Asia Argento is like a drug to me. Every time I think I kick the habit, it comes back again to bite my crotch two fold. I recently felt the craving and went on an Asia Argento film shopping spree. "Les Morsures de l’Aube" is the first one that the mailman slapped into my box (before I hacked him into Rice Krispies squares…me no like my mailman) and here’s the scoop!

If you’re expecting a horror movie coming into this one (I did), think again. The flick has more in common with Martin Scorsese’s "After Hours" and Tarantino’s "Pulp Fiction" than a pure horror movie. Much like a “long island iced tea” this cocktail has all kinds of ingredients in it. You get your film noir vibe, your black comedy thang and your light horror elements. Although the drink was mostly sweet, I did get some sour aftertaste on occasions.

On the quenching side, the movie definitely sucked me in with its gripping premise. I was right there with our hero the whole way as he jumped from weird club to weirder club looking for that Dolan dude. The scary/funny scenarios he kept getting himself into also had me grinning. It's not every day you see a duder get pissed on by a group of angry mechanics (they actually wanted to gang-bang him, but had no rubbers…LOL) or see a sick hombre tie someone to a chair to let his abused/raving mad dogs take a bite out of him. Add to that, one weird ass S&M club (funny scene), an incredibly bitter club bouncer (the man is just ANGRY) and a small bar owner’s obsession with toy cars (funny shite) and you get an adventure through a very weird world that will surely entertain your grey matter.

When it came to its humorous elements and its wacky situations, this film was on top of it all. It’s when the horror elements kicked in that this drink developed an aftertaste. Now don’t get me wrong, Asia’s gothic presence made my day, scratch that…my week! I mean, there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing Asia Argento strut her sweet stuff under green lasers in a night club. But for the love of Bram Stoker...what was the vampire angle all about? Maybe it was me, but I didn’t get it. Were they vamps? Weren’t they? I DON’T KNOW! The film doesn’t help to clear that up and keeps it vague the whole way until its conclusion, at which point, a Van Helsing-like character, a staking and a supernatural element are slapped in. Now if the flick would’ve been clearer in what it wanted to communicate in regards to the vamp jive, maybe I would’ve bought it, but as it stands now, it’s just too hazy and made the more “horror”-oriented conclusion feel out of place and unsatisfying.

I saw this film in French with no subtitles. So if you find this gal, expect to understand French.

Actor Vincent Perez ("The Crow: City of Angels") has a very kool cameo here.