Southern Gothic

Redneck Religious Vampires Burn In Hell
Not the typical vampire flick as it pokes fun at small minded small town rednecks who develop a thirst for blood. The film is beautifully shot and is true to vampire pretexts.

Nice job
Sealed with a kiss. What a movie. It knocks you off with timeless style and needs no subtitles. A classic!

"Southern Gothic" is high on practical effects and low on character development
"Southern Gothic" was written and directed by Marc Young. It stars Yul Vazquez as Hazel Fortune, a bouncer at a pole-dancing club who is an alcoholic recovering from the death of his little girl and his wife leaving him. The only thing that has captured Fortune's interest is the new dancer, Starla played by Nicole DuPort and her daughter, Hope played by Emily Catherine Young. When the Southern town gets overrun by a vampire preacher and his religious converts trying to "save" the town, Fortune has to overcome his own problems to try to save Starla and Hope.

"What kind of a name is Hazel Fortune?" one character asks. A weird one. This guy is anything but Donnie Darko. Vazquez appears to have one emotion -- being solemn. At first, one could wonder if it was a choice because of him being drunk all the time that he could be one of those quiet, sullen drunks. But no, even when the character stops drinking in order to babysit the new dancer's daughter, he can barely crack a...

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