Join Us for 'My Sucky Teen Romance'

One of the Austin movies at SXSW this year was My Sucky Teen Romance, a comedy about real vampires who blend in perfectly at a science-fiction convention where everyone is in costume. Filmmaker Emily Hagins shot the movie while she was still in high school ... and this was her third feature film. Jenn interviewed Hagins before the movie premiered, then Don reviewed My Sucky Teen Romance after its premiere at the Paramount, calling it "campy, escapist fun."

My Sucky Teen Romance will return to Austin this week for its first local screening since SXSW. Austin Film Society will screen the movie on Wednesday at Alamo Drafthouse Village as part of its "Best of the Fests" series. And now I have even better news about the screening: Slackerwood contributor Rod Paddock will moderate the Q&A after the movie. Hagins will be there ... and I wouldn't be surprised if other cast members turned up. Rod is the perfect choice for a moderator, since he was an extra in the film.

Tickets are available online right now through Austin Film Society, with a discount for AFS members. I've embedded the trailer below. And I just remembered that Slackerwood contributor Mike Saulters also appears as an extra ... there he is in the trailer.