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Rating:  -
But for the always impressive James Woods, and the occasional arresting piece of imagary from Carpenter, this wouldn't even get 3 stars. Although based on a book, the obvious inflence on this film was "Near Dark". Sadly its not in the same class as that film. Most of the time it plods along and you never really get involved with the characters.
For the special effects freaks there are a few impressive moments where the Master Vampire 'Valek' literally rips people in two. But aside from that and James Woods this is not a Carpenter classic. That said it is miles better than the truly awful "Ghosts of Mars" that he made after Vampires.
Its certainly worth renting, but only after you've done that, would I suggest you purchase, as overall you are only likely to want to see this once.
Rating:  -
This is the most ridiculous vampire movie of all time. I found myself laughing at the stupidity of the whole thing. Shame on James Woods for being part of such a third rate film (and THAT'S a compliment!). Definitely not worth the $5 I paid to rent it on Amazon Unbox. I highly UN-recommend this video. If you pay for the DVD, you'll be frightfully sorry.
Rating:  -
This is one of my top ten favorites of all time. I love horror movies anyway, but this one is a classic. The special effects are great for as old as this one is. James Woods is the classic tough guy who has a heart. Gotta love that! My favorite moment... when we find out the truth about the Priest. What a twist...
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John Carpenter still turns out these low budget horror movies like no one else. Some work some don't but almost all are fun to see. This one WORKS FOR ME!
James Woods(who never gives a bad performance) is a super vampire killer working for the Vatican killing vampires anywhere they live. In the opening scene his team raids a hiding place and wipe the floor with the undead,only to have a master vampire follow them and wipe out most of the crew.
After that the chase and hunt is on, and it is one big thrill ride. Sure the movie has some problems but in Carpenters hands the movie flows well and has some genuine shocks to it. Great fun!
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Jack Crow (James Woods), Montoya (Daniel Baldwin) and a team of vampire killers hunt down bloodsucking fiends from beyond the grave in New Mexico. Once they had succeeded in killing the undead cretins, they throw a celebration party at a motel until an uninvited party crasher who is a ancient vampire master Valeck (Thomas Ian Griffith) mutilates nearly half of the slayers and guests leaving only Jack and Montoya with a lovely hooker (Sheryl Lee) to survive. The hooker has been bitten by the vampire master and is the only link to find Valeck and stop him before he can find a relic that can make him powerful.
Entertaining, bloody and well done vampire saga from John Carpenter who brought you "Halloween", "The Thing" and "Escape from New York". James Woods steals the show as Jack Crow who is the wisecracking vampire hunter with attitude and Sheryl Lee is one fine fox especially her nude scene, the film has done well at the box-office and has a small following. It's truly one of the 90's best horror movies and one of the most underrated vampire movies there is, it's a electrifying mix of modern western, gore, action and horror with some laughs combined in this is a must have for fans of vampire flicks.
This DVD has good picture and sound with extras like director's commentary, photo gallery and trailers especially to this movie.
Also recommended: "Near Dark", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "The Monster Squad", "Vamp", "The Hunger", "Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)", "Lifeforce", "Queen of the Damned", "The Forsaken", "Buffy The Vampire Slayer (movie and show)", "Blade Trilogy", "Scream", "Underworld 1 & 2", "The Return of the Living Dead", "Demons", "Interview with the Vampire", "Razor Blade Smile", "Vampire Hunter D", "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust", "Dracula (1931)", "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Dracula (All Hammer productions)", "Evil Dead 2", "Re-Animator", "The Howling", "Def By Temptation", "Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004)", "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Blood The Last Vampire", "Salem's Lot (1979)", "Bordello of Blood", "The Lost Boys", "Grindhouse", "Day of the Dead", "Night of the Living Dead (1968)", "Dead Alive (a.k.a. Braindead)", "Vampyres", "The Devil's Rejects", "Land of the Dead", "Van Helsing" and "The Toxic Avenger".
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