'Vampires Suck' takes laser aim at 'Twilight' flicks

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have perfected the craft of film parodies through their "Scary Movie," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie" and "Disaster Movie." That's why their latest work, "Vampires Suck," is such a dead-on send-up of the "Twilight" films.

The writers/directors have condensed "Twilight," "New Moon" and "Eclipse" into a nonstop assault on teen angst, sexy bodies and gloomy settings. Their love triangle of human Becca Crane (Jenn Proske), vampire Edward Sullen (Matt Lanter) and werewolf Jacob White (Chris Riggi) is as complicated as Stephenie Meyer's books.

The parody works because the pair have created an almost exact replica of the films. Characters are constantly removing their shirts and the sheriff cluelessly searches for the truth in this romanticized vampire world. Jokes don't work so well when the script takes pokes at "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the movie "Dear John."

This is Proske's first major acting job, and she's a clone of Kristen Stewart's "Twilight" brooder Bella Swan. Proske copies everything from Stewart's twitching mouth to the way she's forever pushing her hair back behind her left ear.

Friedberg and Seltzer have done a good job of poking fun at "Twilight," but it's hard to figure out who's going to want to see it. Twi-hards might not be amused. Those who've written off the series might not want a reminder.

But those who go are in for some fun. While vampires may suck, this film doesn't.

Produced by Peter Safran, written and directed by Jason Frieberg, Aaron Seltzer.