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Vampires Vs. The Bronx



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2020
Runtime: 1h 25min
Country: USA
Language: English, Spanish
Genre Tags: Comedy, Horror
Plot Summary: A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires.

Poster - Title Card


phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: White people, I mean, vampires, are gentrifying the Bronx and only the neighborhood kids can help! 80s-style family-friendly horror. Scary enough, but not too scary. The stakes are low (heh) and the emphasis is more on adventure.


Outside Reviews:

Nick Allen
3 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

To paraphrase the famous suckhead slayer Blade, "Some horror movies are always trying to ice-skate uphill." You could never accuse Vampires vs. the Bronx of such ambition when it comes to its own take on suckheads, but director Oz Rodriguez's horror-comedy is so peppy, and so collectively charismatic, that you probably won't care. That the movie doesn't overthink its plot synopsis of a title is part of its charm, along with the laugh-out-loud performances from the adults who aren't shocked when gentrification haunts their corner of New York.