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''Suck'' is a Canadian horror comedy about a garage rock band, The Winners, consisting of the singer Joey Winner, guitarist Tyler, bassist Jennifer and drummer Sam. On the night before their tour, Jennifer is seduced and turned into a vampire by [[Big Bad|Queenie]], the arch-enemy of vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsig. When she reappears before the first show, everything seems to be fine and her performance helps the band gain popularity, but then [[It Got Worse|things get worse.]] |
''Suck'' is a Canadian horror comedy about a garage rock band, The Winners, consisting of the singer Joey Winner, guitarist Tyler, bassist Jennifer and drummer Sam. On the night before their tour, Jennifer is seduced and turned into a vampire by [[Big Bad|Queenie]], the arch-enemy of vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsig. When she reappears before the first show, everything seems to be fine and her performance helps the band gain popularity, but then [[It Got Worse|things get worse.]] |
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* [[Asshole Victim]]: Rockin' Roger and Beef. |
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Rockin' Roger and Beef. |
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: During the flashbacks of Eddie van Helsing, [[Malcolm McDowell]] is easily harking back to his [[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|Alex DeLarge]] days, haircut wise. |
* [[Actor Allusion]]: During the flashbacks of Eddie van Helsing, [[Malcolm McDowell]] is easily harking back to his [[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|Alex DeLarge]] days, haircut wise. |
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* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Vampire Jen. Averted with Queenie and his absolutely ridiculous jewfro. |
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Vampire Jen. Averted with Queenie and his absolutely ridiculous jewfro. |
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* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Eddie van Helsig wears one ''under sunglassess''. |
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Eddie van Helsig wears one ''under sunglassess''. |
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* [[Hey It's That Guy]]: A good handful of them. |
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** [[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]] plays the bartender {{spoiler|who is most probably [[Satan|Lucifer himself]].}} |
** [[Alice Cooper (Music)|Alice Cooper]] plays the bartender {{spoiler|who is most probably [[Satan|Lucifer himself]].}} |
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** [[Moby]] plays Beef Bellows, the singer for [[Punny Name|Secretaries of Steak]]. |
** [[Moby]] plays Beef Bellows, the singer for [[Punny Name|Secretaries of Steak]]. |
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* [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Queenie. On a guitar.}} |
* [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Queenie. On a guitar.}} |
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* [[Mushroom Samba]]: The aptly titled "This Is Your Brain On Drugs" musical number after Joey mistakes extasy for aspirin. |
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: The aptly titled "This Is Your Brain On Drugs" musical number after Joey mistakes extasy for aspirin. |
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* [[My God What Have I Done]]: {{spoiler|Joey accidentally killing Victor.}} [[These Hands Have Killed]] included. |
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Joey accidentally killing Victor.}} [[These Hands Have Killed]] included. |
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* [[The Renfield]]: [[Subverted Trope|Mostly subverted by Hugo the roadie.]] He does agree to cover up the bodies in return for immortality, and at one point eats a fly. But he didn't think that eating the fly would grant him life and he rants about being used by the band. Plus, he already did all their grunt-work when everybody was human. |
* [[The Renfield]]: [[Subverted Trope|Mostly subverted by Hugo the roadie.]] He does agree to cover up the bodies in return for immortality, and at one point eats a fly. But he didn't think that eating the fly would grant him life and he rants about being used by the band. Plus, he already did all their grunt-work when everybody was human. |
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* [[Scream Discretion Shot]]: When Jen [[Groin Attack|goes down on Beef]], the scene is cut to Tyler taking a bite out of a hotdog in the next room. The rest of the band, at Hugo's suggestion, mistake Beef's screams for a TV being too loud. |
* [[Scream Discretion Shot]]: When Jen [[Groin Attack|goes down on Beef]], the scene is cut to Tyler taking a bite out of a hotdog in the next room. The rest of the band, at Hugo's suggestion, mistake Beef's screams for a TV being too loud. |
