AliceCooper Tagged Articles at Cinematical
Biting Into the Trailer for 'Suck'
Filed under: Comedy », Horror », Toronto International Film Festival », Trailers and Clips »
These days, vampires are almost as prevalent as the mirrors they never cast a reflection in. True Blood, Twilight, Lestat, Underworld, The Vampire Diaries, Cirque du Freak, Priest, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter... They're everywhere. However, while we might be inclined to knock any new film that tries to jump onto the pile, we can't really fault any horror indies. Vamps have always thrived in that realm; it's their home turf.So you might remember that last year, I wrote about a little Canadian horror comedy called Suck and its interesting cast list -- Jessica Pare, Malcolm McDowell, Dave Foley, Iggy Pop, Moby, Alice Cooper, Carol Pope, and Henry Rollins. The film has since wrapped, is heading to TIFF next month (hat tip to MTV), and you can check out a trailer for the bloodletting after the jump. The brainchild of Rob Stefaniuk (of Phil the Alien fame), Suck focuses on a struggling band who finally finds success when the leader's (Stefaniuk) ex gf and bandmate Jennifer (Pare) becomes a vampire rife with "sexually charged charisma that drives the audiences wild."
McDowell co-stars as Eddie Van Helsing -- a one-eyed vamp hunter who's afraid of the dark, while Foley plays their manager, Pop plays a music producer, Cooper plays a bartender, and Rollins plays "Rock'n Roger" -- a radio dude with terrible hair. That alone has me sold. Heck, McDowell with a flashlight to "keep the dark away" is gold just on its own. But just to sweeten the pot some more, the film's full of songs like David Bowie's "Here Come's the Night" and The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." Ready to Suck?
New Vamp Comedy Definitely Doesn't 'Suck'
Filed under: Comedy », Horror », Independent », Casting », Deals », Scripts »
What happens when you put Malcolm McDowell, Jessica Pare, Dave Foley, Moby, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Carol Pope, and Henry Rollins on the bloodsucking hunt? A movie that definitely doesn't Suck. The Hollywood Reporter posts that all of the above have signed on to a new Canadian horror-comedy called, both appropriately and inappropriately -- Suck. From writer/director Rob Stefaniuk (Phil the Alien), the film will follow "rock 'n' roll wannabes in search of fame and vampires." I never realized that the two went together. I mean, after a slew of episodes of True Blood, I'd might believe it if the hunters found vamps during Sex Addicts Anonymous... But then again, if anyone would know how to find the world's vamps, I imagine it would be Alice Cooper. Mixing him with the wonderful Henry, plus Mr. McDowell and Foley sounds downright excellent.
Production begins later this month in Toronto, and I hereby offer myself as set-visiter, bringer of Rollins' black coffee, bloodletter.









