For those of you who don’t already know, there’s a new Afrikaans vampire movie currently in production, Bloedsuiers! And in a rather bold move to secure funding producers are now calling on fans to become investors in the movie.

So says producer Benjamin Cowley:

We are doing something never before done in South Africa, crowd funding. The principle is simple: we are creating a film for you, the audience, and we need your participation and support to create something great, and something you will be proud to say you were a part of,”The crowd funding campaign is being run on the Bloedsuiers website and calls on anyone to register on the site by noon on March 7, which will gain them access to a special members area where they will receive exclusive content, rewards and entry into various competitions which will not be open to the public. Some of the competition prizes include concert tickets, dinner with the cast and a chance to appear in the movie itself.

Normally, I wouldn’t be interested in yet another vampire movie, even less so an Afrikaans vampire movie, but this one’s quite intriguing. And while some might think that this is just another scheme to get the public to pay for production, it seems to be a good concept that has the potential to make film production more accessible to small and independent filmmakers in South Africa’s notoriously cash-strapped scene.

Three of the movie’s trailers are available online, and besides the kak title, the rest of the movie seems pretty interesting, with an all star cast including; Inge Beckmann (sexy lead singer of Lark), Francios van Coke (Van Coke Kartel), Rob van Vuuren (better known as Twakkie) and Andre Roothman (veteran actor).

Check out the trailer. The dialogue  is ultimate Afrikaans, but the graphics are insane.

[Source: Channel24]