RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Bumpy Chip It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

TdSmth5 During the first minutes of this movie I was ready to absolutely hate it. Cheap looking, filmed entirely at night, darkness, ultra cheap sets, very narrow focus on just people- little scenery, unintelligible British accents- and yet another re-interpretation that butchers vampirism.But as things progressed, I found myself looking past those shortcomings and actually liking this movie. The problems didn't go away by any means, but the performances by Katia Winter (Ruby), who is a hottie, and by the main villain played by René Zagger, make this movie actually worthwhile.The movie begins somewhat incongruously mixing past and future in short unconnected scenes. There's the murder of a woman by a serial killer, a guy chatting to a girl on a phone-sex line, the same guy driving a car and talking about addiction, strippers dancing. Among those strippers is Ruby who is abused and mistreated by her boss and his muscle because she doesn't want to offer "additional services" to clients at the club. She runs into our main male character who is a vampire. He treats vampirism as an addiction that needs to be satisfied every night. He cannot control himself and turns Ruby into a vampire.Ruby, however, is not willing to kill others for blood. They both agree to try and quell the urge by taking relaxants, pain relievers and other pills until they can drive to a dr. who can help them. But their plans are foiled by the club-owners muscle who is in love with Ruby. Not only that but he's also the serial killer who has been brutally killing women. And eventually he finds Ruby. But he has another surprise: he's a vampire as well! At the end of the movie all of the short scenes that were put at the beginning of the movie are reconnected to clarify things. Personally, I hate vampire movies that aren't vampire movies. This is one of them. This could very well be an addiction movie. Aside from that though, this movie grows on you because Ruby is well-acted, sympathetic, pretty, and sexy. The villain is brutal and ruthless yet comical in a way. The actor mixes your standard sadistic misogynist with Elvis, making a remarkable character. There's one outlandish scene of him licking the face of one of his victims that starts out just looking funny but becomes cringe-inducing after a while. As a vampire movie, this is pretty bad, but if you look at this movie as a human drama it's actually worth a look.

Scarecrow-88 Lurid vampire film, set within a seedy part of London where night feeders feast on the blood of prostitutes. Well two, in particular, both bitten by a mysterious woman, never named(..and whose face is never shown). One is Vincent Monroe(Giles Alderson), a night feeder who waxes existential about how the addiction for blood is akin to a heroine junkie's need for the next fix. He falls in love with a tough-talking, street-wise exotic dancer, Ruby(Katia Winter, who smolders on screen)for whom he bites, and turns, into a feeder. Ruby is haunted by the nightmarish childhood where memories of her heroine-addicted father(..seen at the opening as we view his puss-oozing arm, infected by the ugly needles)who would commit suicide in the next room. Ruby is being groomed as the top stripper of a club magnate, Max(Jonathan Coyne), a bald vicious sort, in tailor-made suits who "protects" the female investments under his employ. The lucrative prostitution ring he runs in his stripping establishment is ran under Max's iron fist and, along with his muscle(Daniel Kobbina), persuades his girls to participate in keeping the business a success. Ruby is continuously pressured by Max to take her position as a dancer one step further by making more money having sex with clients. Soon Ruby will attempt to leave her boss with Vincent working as her avenger..but a Jack-the-Ripper type psychopath(René Zagger), under Max's employ, also a feeder(..the other male turned by the mysterious female who seems to meet men she picks up at bars with the sole intent on spreading her "sickness" to others)has a fixation with Ruby and will seek revenge for what Vincent does to his boss, as well as to settle a score with the one who denounced his advances. This psycho is the actual one feasting on his boss' employees.I commend the effort of director Lawrence Pearce whose obviously working with a rather low budget..it really shows because he shoots most of the film at night, with characters shot in darkened rooms and streets. Set in London, the director opts to show very little of the characteristics associated with the city, probably due to financial woes than choice. Yes, he does use modern techniques, but the director seems intent on keeping this "vampire" tale story-driven, even if the setting is riddled with foul characters and ugly circumstances. London, in this film, is portrayed as a nasty world replete with loathsome people. The title is quite appropriate..this views vampirism as an addiction with the need to feed insatiable, always there yearning for blood as the body desires oxygen. We are privy to Vincent's methods in how he selects and disposes with his victims. He tries to be selective, but there are times where he must not be choosy.He informs Ruby as they stroll a bridge that over the edge is his "..cute little community which rests at the bottom of the Thames." Ruby finds this repulsive, but Vincent believes he's doing them the community a service, if he left the bodies he fed from lying dead, "..it'd be like a user dumping needles on the street." This film is very talky with Vincent narratively explaining the burden of his addiction. At the forefront is this tragic love story between two lost souls trying to make a pact against feeding, but fighting the craving for blood(..along with the psycho searching for them and his climactic confrontation)will test their bond. Not a bad little movie, I rather liked it. But, the film is drenched in unpleasantness(the sleazy nature of Max's business is exploited; René Zagger's sadistic psycho beats a drunken hooker across the face in a rage, lapping up the blood on her face like a starving mutt), so it's not for all tastes(..pun intended). Many might feel that René Zagger is a bit too over-the-top..he certainly seems to be enjoying himself, relishing his violent behavior theatrically.

