Lesbian Vampire Killers is a comedy horror starring James Corden and Mathew Horne, released theatrically a couple of years ago, which last weekend received its television premiere on BBC Three. It loosely reworks the Carmilla vampire story by J Sheridan Le Fanu that also inspired the Hammer trilogy which began with The Vampire Lovers, continued with Lust For A Vampire, and concluded with Twins Of Evil.
Lesbian Vampire Killers isn’t as good as any of the aforementioned forty-year-old Hammer films. The script is let down by copious amounts of gratuitous swearing while the leads lack charisma. They have little onscreen chemistry together, despite their television comedy partnership. If you haven’t seen Gavin And Stacey, you may recognise Corden from his recent appearances opposite Matt Smith in Doctor Who, over its last couple of seasons.
The most consummate acting in Lesbian Vampire Killers is from former Doctor Who Paul McGann. The Vicar is clearly a substitute Van Helsing. Paul plays it straight, the only way to succeed in a spoof. The lovely ladies are led by MyAnna Buring, also familiar to followers of Doctor Who as the doomed Scooti Manista in the David Tennant episode The Impossible Planet. She has previously received much acclaim for her co-starring role, trapped underground with a group of women, in Neil Marshall’s claustrophobic horror The Descent.
Lesbian Vampire Killers isn’t as good as any of the aforementioned forty-year-old Hammer films. The script is let down by copious amounts of gratuitous swearing while the leads lack charisma. They have little onscreen chemistry together, despite their television comedy partnership. If you haven’t seen Gavin And Stacey, you may recognise Corden from his recent appearances opposite Matt Smith in Doctor Who, over its last couple of seasons.
The most consummate acting in Lesbian Vampire Killers is from former Doctor Who Paul McGann. The Vicar is clearly a substitute Van Helsing. Paul plays it straight, the only way to succeed in a spoof. The lovely ladies are led by MyAnna Buring, also familiar to followers of Doctor Who as the doomed Scooti Manista in the David Tennant episode The Impossible Planet. She has previously received much acclaim for her co-starring role, trapped underground with a group of women, in Neil Marshall’s claustrophobic horror The Descent.
