Vamp(1986)

Submitted by Evan B

Pooper:
Katrina is the lead vampire that controls all the other vampires in the town. AJ and Duncan are turned into vampires, but AJ is able to restore his consciousness and aid Keith and Allison in destroying Katrina.

Long Ending:
Two lifelong friends, AJ (Robert Rusler) and Keith (Chris Makepeace), are rushing for a fraternity. The frat leader decides they will admit the pair if they can procure a stripper to dance for the fraternity that night. AJ agrees to the request, much to Keith’s chagrin. AJ (a good-natured guy brimming with confidence) eventually gets Keith (who is more reserved and introverted) to accompany him to a nearby town with a highly rated strip club. They approach a nerdy but rich classmate named Duncan (Gedde Watanabe) to ask to borrow his car. Duncan agrees on the condition that AJ and Keith pretend to be his friend for a week and allow him to tag along on the journey. On the way, they stop at a cafe where the owner is menaced by a small group of thugs. AJ beats the thugs up before they leave for the strip club.

Once there, Duncan and Keith sit at a table while AJ sits at the bar. Keith is greeted by a cute server named Allison (Dedee Pfeiffer), who it turns out is a childhood acquaintance of Keith’s. The entire club is then captivated by a stripper named Katrina (Grace Jones), who performs a very artful striptease. AJ goes backstage to ask her to perform for the frat. Thinking he is alone (as he was sitting by himself at the bar), Katrina seduces AJ. As they make out, Katrina morphs into a hideous vampire and brutally kills AJ. Once Katrina realizes that AJ was actually there with friends, she orders the wait staff (who work for her) to quickly dispose of his body.

Katrina orders her underlings to kill Keith, and Keith is also pursued by the gang from earlier. He eventually hides in a dumpster, where he finds AJ’s corpse. Keith finally makes it back to the strip club and calls the police. When they arrive, a seemingly still-alive AJ appears and the police leave. AJ explains that he is now a vampire and that all the standard “vampire” rules apply (i.e., they can be killed by fire, sunlight, or a wooden stake to the heart). Rather than drink Keith’s blood, AJ forces Keith to stab him with a chair leg to kill him. Keith then grabs Allison and Duncan to flee. The strip club owner mocks their escape attempt, saying the entire town is controlled Katrina.

The trio evade some pursuers until Duncan turns into a vampire (having apparently been turned offscreen). During a struggle, the car crashes and Duncan is burned up in a subsequent explosion. Vampires controlled by Katrina almost kill Allison and Keith when the gang members arrive and get into a brawl with the vampires (assuming they are another gang). During the brawl, Allison and Keith escape to the sewers where they find and destroy vampires sleeping in their coffins.

Allison is then kidnapped by Katrina, and Keith pursues her. Keith manages to shoot Katrina through the mouth with a bow and arrow, and Allison stabs her in the heart with a pipe. But neither kills the vamp (they can only be fatally stabbed by wooden stakes). Keith notices Katrina is standing under a rotted wooden ceiling that is letting in light from the recently risen sun. He destroys the panels and the sunlight melts Katrina (her skeleton flips him off as she dies). The pair prepare to leave the sewers when another vampire attacks. They are saved by AJ, who has gained self control over his vampiric urges. AJ explains he’s still alive because the chair leg he was staked with was not made out of wood, but formica. AJ wonders aloud how he’ll make a living now that he’s a vampire, while Allison and Keith kiss and walk off heroically.