Dave Wright The best thing about this vamp movie is the Psycho character. He is hilarious and scary at the same time. A killer scene is where he's talking dirty to the old woman, because it's black comedy at it's best, but I digged the scene where he punches this girls face in over and over again and then licks the blood off her f**king face!Bad ass movie, with dangerous characters, insane use of blood and hot chicks sliding around poles :P Already recommended it to my boys, although it seems that the girls are liking this movie too. I didn't think they would because all the women in this movie get beat up pretty bad! But I guess I was wrong.I hear from the Myspace site that there is a 2nd movie to come. I'll be looking out for it.Keep rocking. Dave.

Luke Have you ever wanted to just sit down and watch a great vampire film? Yea well if you are looking for one you won't find one until you go way back to probably Near Dark. I am always hesitant when it comes to watching vampire films. Especially low budget vampire flicks. I have seen so many failed attempts at the sub genre that I really gave up on it. But Lawrence Pearce has come to the rescue with what I feel is the best Vampire flick I have seen since Near Dark hit the screen in 1987.Night Junkies begins in a seedy strip joint in London where prostitution is heavily endorsed. Unfortunately its hottest ticket in town, Ruby, is not going for it. So her "pimps" are trying their best to make her "rethink" her situation. While Ruby is constantly under stress on the other side of town is Vincent. A low key guy with a nasty addiction, blood. He only appears at night and if he doesn't get his fix every night you don't want to be near the guy. Slowly you begin to see he is not the only one with this need to feed. Slowly Pearce brings you into Vincents world and shows you what life is like for a vampire on the streets of the seedy underbelly of London.Before we know it Ruby and Vincent have a chance encounter at a café and they strike up a conversation. What was supposed to be a one night stand turns into a complete disaster when things head south.. WAY south. No one is safe as Ruby's pimps want her back and working. Vincent soon realizes that he has to do something and fast.Night Junkies at the very core is a love story told against the wonderful backdrop of London. What is best about this film is that you could completely take away the vampire slant and just inject any kind of drug into the story and it would play perfectly. But with the horror slant it works fantastic for us horror fans. Not only is this movie pretty violent but it also has a healthy dose of T&A from the lovely Lauren Adams. This woman is truly a goddess and I hope she pursues her career further because I would love to see much more of her in the future. Her role in this particular film was much to small.I would not be surprised if we saw this movie play with the After Dark Horrorfest '07. It was brilliantly crafted and handled very well on a meager budget. Its not as low budget as some movies we review on this site but this movie was made for less then what some Hollywood movies use for catering. But the best thing is it doesn't show. Night Junkies could play in a theater near you and you wouldn't know the difference between it and the million dollar trash that Hollywood will pump out.To every single fan that has been dying for a great vampire flick, the wait is over. Lawrence Pearce has delivered a fantastic take on the vampire affliction that truly rocks. With its amazing locations, fantastic performances and not to mention a great looking cast this is one flick you don't want to miss out on.