“I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle”

This is a low-budget, spoof horror film set in a Birmingham suburb. Nick Oddie (“Noddy”) and his girlfriend Kim run a motorcycle courier business (now where have I heard that one before?). One day Noddy buys a new motorbike to replace his old one which has finally expired. But little does he know that the motorbike is possessed by an evil spirit and has a taste for blood! When overcome by its blood lust, the bike has a habit of taking itself off and killing a few Hells Angels.

Michael Elphick plays Inspector Cleaver, a detective who exudes a smell of garlic due to his fondness for garlic sausage, and Anthony Daniels (“C3PO” in “Star Wars”) plays the eccentric priest who is brought in to attempt to exorcise the bike’s evil spirit.

See IMDB for the full cast and crew.

Spot the many links with “Boon”:

• The main cast: Neil Morrissey, Amanda Noar and Michael Elphick

• The location: Nick and Kim’s house is the same one used by Ken and Rocky as the office of Texas Rangers in Series 3 of “Boon” – as seen in “Topspin”.

• The crew: Rae (Rachel) Yuille; Dean Friedman; Esta Charkham (Esta has a cameo role in “Vampire” as the screeching wife of a policeman)

• Catering is provided by the White Swan pub in Henley-on-Arden, which was owned by Michael Elphick

Notes © Martin Underwood, 2000

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