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PURCHASE THE DVD: Side FX (2005)

I call this 2005 direct-to-video horror flick a wannabe vampire movie, because the victims get their necks chewed on, you know, the blood flowing everywhere thing, but no neat stuff like turning into bats, flying, stakes in the heart, etc.

The premise of this pretty bad B-movie actually isn't bad. A medieval drug developed in 1646 to enhance sex had a nasty side effect: it made some of it's users (but not all) uncontrollably thirst for blood. It wore off in about 12 hours, but in that time the user usually ripped someone to pieces to get at their blood. When the church found out about the drug, it was (supposedly) completely destroyed, along with all the users. Hey, they didn't know about the 12 hour thing.

It's now Halloween 2004 and some college students are throwing a major party at an abandoned farm. They've discovered a dynamite new sex drug that they freely hand out to everyone. Unfortunately, they are unaware of the side effect, which quickly hits most of the party goers.

Typical bad acting, lightweight script and general lameness abound, but the movie is still fun in spots, OK for a night watching a dumb horror flick. As is not uncommon in a low-budget film, several of the cast had multiple bit parts. Leticia Gantt, who also had production responsibilities according to the credits, played the doping victim at the beginning of the flick, and was a lesbian lover/doping victim at the party as well. Busy girl.