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** The shot of the band crossing the street is a reference to the cover of [[The Beatles]]' ''Abbey Road''. |
** The shot of the band crossing the street is a reference to the cover of [[The Beatles]]' ''Abbey Road''. |
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** There's a great visual reference to the cover of [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s Born In The USA album. |
** There's a great visual reference to the cover of [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s Born In The USA album. |
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* [[So Bad It's Good]]: Intentionally bad opening of Queenie in bat form, flying over an obvious model of the city. Intentionally jarring stop-motion transitions. Very obvious mood lighting is used throughout the film. Can be considered [[Stylistic Suck]]. |
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* [[Stock Footage]]: From ''[[O Lucky Man]]''; see [[Troubled Backstory Flashback]]. |
* [[Stock Footage]]: From ''[[O Lucky Man]]''; see [[Troubled Backstory Flashback]]. |
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* [[The Cameo]]: Alex Lifeson from [[Rush]] plays the border guard. |
* [[The Cameo]]: Alex Lifeson from [[Rush]] plays the border guard. |
Revision as of 00:14, 10 January 2014
Rockin' Roger: You just released a single. What is it? |
Suck is a Canadian horror comedy about a garage rock band, The Winners, consisting of the singer Joey Winner, guitarist Tyler, bassist Jennifer and drummer Sam. On the night before their tour, Jennifer is seduced and turned into a vampire by Queenie, the arch-enemy of vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsig. When she reappears before the first show, everything seems to be fine and her performance helps the band gain popularity, but then things get worse.
Tropes used in Suck include:
- Asshole Victim: Rockin' Roger and Beef.
- Actor Allusion: During the flashbacks of Eddie van Helsing, Malcolm McDowell is easily harking back to his Alex DeLarge days, haircut wise.
- Butt Monkey: Hugo.
- Cool Car: The band rides in a hearse. Ain't that Foreshadowing.
- Cynical Mentor: Victor.
- Dumbass DJ: Rockin' Roger. Proves to be Too Dumb to Live with the quote above.
- Evil Is Sexy: Vampire Jen. Averted with Queenie and his absolutely ridiculous jewfro.
- Eyepatch of Power: Eddie van Helsig wears one under sunglassess.
- Hey It's That Guy: A good handful of them.
- Alice Cooper plays the bartender who is most probably Lucifer himself.
- Moby plays Beef Bellows, the singer for Secretaries of Steak.
- Iggy Pop plays Victor, the sound engineer who helps the band record their hit single.
- Henry Rollins plays Rockin' Roger.
- Malcolm McDowell plays Eddie Van Helsig.
- Horror Hunger: Played for Laughs. No, really.
- Impaled With Extreme Prejudice: Queenie. On a guitar.
- Mushroom Samba: The aptly titled "This Is Your Brain On Drugs" musical number after Joey mistakes extasy for aspirin.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Joey accidentally killing Victor. These Hands Have Killed included.
- The Renfield: Mostly subverted by Hugo the roadie. He does agree to cover up the bodies in return for immortality, and at one point eats a fly. But he didn't think that eating the fly would grant him life and he rants about being used by the band. Plus, he already did all their grunt-work when everybody was human.
- Scream Discretion Shot: When Jen goes down on Beef, the scene is cut to Tyler taking a bite out of a hotdog in the next room. The rest of the band, at Hugo's suggestion, mistake Beef's screams for a TV being too loud.
- Shout Out: Again a couple.
- Queeny's eyes appearing in the sky during the stop-motion transitions are a reference to Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula.
- The shot of the band crossing the street is a reference to the cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road.
- There's a great visual reference to the cover of Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA album.
- So Bad It's Good: Intentionally bad opening of Queenie in bat form, flying over an obvious model of the city. Intentionally jarring stop-motion transitions. Very obvious mood lighting is used throughout the film. Can be considered Stylistic Suck.
- Stock Footage: From O Lucky Man; see Troubled Backstory Flashback.
- The Cameo: Alex Lifeson from Rush plays the border guard.
- Toronto Doubling: The movie was shot in Toronto only, but the action moves from Toronto, through Buffalo, to New York. You can see that two of the clubs the band plays in (in two different cities, no less) are exactly the same building.
- Troubled Backstory Flashback: Eddie's Lost Love Montage.
- Voice of the Legion: Side-effect of using the vampiric Compelling Voice.