This was a really odd movie, but I enjoyed it. I'm sure lots of people won't like it, but I liked it. The main character is this lazy, selfish man who doesn't appreciate his girlfriend enough. It would be easy to dislike him, but the stuff that comes out of his mouth made me laugh. He loses his girlfriend when he turns down her marriage proposal and she hooks up with an old flame. After meeting and talking with a stranger, he finds himself turned into a vampire. That's when the real craziness starts. The quick and odd dialogue has me laughing as well as the insanity of some of the situations. It's a low key kind of movie that not everyone will enjoy. I found it to be quirky and clever.

The acting was very good--though I suspect that a good portion of the dialogue was ad libbed which may have been the film's strength as well as its weakness. The ad libbed riffs (if I'm right) contributed greatly to the natural feel of the dialogue and the character's reactions, as well as the give and take between the characters. The problem with this is that too much of the dialogue was constant complaining about something, or off the cuff semi-insulting childish responses to justifiable criticism that made the main character very annoying and unlikable. The best part was that the other characters ALSO found him childish, irritating and odd. In this light, the discrepancy that bugged me, is just how such a dysfunctional human being managed to hang onto his job and his girlfriend at all--and why anyone would bother giving him a second chance. Fact is, though, it happens so I can't very well fault the film for portraying a scenario that I see played out all too frequently in real life.The film needed a faster pace (the entire first half hour was pretty much NOTHING but the main character's complaining and self-absorbed existential whining (though that phrase gives it too much philosophical weight)and more variety in the dialogues (though there were some laugh out loud humorous bits, it was too monotonous overall). Once the action occurs in the middle of the film it picks up (the highlight of the movie and very well done actually--one of the more realistic vampire conversions I've seen--this isn't a spoiler, it's in the film synopsis) for awhile then goes back to pretty much the same old thing. The kicker being that while he has now pretty much gotten everything he wanted, of COURSE he's STILL not satisfied (we all know someone like that) and wants to go back to the way things were (finally recognizing what he's given up). If there is any real philosophical premise in the film it's that hindsight is always 20/20 and you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone.I really did enjoy the relationships as they were portrayed, and the film had a very promising premise with some genuine humor, but as with most vanity films (directed and starring the same person) a more critical eye was needed; less whining; and a shorter running time or livelier pace would have helped a great deal. There is a bit of a twist at the end, but nothing that you can't see coming a mile away. Still, this isn't your typical romantic lead, nor your usual vampire film--not by a long shot. If you are a fan of vampire films, you may enjoy this quirky take on the genre--or you may find it incredibly boring and the lead character overly irritating.

There's a lot of different vampire comedian es out there like: Dracula Dead And Loving It, Love At First Bite, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and Vampires Suck, to name just a few. Summer Of Blood is not good enough to compare to any of those films, but it has some merit in that Department. This film is mildly entertaining, a little bit if situational humor and introspective look at the dating scene and shallowness of people in the city. I'm not certain that this film would have a large demographic outside of the middle-aged male population. Middle-aged selfish, existentialist of simple-shady means has his life thrown upside down. When faced with these life changes he embraces the change, with fangs.

This "Film" (and I use the term loosely) had absolutely nothing going for it, like someone else pointed out - it was pretentious mumble-core garbage, with terrible acting, no visible plot and obviously a shoestring budget to match.The main character (and everyone else) just would NOT shut up, even to pause for breath, they raced through their forced lines like they could not wait to get this steaming pile of crap over and done with and collect their meager paycheck at the end of it all.Don't waste your time or money on this trash.I seriously want my hour and twenty-five minutes of life back after this one, and I suggest it be avoided at all costs!