Movie Review: ‘Summer of Blood,’ a Vampirish Makeover

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Nicolas Rapold
HOLLYWOOD---You might look at the pudgy, salt-and-pepper-haired, bespectacled Erik in “Summer of Blood” and think he’d have something thoughtful to say. Until he opens his mouth. In Onur Tukel’s vampire sex comedy, Erik — played by the director — quickly proves to be a self-absorbed, insufferable dope pushing a lovable-neurotic shtick. Once Erik is turned into a vampire — and an irresistible sex machine — the ludicrous action turns into a kind of wish fulfillment, but with a few indignities intact. It’s all mellowly funny rather than creepy, something like a stand-up conceit elaborated into scenes. But who would want to be stuck with this running monologue for eternity? [link]