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Vampires Suck (PG-13). It’s a shame that the title of the movie already has the word you’re looking for.

“Vampires Suck” is another unbearably stupid spoof movie that just doesn’t know when to give up on its failed attempt to make fun of its inspiration, the popular “Twilight Saga.” I’m not a fan of the series myself, so I don’t have any comment on that, but I will say that after watching this movie, it makes the series watchable to me.

I’ll start off with the simple reasons of why this movie is terrible: The movie seems to focus more on making fun of pop culture more than having an actual plot structure. The acting is obviously not top-notch, but it could at least attempt to get some character development into these characters.

Apart from those flaws, I’d say the main problem is that no one in the movie seemed to care what was happening or going on. If these people don’t care, why should we?

The movie doesn’t exactly have a story structure, apart from just having the movie play like the “Twilight” movies. The cast members share similar name as the “Twilight” characters, like Edward, Jacob and Becca (in order, played by Matt Lanter, Chris Riggi and JennProske) and just mock the source material the movie is based off of, along with other movies that have been currently released.

I don’t know about some people, but I find it rather irritating that movies like these are just failed attempts to make fun of others while it remains to be a movie that just laughs at itself.

The parody movie genre has been one that became much more popular after the “Scary Movie” series was released. Throughout the years, writers and directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have released many other parody movies, such as “Date Movie,” “Epic Movie,” “Meet the Spartans” and “Disaster Movie.” Unfortunately, all of those movies share the same flaws as “Vampires Suck.”

Friedberg and Seltzer are trying to provide the audience with humor that makes fun of the pop-culture of our society. The problem with their movies is that they try too hard to make fun of other movies and that they just turn out to be other pieces of junk.

I think I’ve made my point clear that “Vampires Suck” is a very horrible movie and is not a theater worthy film. If you’re really bored sometime and you’re in the mood to make fun of something, I still wouldn’t recommend watching this movie or seeing it. You have been warned and informed, this movie is a NO-GO.

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