Suck

One of the films I regret missing at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival is a campire rock musical titled Suck. Rob Stefaniuk’s Canadian independent rock comedy tells the story of  “a rock ‘n’ roll band that will do anything to become famous.” In a post-Twilight age, it is easy to write off any young vampire movie as just another one of those tween flicks, but this looks different. And early reviews coming out of the festival were very positive. Watch the trailer now, embedded after the jump. And as always, please leave your thoughts in the comments below.

Here is some more information from TIFF’s official guide:

Joey (Rob Stefaniuk) is the ostensible leader of the Winners, a bar band going exactly nowhere. They’re broke and feuding with one another, and the crappy gigs they’ve managed to cobble together and call a tour are being cancelled. Even their lame manager Jeff (played with scuzzy relish by Dave Foley) doesn’t want anything to do with them. Things aren’t much better on the home front. Joey’s permanently enraged girlfriend feels neglected and isn’t thrilled that his ex, Jennifer (Jessica Paré), is still in the band. But their luck is about to change. Picked up by a rather scary goth type, Jennifer shows up the next day looking, well, paler than usual. This would normally be a cut-and-dried moral situation, but Jennifer’s recently acquired gifts get the band more attention than ever. And as the bodies pile up and the band’s tolerance for sunlight drops, Joey is faced with an impossible decision: give up what he’s dreamt of all these years, or do the right thing.

Cameos include “Henry Rollins as an obnoxious shock jock; punk godfather Iggy Pop as a crazed record producer and the film’s conscience; heavy-metal legend Alice Cooper as the über vampire” and Moby.

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  • DOLPHINLADYS2
    WHEN DOES IT COME OUT ON DVD ?
  • Leishman Ross
    this really looks coool, hope it comes to nz soon
  • So very down for this. I hope I see it soon.
  • Gertie
    I remember seeing a music video for this last year...It was...riiiiight.
  • kingdarius
    wow this looks really terrible, hope there's a lot of nudity cuz thats tha only thing that can save it
  • karlpilkington
    That chick was pretty hot
  • greggorybasore
    I have GOT to see this!
  • I saw it at the Festival and it was my favourite film.
  • gustavo
    Generally, the trailers are better than the actual movies. I hope that in this case it would be the other waybecause this trailer sort of sucked.
  • That's an impressive cast of music celebrities joining what looks to be a fun, campy flick.
  • S_Rose
    Big fan of Alice Cooper, consider me in. Besides, it looks like it would make for a fun night at the Drive-in. Good thing we still have one of those around here.
  • Poland626
    I'm not trying to be too realistic here (it's a vamp movie) but how do they expect to be a band and still be popular? I mean, bands eventually have to go out during the day and I think I even saw a shot of them outside (beatles cover spoof part)

    I'm just saying, if this is a movie where vamps don't die by walking outside then.....IDK actually.... I just needed to get that out....
  • Orangutan
    "Its getting kind of hard to believe things are going to get better..."
  • ERoBB
    I laughed. I'll check it out.
  • bonchampion
    I'd like to think "campire" is a clever word mash of vampire and campy, but it's probably just a typo.
  • So this is just a vampire musical version of Jennifer's Body? At least they were clever enough to rename Jennif- Oh wait, nevermind.
  • Petteri.
    Iggy Pop + Alice Cooper + Moby + Vampire chicks
    I don't care about the story anymore.

  • greggorybasore
    Don't forget Henry Rollins!
  • Alex Lifeson is in it. I'm sold.
  • ChigurhFrosted
    Prediction: at least three reviews saying it "really does suck"
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