A few guys have a bachelor party at a small house, which is invaded by vampiric/demonic strippers.
Another movie from a 10-movie DVD set, it was hard to avoid watching it, especially with a title like this. It's a cheap movie. Real cheap. But it's actually got some good stuff going on. The opening credits are clever. There's a very Evil Dead-like quality to the action. It's sleazy, but still very dark. Lots of sexual gags.
The premise isn't strong enough to carry an entire feature, which is obvious once the action starts. There just aren't enough victims, and there are too many vampires. Plus, the location is small enough that it's not the sort of thing that can be dragged out into a defense movie. Despite these problems, the movie overcomes them very well.
It does this by using a string of developments that happen later in the movie. There are a few reveals that push the story into a more in-depth direction than the audience would suspect. After establishing that they're dealing with vampires, they go for the head vampire. Despite the limited cast, there was a pleasing explanation, and a more philosophical reveal after that.
There are some technical issues - the lighting is terrible at night. There are bizarre, poorly done CGI effects. Some sequences seem to have a greenish tint. At least the sound was good enough.
The one element that I think dragged the movie down was the fiancee. There's an effort to play her for laughs, but she's just way too annoying.
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