Movie Review: The Impaler

So I'm browsing Hulu on a lazy Saturday and came across a documentary about Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey. Essentially, Jonathon is a self-proclaimed vampire and descendant of Vlad the impaler in Romania. After his girlfriend is fired from her dream job of being a school bus driver for being a Pagan, Jonathon takes to the streets and begins his candidacy for Governor of the great sate of MN. Capturing the eyes of the global media, Sharkey is cast into the national spotlight (primarily to be scrutinized).

If this is starting to sound a little bit strange, don't worry, it gets stranger. Jonathon admits to having sexual relations with his half sister Katherine (Kat), which he is married to through a Pagan ceremony. Not only is the man a cool and confident vampire/potential governor on the streets of Minneapolis, but he is also a former small-circuit pro-wrestler. Now back to the incest -- Jonathon's half-sister Kat is actually his full sister who died a few hours after birth and is, in one way or another, one of Jonathon's alternate personalities. That's right, when he refers to Kat, he's talking about himself in the third person as a woman.

You get to watch Jonathon's girlfriend drink his blood, you get to watch him drink her blood... all the while we get glimpses into his life through interviews with his former wife and estranged children. The white-trashiness of it all is gripping and seeing a not so stereo-typical mid-western nut job completely deceive the media is fascinating and holds great attention.

I highly recommend watching this film, as it gives us a sort of two-way mirror to stare into the eyes of a highly intelligent, yet crazy and deceitful man without the risk of him seeing us back and trying to put us in a headlock.

Score: 4/5

http://www.hulu.com/watch/62975/the-impaler