★ 7 / 10
A solid and overall enjoyable indie vampire effort
kannibalcorpsegrinder
Arriving at a secluded nightclub, a group of influencers expecting to have a special, exclusive party for others like them, but as they party into the night…
Arriving at a secluded nightclub, a group of influencers expecting to have a special, exclusive party for others like them, but as they party into the night, they realize the whole experience was a ploy to let a vicious, bloodsucking creature get revenge on them and must get away alive.Overall, this was a decent enough genre effort. One of the better aspects of this one is the central setup that manages to get a fun mystery out of the seemingly obvious setup in place. The idea of the whole thing involving social media influencers being invited out to a remote party for their followers and meeting up with each other, hanging out for a special gathering, and slowly coming to realize that something is trapped in there with them makes for a solid enough starting point for how it slowly starts to work through the revelation about their hosts' true intentions. With the party going on, showing them drinking, dancing, and flirting, the scenes depict how the host is working through the group, trying to worm into their ranks, picking off several of them to turn into fellow creatures to help pick them off. As this leads to a rather fun series of encounters in the building, trying to hold off the kind of imposing threats they realize are in there with them, the series of encounters inside the building come together decently enough, involving the filtered lighting during the sequence to add a hint of atmosphere to everything. The great look of the vampires, going for a demonic face make-up, fiery eyes, and huge fans, along with the fine tempo to move things along quickly, makes for a solid time here, which is mainly highlighted by the abrupt ending. It ends so quickly that the final battle with the vampire lead is utterly underwhelming and barely even recognized as one, and leaves this on a whimper. Combined with the obvious low budget on display, these are what manage to hold this one down.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Violence, Nudity, and a sex scene.
★ 2 / 10
Seriously...?
paul_m_haakonsen
Of course I had never heard about this 2024 horror comedy titled "Suckers" from directors Brandon Morson and Kenny Pettis Jr. Prior to stumbling upon it here…
Of course I had never heard about this 2024 horror comedy titled "Suckers" from directors Brandon Morson and Kenny Pettis Jr. Prior to stumbling upon it here in 2025. And given my love of all things horror, of course I had to check it out. Sure, I didn't know what I was getting myself into here, so the directors virtually had every opportunity to entertain and impress me.Writer Kenny Pettis Jr. Put together a script and storyline that fell entirely short of entertaining me. I found no enjoyment or entertainment in suffering through 66 minutes of watching this. I have to say that a movie about social media influencers, which is just a fancy way of saying freeloaders, never really stood a snowball's chance in Hell. But at least writer Kenny Pettis Jr. Managed to get the fact that social media influencers are not the brightest of persons right.Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie. I can't claim that I was overly impressed with the performances put on. Sure, I've seen worse, but don't get your hopes up here. There is enough Botox on the screen to last a lifetime.The music in the movie was terrible.As for "Suckers" being a horror comedy? Well, I get that the comedy was the fact that this movie even made it from idea board to actual film. But as for the horror, well I suppose watching freeloaders on the screen sort of is horror.Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time, money or effort on this dumpster fire of a movie.My rating of directors Brandon Morson and Kenny Pettis Jr.'s 2024 movie "Suckers" lands on a very, very generous two out of ten stars. It would have landed a staggering one star, had it not been for the production value actually lifting it up to a two star rating.
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So bad and god awful