By Stephen Pytak 

     This is one of the strangest feel-good films you'll
ever see.
      It's a bold comedy-musical-independent-action film 
about vampires and lesbians, fashion and the 
apocalypse and Jesus Christ and the masked Mexican 
wrestler "El Santo."
     And it's got a theme song about getting laid that
will stick in your brain and put a spring in your step.
     Some genius came up with this. Too bad he didn't
have a bigger budget. 
     The plot is kind of simple.
     A group of vampires are hunting lesbians to
convert them into bloodsuckers. 
     The Catholic Church decides to put a stop to them,
and two priests, one who has a punk mohawk, figure
the only way to stop these midnight sons is to call 
upon "The Son of God."
     Lucky for them he's available. They find him 
baptizing faithful at a beach.  That's actor Phil 
Caracas dressed as the Western idealized vision of 
"Jesus," with a white robe and sandals, beard and 
long hair.
     As soon as the priests approach "The Savior" a 
couple of day walkers attack. And Jesus gets the 
chance to kick some vampire butt.
     Jesus decides the only way to stop the vampire 
vermin is to go undercover. So he goes to a stylist, 
gets a haircut and a shave and gets his ears pierced. 
     He also gets a partner, "Mary Magnum," a lesbian 
hottie who drives a motorcycle. She takes him 
shopping for new clothes and finds that the 
carpenter's son isn't hip on style.
     When Mary gets attacked and converted, Jesus calls 
up "El Santo" for help. Together, they stake and stomp
any vampire in their way.
     There's a lot to like here.
     It's a super hero movie with a very unlikely super 
hero.
     We've heard of Christ the Healer and Christ the 
Teacher, but never Christ the Impaler. 
     The filmmakers play the whole super hero thing 
up, like the makers of the old "Batman" TV shows did. 
Remember there used to be a swirling bat symbol 
during scene changes in those shows? Well, here you 
have swirling crosses and a choir singing their most 
dramatic "JESUS! JESUS! JESUS!"
     It's got a lead actor who can carry it off. 
     If you're the kind of person who believes Jesus can 
look like anyone, beyond the beard and the robe, then 
you won't have a problem accepting Phil Caracas.
     He comes off as an average guy who's not always 
sure of himself. Sure he can walk on water. But his 
steps are less than perfect. And that's what I liked 
about him. He was very human and very funny.
     The film also dares to be different and dares to 
break convention. It's pure independent cinema. And 
I really like that. 
     It has its strengths. But it also has its limitations 
and weaknesses.
     It was shot on a low budget and it shows. And 
Master Yuen Wo Ping didn't exactly choreograph 
the fight scenes.
     But that won't stop me from putting the DVD 
into my Playstation some night when I need some 
divine inspiration.