In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local cemetery, retrieves his belongings from a grave and lodges in a low budget hotel nearby an all-night donut shop. Boya does not drink human blood anymore but rats and pigeons blood instead. While in the donut shop, Boya befriends and protects the taxi driver Earl, who is having trouble with two criminals, and falls in love for the waitress Molly. Meanwhile, his former passion of 1969, Rita, who misses her lost youth, is trying to locate him.
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In a way I have to agree with the validity of some other reviewers comments and yet I have to turn around and totally disagree. Though it's true this movie would have to be rated a B movie, I can't help but think that it has a cult following, albeit it small. The first time I saw it I watched again right away and loved it a even second time. Later I showed it to a friend and they loved it as well. It's a sweet story, yes probably uninteresting by today's pushed over the edge of all sensibility viewers' tastes, but I found myself quite captivated and thought it delightful in an admittedly sappy way. I must also admit although I found the main character endearing, it was the supporting actor's character and performance that really kept it going. I would recommend this movie to vampire lovers and non-lovers alike so long as one can put their cynicism, skepticism and basically jaded nature at bay for the length of the movie and just enjoy a sweet love story with a different twist, however uninteresting the premise might be.
I thought I'd never say this about a vampire movie, but I sure did love this!This indie effort is a hair shy of being a masterpiece. OK...I'm still trying to figure out why I am saying this...but still movie really dug into me and pulled my heart out. (Figuratively, of course.)How many vampires can you say you would REALLY want to have as a friend? Boya is that vampire. He's all heart and soul. And that's a lot coming from a vampire. BLOOD AND DONUTS has got to be the most inventive vampire movie I've ever seen. The fabric of the plot, interwoven with the quirky characters that populate this movie, coupled with great effects and careful direction has to now rank in my list of favorite movies.Kudos to the director, Holly Dale, the writer, Andrew Rai Berzins and a really interesting and talented cast:Gordon Currie as BOYA the vampire,Justin Louis as EARL the cab driver/friendHelene Clarkson as MOLLY the donut shop girl...and let's not forget David Cronenburg as STEPHEN the "gangster"! IF YOU THINK you've seen enough vampire movies, then you need to see this one! You'll be surprised.The ending was very well done and satisfying for me. If you didn't get it, write to me...I'll be glad to explain what I think happened at the end and why.
Don't care much if you like it, already saw one post that ripped it. But the bottom line is I can't get this movie out of my head. Great music score, great story line. I undertand it's a B movie, but that's okay! I was just plain entertained. First time I watched it was midnight on the Sci-Fi channel. Kept my finger on the power off button on the remote for the first 20 minutes, but couldn't bring myself to kill the movie. I was sucked in for this zaney ride into Boya's life and times. What a ride! I really cared about him, I felt his pain, I liked the guy. Someone I could be friends with. Buy the movie...watch the movie...be the movie.
I personally loved Blood & Donuts. Yes, it was 'low budget', but it didn't matter. It was a mix of comedy and horror drama. There were some very amusing parts, and some very heartbreaking parts. All together the movie was wonderful
