Movie Review // Night of the Vamp-Friars (2026) // [Theater Experience]
On my way to Southbury CT, which is somewhere in between Waterbury and Danbury, while I was driving on 691, I saw an American flag on the road get run over by a pick up truck in the left lane. This felt rather fitting because I was listening to the song " The Most Americanest " by As Friends Rust and I just couldn't have made a better moment of coincidence if I tried. I also felt like this could be a sign of things to come, with the way that the world seemed to be working, but by the end of the night the world was not working in my favor. When I saw a post on Instagram that the new film "Night of the Vamp-Friars" would be premiering at a cinema in Connecticut I jumped at the chance to see it. The film is written, directed and a lot else by Kurtis Spieler but it also was shot entirely in Connecticut and with Connecticut cast and crew. I really liked that local sense about it all, which also played part in the film itself. This was also being prese...