By: Jessica Nichols

Tired of all of the Twilight hype? Apparently Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (directors who worked created the Scary Movie franchise) felt the same way because they put together their creative, comedic talents together and turned the Stephanie multi-million dollar franchise that began in 2005 with the love story between a human teenager and a vampire into a hilarious parody called “Vampires Suck.”

When the movie begins Becca Crane (Jenn Proske) rushes through a large crowd of people wearing red capes to save her beloved Edward Sullen (Matt Lanter). A fight between girls who root for Team Edward and Team Jacob breaks out, fists and shovels swinging.

Then the movie flashes back to the beginning. Becca’s father, Frank Crane (Diedrich Bader) has kept her room the way it was when she first lived in Sporks. She meets the friends who will follow her through the saga. Jacob White (Chris Riggi) and his father (Ike Barinholtz) bring the beat-up, red pickup truck when they come to meet Becca. From there, the comedy follows Becca through the first two books of the Twilight Saga, slightly delving into the third book.

Jacob provides quite a bit of the comedy throughout the movie. From the beginning his transformations from a normal human to a werewolf brought laughter to the theatre. Riggi did a great job of taking Stephanie Meyer’s character and making it his own in order to make the audience laugh.

Proske also took her character to the next level. Becca threw a temper tantrum in the forest which had the theatre laughing hysterically for more than a few minutes. Her portrayal of the original character that Meyer created was perfectly hilarious.

The film also contained more than a few pop culture references. Becca’s father mentioned the Kardashians several times. And Becca sprayed Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Krystal Mayo) with Mace when she tried to rescue her. The allusions to real life added to the comedy.

However, the parody seemed extremely long and drawn out and a few of the jokes were repeated throughout the film. A few characters used profanity too often and the scene where Edward tries kissing Bella in the movie “Twilight” gets extremely exaggerated in “Vampires Suck.” The movie also contained terrible scene cuts as the movie progressed.

Overall, the film entertained its audience. Fans of the Twilight Saga and those who enjoy mocking its readers will both find comedy in “Vampires Suck.”