Lesbian Vampire Killers

[anitabuchan]

My local bus shelter is now covered in posters for Lesbian Vampire Killers, a film in which the male actors from Gavin & Stacy discover a village where all the women have been enslaved by lesbian vampires. The 'Killers' part of the title clues you in to what comes next.

To quote Feminist SF, "in the space of a minute or two, I was reminded that to most of the straight people in this auditorium, I’m just a target. Not a real person. A straight man with an axe planning to kill lesbians is kinda funny, isn’t he? All jolly good fun.

I want this film to bomb and die at the box office. I want it more than I can tell you. I want it to be a massive, multi-million loss. I want the makers to quit. I can’t avoid the damn posters, I can’t avoid the damn trailer: but I can at least want never to see a sequel in the trailers, on the posters, on the Internet, in the film reviews."

Meanwhile, in South Africa lesbians are being gang-raped, beaten and brutally murdered in an attempt to 'cure' them, a lesbian in San Francisco was recently gang-raped and beaten for the crime of not being straight, lesbians in Iraq face torture and murder, while the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has issued a fatwa calling for their 'punishment', and homosexuality still carries a death sentence in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Sudan, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, and Mauritania. Lesbians are being murdered, attacked and raped for no other reason than that they're different, and dare - shock horror! - to not want to sleep with men.

Films about killing lesbians? Not funny.

Comments

[rabbitali.livejournal.com]

I saw a picture of that in a phone box and had hoped I misunderstood the title...guess not...i just can't understand how anyone could think this was ok. But I also read it was some joke, to try and make a film based on 'the most marketable title ever' or something.

[marcella-riddle.livejournal.com]

The problem with that is that many straight men won't see the irony.

[anitabuchan.livejournal.com]

I hoped I had at first as well, but no such luck! And although I wish I could say this surprised me, it really doesn't.

[booksbagsshoes.livejournal.com]

I suspect it will bomb, as leaving aside the message for a minute, it simply looks shit. But then I don't get all of the fuss over Horne & Corden.

[anitabuchan.livejournal.com]

I really, really hope so, but then I don't think either of us is the target audience. And me neither - I've watched a few episodes of G&S, but never got why they get as much praise as they do.

[marcella-riddle.livejournal.com]

The premise hasn't sat right with me for a while. I've now decided I cannot see it. And neither do I particularly want to see Watchmen.

[anitabuchan.livejournal.com]

At first I hoped it meant Lesbian (Vampire Killers) - i.e., lesbians who kill vampires. But I think that was mainly because the actual premise just makes me so angry. And I'm not planning on seeing Watchmen either, but then I was never a fan of the comics.