2/10
America's Next Top Vampire (1980 season)
8 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Lowest production values of any show I have seen in years. I am glad that shows are being made on a low budget, but not when the lack of budget is so clearly reflected in the writing, acting, sets and effects.

The premise is a bit different, but that is where the upside ends. The acting is wooden at best, distractingly dire at worst. The sets (all four of them) and badly decorated and add to the tedium. Also, the British Prime Minister does NOT have a Seal like the US President, BUT if he did, if would not be a flimsy piece of tin nailed to a panel door (episode 6).

The Vampires are ridiculous! All the usual characteristics (avoid sun, drink blood, pointy teeth) but these vampires also seem to develop appalling accents and the WORST dress sense. Think America's Next Too Vampire but made in the 1980's.

There is almost nothing worth watching here, but if you like car crash TV, go right ahead.

Oh, and as someone cleverly pointed out as a "blooper", the Good Guys spend a huge amount of effort shooting vampires despite knowing it does nothing to harm them, but when they finally shine a UV torch on them and they fry instantly... so lead with then UV light you morons! The entire show could end with a fleet of Close Encounters choppers flying over New York.

Yet this toss got renewed apparently!?
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