that really makes it appealing which comes from the fact that it's mainly about the most unappealing cast ever. The fact that this one concerns the group who are adamantly against their career goals who turn everything into a party at their job and are absolutely complacent in their desire to slag off their work in favor of goofing on each other which doesn't make them all that appealing as their do-anything-but-their-job mentality doesn't make them engaging. The bonding nature of their attitudes towards each other and the rather generalized working-place humor featured here aren't that funny and they just tend to go for so long that this section is just not that funny in the slightest. Even with the utterly goofy way it goes about trying to show them stumbling along with the discovery of what's going on doesn't really generate the real kind of laughs it should as the concept here could've provided this one with a great deal more zany comedy had this part here been fixed. Still, there's quite a lot of enjoyable elements present here with quite some good points to it. One of the main pluses is that once it turns into a funny turn with the comedy there's a rather great deal more energy to come from this one which picks up significantly as the group finally understands their predicament with the vampires finally coming to task and really generating more goofy set-ups of them going after them. The action in the final half where they go into the backstory of having to replay the events in motion which alerts them to vampires being there and then have to fight their way through the horde working in the building and gets up to the really impressive fight in the main floor against the head vampire which generates a ton of fun bloodletting amidst the generous action that is still gloriously goofy and silly while still being serious enough to be scary enough. Given the boost from the early build-up scenes that set the stage for these scenes, that really helps this scenes work even better with that continuing in the same manner of having the comedy sitting alongside the horror and gives this a big boost during this half which does help to overcome the rather banal setup in the first half. That is what really holds this one back during the film.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Seth_Rogue_One Okay I've seen worse, but yeah not too impressive movie and takes far too long time for any bloodsucking to commence, first half of the movie is pretty much a (mostly mean-spirited) office comedy with mostly unlikeable characters.The second half, or to be correct the last 30 minutes is rather entertaining and action-packed but we had to sit through 50 minutes of (mostly) unfunny jokes and little plot to get there, and you have to judge the movie on a whole not a good last third.Horror in the office can be done well 'NOT SAFE FOR WORK (2014)' with Max Minghella is a good example of that, or if you need a bit of comedy in your office-horror 'INHUMAN RESOURCES' aka 'REDD INC. (2012)' is a much better alternative than this.

James Wright The most important thing to know about this film is that it really only gets going in the third act, both in terms of comedy and gore/violence. Before that there are some jokes and some blood but for the most part it is pretty tame and lame, although the story and characters remain solid throughout.As a movie it is definitely entertaining, it does threaten to turn into a cliché, especially in terms of the love interest having no redeemable features since they are used to garner sympathy for the main. However in the end that doesn't happen and the film is actually pretty refreshing in how it handles things in terms of plot and overall resolution. Although the end does feel a bit rushed, but not enough to mar the whole experience.Overall there is a lot more to like about this movie than dislike. It's unfortunate that most of the real laughs come two-thirds into the runtime, but as a whole the movie works and you could almost see it as a parallel for the breaking free of a corporate environment: things start off pretty generic and orderly and then gradually become more and more off-the-wall and original. I'm not sure if that's what the film-maker was going for but that's how it plays out; the first half is the dry tinder that fuels the fire of the second, so give it a chance and let it have room to breathe.

