Raising the Stakes

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Release year: 2005

Storyline

Steve and Bob are two guys who enjoy their fanboy role-playing lifestyles a bit too much. Their obsession with vampire role-playing games leads them to decide to become vampires and get revenge on a world that doesn't understand them. Unfortunately for them, it takes a bit more than cheap Halloween makeup to scare people, so their attempts just lead to even more ridicule and physical harm. But that all changes when they discover a dealer of the occult named Maxwell Selwyn who can give them want they want: a potion that will turn them both into vampires. They fork over the money and sure enough, their dream comes true. They set out to finally get revenge on the world that rejected them... only to find they were better off with the cheap makeup.

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Did you know

• Originally written to feature Conrad Brooks as Maxwell Selwyn. The role was recast three times and the majority of the film was completed before Ryan Stocking took the part.

• Shot on weekends and whenever time would allow between July and December 2004. Since not all of the exterior shots were finished in the summer months, several actors had to perform in frigid cold weather while still wearing t-shirts and shorts.

• The majority of the film's production budget was gained when Jane Channell went on a school trip to Disney World and pocketed most of the money he was given for souvenirs.

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1.66 : 1

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