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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: For AJ at least, sure he saves his friends from being killed and fed on. But killing Katrina doesn't change him back and he's stuck as a vampire for the rest of his lif...er existence. He can't even join his friends on the surface when all's said and done. Having to stay stuck in the sewers to avoid the sunlight.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: For AJ at least, sure he saves his friends from being killed and fed on. But killing Katrina doesn't change him back and he's stuck as a vampire for the rest of his lif...er existence. He can't even join his friends on the surface when all's said and done. Having done, having to stay stuck in the sewers to avoid the sunlight.]]
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* DeathBySex: Poor AJ

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* FaceRevealingTurn: Played straight with Duncun after they try to escape the club in his car only to find out he was bitten and turned. Averted with Amaretto when it turns out to be a fake out.

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* EveryCarIsAPinto: When Kevin runs AJ's car into the alley and hits another car, AJ's car doesn't just burn, but it bursts into flame and then exploded ten seconds later.
* FaceRevealingTurn: Played straight with Duncun Duncan after they try to escape the club in his car only to find out he was bitten and turned. Averted with Amaretto when it turns out to be a fake out.
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* FunnyForeigner: Duncan is portrayed this way through the first act.

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* DangerTakesABackseat: When Keith, Amaretto and Duncan try to flee the town in Ducan's car. [[spoiler: Duncan claims he feels weird as they're driving off. Keith then looks in a mirror, notices he doesn't have a reflect and realizes he's been turned.]]

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* DangerTakesABackseat: When Keith, Amaretto and Duncan try to flee the town in Ducan's Duncan's car. [[spoiler: Duncan claims he feels weird as they're driving off. Keith then looks in a mirror, notices he doesn't have a reflect and realizes he's been turned.]]


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** [[spoiler: It's subtle, but Katrina's reflection doesn't appear in the aquarium glass when she comes up behind AJ, who checking his clothes in the same glass.]]
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry. Also, I Ate What is not a character trope.


* IAteWhat: Self-inflicted when Keith idly fishes something out of a candy dish while watching the stage act, only noticing too late that the bowl is full of cockroaches.
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* RedHerring: Amaretto is teased as a vampire in the third act. After she denies being a vampire, the camera pans to a fish-eye mirror that shows Keith but not here, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she was simply out of the mirror's range or has no reflection. She's ultimately proven human when she steps into sunlight.

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* RedHerring: Amaretto is teased as a vampire in the third act. After she denies being a vampire, the camera pans to a fish-eye mirror that shows Keith but not here, her, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she was simply out of the mirror's range or has no reflection. She's ultimately proven human when she steps into sunlight.
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* RedRightHand: Our heroes are menaced by a gang of evil albinos.
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* TooDumbToLive: Vampires whose one of their few weaknesses is fire sleep next to fuel barrels.
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-> "Today, I was nearly hung. I got into a fight with a psychotic albino. I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappeared, and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator. ''I've had a bad day''."
-->--'''Keith'''

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-> "Today, ->''"Today, I was nearly hung. I got into a fight with a psychotic albino. I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappeared, and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator. ''I've had a bad day''."
-->--'''Keith'''
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-->-- '''Keith'''



The film follows college students and best friends Keith and AJ, who, while trying to pledge for a fraternity, head out to find a stripper to dance for them. Their search leads them to the wrong side of town and a seedy stripper bar. There they find a stunningly beautiful stripper, Katrina (Jones), and settle on her as their main choice. However unknowest to them, the bar as well as the whole section of town is run by vampires. AJ finds this out first hand when he tries to convince Katrina to come dance for them and ends up as a meal for her instead. Keith meanwhile searches for his missing friend and slowly starts to realize that something isn't right with the town's patrons. Along the way he runs into a waitress working at the club, Amaretto, who joins in on his search as the two try to survive the night.

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The film follows college students and best friends Keith and AJ, who, while trying to pledge for a fraternity, head out to find a stripper to dance for them. Their search leads them to the wrong side of town and a seedy stripper bar. There they find a stunningly beautiful stripper, Katrina (Jones), and settle on her as their main choice. However unknowest unbeknownst to them, the bar as well as the whole section of town is run by vampires. AJ finds this out first hand when he tries to convince Katrina to come dance for them and ends up as a meal for her instead. Keith meanwhile searches for his missing friend and slowly starts to realize that something isn't right with the town's patrons. Along the way he runs into a waitress working at the club, Amaretto, who joins in on his search as the two try to survive the night.



* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Keith makes his way around one in the middle of the movie and the climax take place in one as well since it is the vampire's resting grounds.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Keith makes his way around one in the middle of the movie and the climax take takes place in one as well since it is the vampire's resting grounds.



* FlippingTheBird: [[spoiler:Katrina's final act as her sun-disintegrated skeleton still has has some movement left in it.]]

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* FlippingTheBird: [[spoiler:Katrina's final act as her sun-disintegrated skeleton still has has some movement left in it.]]



* VampireDance: One of the highlights of the film when Katrina preforms for the club.

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* VampireDance: One of the highlights of the film when Katrina preforms performs for the club.



* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Seriously of all the place to go looking for entertainment.

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* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Seriously of all the place places to go looking for entertainment.

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-> "Today, I was nearly hung. I got into a fight with a psychotic albino. I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappeared, and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator. ''I've had a bad day''." - Keith ... and that's ''before'' he finds out about the vampires

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-> "Today, I was nearly hung. I got into a fight with a psychotic albino. I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappeared, and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator. ''I've had a bad day''." - Keith ... and that's ''before'' he finds out about the vampires
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-->--'''Keith'''






* EvilAlbino: A whole gang of them pursue our heroes.
* EvilElevator: Keith has a close call with a malfunctioning elevator.

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* EvilAlbino: A whole gang of them pursue our heroes.
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%%* EvilElevator: Keith has a close call with a malfunctioning elevator.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Vamp" can refer to a seductive woman (Katrina) or to an actual vampire.
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* CerebusSyndrome: The first act is whacky, and the second act combines comedy and horror. The third act is mostly a straight horror-survival, with a few jokes at the end.
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* EvilAlbino: A whole gang of them pursue our heroes.

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* DecoyProtagonist: AJ is the lead in the first act, until he's bitten by Katrina. Keith then takes over as the hero.



* MissingReflection: AJ reveals to Keith this trope is in effect after becoming a vampire. Later, as Keith is trying to leave town, he discovers [[spoiler: Duncan]] has become a vampire when he doesn't see him in the rear view.

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* MissingReflection: MissingReflection:
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AJ reveals to Keith this trope is in effect after becoming a vampire. Later, as Keith is trying to leave town, he discovers [[spoiler: Duncan]] has become a vampire when he doesn't see him in the rear view.



* RedHerring: Amaretto is teased as a vampire in the third act. After she denies being a vampire, the camera pans to a fish-eye mirror that shows Keith but not here, leaving it ambiguous as to whether she was simply out of the mirror's range or has no reflection. She's ultimately proven human when she steps into sunlight.
* TheRenfield: The club is run by two ex-mobsters who now serve as minions for Katrina. Vic even eats cockroaches in a nod to the original Renfield.
* TheSpeechless: Katrina has no lines. She only laughs and hisses.



* VampiresOwnNightClubs: Well a bar in this case.

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* VampiresOwnNightClubs: Well Well, a bar in this case.
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* EvilAlbino: Keith runs a afoul of one and his gang while searching the streets. Ironically they're not vampires [[spoiler: and wind up killed by them when they inadvertently help Keith and Amaretto escape after being cornered.]]
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-> "Today, I was nearly hung. I got into a fight with a psychotic albino. I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappeared, and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator. ''I've had a bad day''." - Kieth ... and that's ''before'' he finds out about the vampires

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-> "Today, I was nearly hung. I got into a fight with a psychotic albino. I ate a cockroach, my best friend disappeared, and then I'm nearly assassinated by a runaway elevator. ''I've had a bad day''." - Kieth ...Keith ... and that's ''before'' he finds out about the vampires
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: AJ tells this to Keith upon find his finding out he's a vampire.

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: AJ tells this to Keith upon find his finding out he's a vampire.vampire.
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''Vamp'' is a 1986 horror/comedy film starring Grace Jones.

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''Vamp'' is a 1986 horror/comedy film starring Grace Jones.
Creator/GraceJones.
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* EvilElevator: Kieth has a close call with a malfunctioning elevator.

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* EvilElevator: Kieth Keith has a close call with a malfunctioning elevator.

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