DareDevilKid Reviewed by: Dare Devil Kid (DDK)Rating: 4/5 starsHaven't we all become bloodsucking drones, clocking in countless hours of work to achieve that next (meaningless) goal just to keep the numbers crunching and dollars flowing (most of which the average worker won't see)? The horror of "Bloodsucking Bastards" is not found through vampire bites, but in stinging corporate satire that seems too smart for a horror comedy, and too damn real.Written by the L.A. comedy troupe Dr. God, "Bloodsucking Bastards" follows a struggling sales department in desperate need of revitalization. Evan (Fran Kranz) has hopes of one day removing the "Acting" from his "Acting Sales Manager" title, but his boss Ted (Joel Murray) appears to have other plans. Ted announces that Evan's college rival, Max (Pedro Pascal), will be overhauling the department in order to achieve new levels of success. Max is confident, slick, intelligent, and perfect for the job, but when the company's biggest slackers start disappearing or abandoning their mediocre ways for a more cutthroat approach to telesales, Evan believes something sinister is afoot. Like, everyone-in-the-office- is-a-vampire level of sinister.What we have here is a total package – laughs, chills, gore, and personality. The settings don't reach farther than an office supply closet, the sales floor, a file storage room, and the building's parking garage, but location restrictions mean nothing when working off of a tightly written screenplay. Quality is quality no matter what your budget is, as the (viscera-soiled) cream always rises to the top!The first act of "Bloodsucking Bastards" is a bit like a more grounded episode of "Workaholics", but as the vampire theme starts to slowly creep in, comedic elements don't wane in response. Action sequences are balanced dutifully with hilarious nods to anything you might learn in Management 101, like Max explaining to a vampire underling that it's important not to micromanage your employees while his vampiric workers are locked in a gooey battle with Evan and his team. It's a bit of horror comedy that would make Mike Judge ("Office Space", "Beavis and Butt-Head") blush, and it never backs down from keeping an ongoing connection between business ethics and ghoulish monsters.More importantly, "Bloodsucking Bastards" doesn't skimp on any of the bloodsucking…or bastardization. You'll be happy to know that Evan is forced to fight his way through now-turned former employees alongside his crush, Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick), and buddy, Tim (Joey Kern), but you'll be even happier knowing that each vampire explodes upon death with their blood splattering all over.As expected, many office tools are utilized when dispatching each vampire, from paper cutters to fire extinguishers, and never once does the bloodshed feel repetitive or mundane. As the action gears up, and the supply closet is raided for vampire-hunting gear, the film sinks its teeth into toxic elements of office culture, such as the trampling of individuality in favor of productivity, or simply how no one ever bothers to learn the janitor's name. Director Brian James O'Connell showcases the ability to make such a small film feel immensely bigger in scope, turning a no-frills office setting into your cleaning lady's worst nightmare. Horror fans are not ignored for cheap laughs, proving that Dr. God respects all their audiences equally.The trio of Fran Kranz, Emma Fitzpatrick, and Joey Kern are the glue that binds the film, but so many supporting talents ensure this collection of workers provides steady entertainment whether they're killing time or killing each other. Justin Ware and Michael Hughes embody every workplace's archetypal slackers, playing video games instead of crushing sales calls, but Joey Kern is their hilarious slacker lord.If there's one scene-stealer to point out, it obviously involves Kern, who couldn't be bothered by the vampire outbreak spreading around him. His lazy acceptance of this horrifying scenario is a special brand of comedy, transcending the levels of "fucks given" into a land well beyond "zero" – all he cares about is clocking out at 5:00 p.m. and blacking out at Kelly Clarkson concerts. If that's not a comment on how mind-numbingly complacent we've become while manning empty, unfulfilling duties, I don't know what is.While you'll probably be too busy laughing hysterically or cringing at each gross vampire explosion, there are plenty of other hidden treats throughout this sublime horror comedy worth catching a glimpse of. Do yourself a favor and take a look at the extra office workers who fill cubicles next to the main characters. I'm not telling you WHAT to look for, but I promise you'll get a few extra laughs given a keen, observant eye. These Dr. God cats thought of everything, and enhance the most mundane moments when you least expect it.Vampires are back, people. They might not be scaring us around every turn, but with movies like "What We Do In The Shadows" and "Bloodsucking Bastards", I'll take having fanged comedians over the young-adult-fantasy versions tweens dream about. Add in an office setting, because someone finally connected stereotypical, bloodsucking, upper corporate hierarchy with actual bloodsuckers, and you've got a pretty damn funny horror flick. Work sucks, but Dr. God elevates that statement to gleefully vicious levels of genre- smashing beauty.