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Vamps

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12 Interesting Facts About Vamps

Interesting Facts (10)

  1. #001

    One of the photos of Goody's ex-boyfriends, and of the (supposedly drunk) man who gets out of the car at the end, is Edgar Allan Poe.

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  2. #002

    Scenes from the film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) are shown on a television in one scene.

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  3. #003

    It was shot in Detroit, Michigan.

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  4. #004

    The character Renfield shares his name with a character from the original Dracula novel and the many films that sprang from it. In the novel, Renfield is a living human who serves Dracula, particularly as his guardian, hoping that Dracula will one day turn him into a vampire.

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  5. #005

    Not all vampires are the same. Looked at closely, Justin Kirk's teeth can be seen to differ from those of the main characters. Sigourney Weaver's teeth are different as well. And although the main characters have "stem," they do not share the same teeth.

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  6. #006

    It is the second collaboration between Alicia Silverstone, Wallace Shawn and director Amy Heckerling.

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  7. #007

    Malcolm McDowell plays Vlad the Impaler in this film, having previously played Eddie Van Helsing in the film Suck.

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  8. #008

    A poster for Six Organs of Admittance hangs in Joey's room.

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  9. #009

    Sigourney Weaver and Krysten Ritter would later appear together in Marvel's The Defenders on Netflix.

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  10. #010

    The film features a house with characters who receive an iPad 6 mini. Ironically, the film was released in the same month as the iPad mini.

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Characters & Cast (1)

  1. #011

    Director Amy Heckerling cast Taylor Negron as the "Pizza Guy" who delivers pizza to the vampire Sigourney Weaver. Heckerling had also cast Negron as the "Pizza Guy" who delivers pizza to Sean Penn in a classroom in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," her first feature film as a director.

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

  1. #012

    Danny's last name is Horowitz, a clear nod to Cher Horowitz in Clueless, also directed by Amy Heckerling and unquestionably Alicia Silverstone's most famous role.

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