Blood Suckers

Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:15 pm

Hello all! I was wondering if anyone knew something more about Blood Suckers. I saw it listed on Jemaine's wikipedia page but haven't seen anything about it elsewhere.

Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:47 am

OOooh, I love questions like this one, especially when I can answer them!

I've watched Blood Suckers during one of my trips to Ngā Taonga Sound &
Vision - New Zealand’s audiovisual archive in Wellington. I was fishing out anything that had Jemaine, Bret or Taika in it.

This is what the [url=Archive's website][/url] says about it,

Will the two new girls survive their stay at the sinister Camp Cula health camp? The vampire staff aim to make their stay memorable - and short. Only the caretaker - careful with axe, chainsaw and stake - has other plans ...

Jemaine Clement in his first vampire role - and first film role - plays Dray Cula.

“Shot on location at Brookfield Scout Camp Wainuiomata, Bolton Street Cemetery &
a really cold house in Whitemans Valley, Wellington, New Zealand.” - End credit.

Year 1995

Reference number F28664

Collection Film and Video Collection

Media type Moving Image

Place of Production NEW ZEALAND/AOTEAROA

Genre Short

Duration 0:30:58

Production company Jason Stutter Films

Credits Writer: Jason Stutter
Produced : Jason Stutter
Director: Jason Stutter
1st Assistant Director: Adrienne Thomson
Lighting: Mathew Knight
Lighting: Matthew Wear
Editor: Peter Burger (Ngai Tahu;
Rangitane)
Online Editor: Michael Green
Sound: Adam Dransfield
Nigel: Ben Fransham
Ellen: Nicole Van Straten
Sue: Penny Clevely
Dray Cula: Jemaine Clement
Bitten Driver: Jared Palelei
Dan: Sam Manu
Axed Camper: Cathy Woods
American Exchange Student: Rod Fransham
Sid: Nick Ward
Sandy: Heidi Cavaye
Camera: Mathew Knight
Camera: Matthew Wear
16mm Camera: Regan Jones
16mm Camera: Jeff Hurrell

At the Archive, you give a catalogue number and they check if it's available to watch. Some stuff is on VHS tapes, some are on DVDs. This one was on VHS, I think. It's impossible to get a copy, so I took some sneaky photos.

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Ben Frasham (future Petyr) plays the caretaker who saves some kids

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Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:15 am

Thank you for the reply!! It's nice to know something more about it and to actually see a couple of pics from it!
Who know, maybe one day they'll release this one too, as they did with the short WWDITS film.

I am glad you got to see it!

Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:51 pm

franka222 wrote:Who know, maybe one day they'll release this one too, as they did with the short WWDITS film.

I doubt it. The film is not listed in Jason Stutter's filmography on NZ on Screen website and he doesn't mention it on his website. But yeah, who knows, I might be surprised!

Tue Oct 30, 2018 2:40 pm

I feel like it might've been a film a couple of friends decided to make together and didn't think to do more about it than that. So I guess that's why it has never been released. But half of Jemaine and Taika's (at least early) films is just a group of friends wanting to work together and to have fun. And that is nice as well. It's just nice to know a bit more about it!

Tue Oct 30, 2018 5:06 pm

franka222 wrote:I feel like it might've been a film a couple of friends decided to make together and didn't think to do more about it than that. So I guess that's why it has never been released.

That's how I feel about it as well. Just another excuse for Jemaine to dress up as a vampire. :#haha#:

But half of Jemaine and Taika's (at least early) films is just a group of friends wanting to work together and to have fun.

And in Taika's case, it hasn't changed much. Now he makes friends with Hollywood stars and hires them in his blockbuster movies and they still have fun. :;
D:

Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:18 am

Thanks for posting those pics, I'd love to see this!

Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:25 pm

Zara wrote:Thanks for posting those pics, I'd love to see this!

I don't know who's got the rights to this movie. Maybe we should hassle the director?

Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:46 pm

emira wrote:

Zara wrote:Thanks for posting those pics, I'd love to see this!

I don't know who's got the rights to this movie. Maybe we should hassle the director?

Yes hassle that man. I doubt Jemaine would be any help.

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