Billie the Kid (2022)

Olivia Hus is Billie the Kid, a restless gal with a quick gun and a price on her head.

She warns partner Kansas that heading into town isn’t a good idea, but he insists they need supplies.

Turns out she was right. Immediately identified by the local law, Billie and Kansas quickly wind up behind bars, facing a date with a noose.

Then ranchers start turning up dead in the area around town.

And new sheriff Jack Barton (Frank Prell) decides that between her knack with a gun and her knowledge of the area, Billie might be useful in helping track down those responsible.

So off they set with a posse that includes Barton’s deputy, two other townsmen and bounty hunter James Underhill (Zion Monroe).

Underhill warns them that vampires could be responsible for the killings. Back in England, he claims, vampires are more than a myth.

Naturally, none of these cowboys believe in vampires. But evidence is mounting that Underhill might be right, in the form of two tiny bite marks on the necks of the deceased.

Olivia Hsu as Billie, mocking her captors in Billie the Kids (2022)

Frank Prell as Sheriff Jack Barton, facing the job of tracking down a mysterious killer in Billie the Kid (2022)

Review:

Who would have thought that nearly 60 years after “Billy the Kid vs. Dracula” (1965) was released, there’d be another film featuring vampires and a quick gun named Billie.

Of course, the twist is that this Billie is a woman, played by Olivia Hsu. She’s quite pretty. Unfortunately, she’s not all that convincing as a tough-as-nails lady gunman who insists she’s no lady.

Still, she delivers one of the better performances in a film in which characters spend way too much time talking around the campfire at night and the cowboys seem to have picked up their costumes at the local Wal-Mart.

The film has some camp value. Heck, there’s a horse named Nightmare and an anti-vampire treasure map.

And you could always turn it into a drinking game. Take a shot every time director Paul Tomberello uses a moon zipping across the sky to reflect that passing of time. Guaranteed, you’ll be well past tipsy when the credits roll.

ZIon Monroe as James Underhill, under Billie’s six-gun in Billie the Kid (2022)

Roy Fox as Kansas, Billie’s partner, recommending an ill-advised visit to town in Billie the Kid (2022)

Directed by:
Paul Tomberello

Cast:
Olivia Hsu … Billie
Veronica Conran … Aleera
Jeff Deglow … Gus
Beau Hogan … Kit
Aaron Jackson … Dwayne
Tyler Jane … Isaac
Zion Monroe … James Underhill
Frank Prell … Sheriff Jack Barton
Leslie Wall … Cassidy

Runtime: 88 min.

Veronica Conran as Aleera, trying to escape the life of a vampire in Billie the Kid (2022)

Leslie Wall as Cassidy, a vampire wounded in a gunfight with Billie in Billie the Kid (2022)

Memorable lines:

Passing cowboy: “Well, ain’t you friendlier than a rattler?”
Billie: “I got six shots. A rattler’s got one. And I bite harder.”

Isaac: “Are you gonna be able to see through this viper’s pretty scales?”
Sheriff Barton: “She ain’t gonna be a problem.”

James Underhill: “You a fine woman, Miss Billie.”
Billie: “Fine ain’t a thing I’ve been called before. I’m not sure how I feel about it.”

Billie: “We may need to sharpen our stakes.”

Billie: “Jack, I’m not the kind of woman you want. I’m just the only woman who’s here.”

Olivia Hsu as Billie and Frank Prell as Sheriff Jack Barton, planning an attack on the vampires in Billie the Kid (2022)

Tyler Janes as Isaac, a posse member sympathizing with the sheriff as he grieves over a death in Billie the Kid (2022)

Beau Hogan as Kit, a friend of the sheriff’s, counting on a bounty for capturing Billie in Billie the Kid (2022)

Jeff Deglow as Gus, wondering about Billie’s possible involvement in the deaths around town in Billie the Kid (2022)

Olivia Hsu as Billie, fixing her six-gun on a vampire in Billie the Kid (2022)

Zion Monroe as James Underhill, offering Billie a showdown in Billie the Kid (2022)

Olivia Hsu as Billie and Frank Prell as Sheriff Jack Barton, taking aim at a vampire in Billie the Kid (2022)