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VAMPIRES

1998 US HMDB
October 30, 1998

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.

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Crew

Production: Sandy King (Producer)Barr B. Potter (Executive Producer)
Screenplay: Don Jakoby (Screenplay)
Music: John Carpenter (Original Music Composer)
Cinematography: Gary B. Kibbe (Director of Photography)

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Marco Castellini
As a child, Jack Crow had his family exterminated by vampires, so he decided to dedicate his life to hunting these terrible beings. He is close to the complete elimination of the non-dead lineage, but first he must face the grand priest of the vampires, Valek, a being of extraordinary power, over three hundred years old. Carpenter rarely disappoints his fans and this time he has also managed to craft a good horror film, almost a kind of horror western with which the director wanted to combine the film genres he loves most (horror and western). A simple plot, but not without some "original" twists - such as the Catholic origin of the vampires -, a great protagonist (James Woods) and good doses of blood, with some sequences on the edge of splatter, make the film engaging and fluid; if you add some well-placed jokes and the solid direction of a true master of the genre, you understand why this film should be seen. Humor, machismo, splatter, Carpenter is great again, even if at a lower level than his highest fasts. Curiosity: the role of the female protagonist is entrusted to Sheryl Lee who the older ones will remember for having played the mysterious Laura Palmer in the television series "Twin Peaks".
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John Chard

John Chard

7 /10

I killed my own father, padre. I got no trouble killing you.

Not half as bad as some reviews in 1998 made it out to be, Vampires is worth taking a peek at these days. Without the heavy weight of expectation for a return to form for John Carpenter, it proves to be a schlocky and bloody good time.

James Woods stars as a Vatican backed vampire slayer, something he does with considerable relish. But now he is up against an uber vampire in Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith), a leader with powers unbound. Daniel Baldwin and Sheryl Lee are along for the gore laden ride.

Woods is cool, with a quip on the tongue and a deadly weapon to hand, his by-play with Tim Guinee's priest provides much of the film's humour. The photography, choreography, editing and tension building are all high in quality, and while the story is weak and there's a whiff of misogyny in the mix, for a horror popcorner there's a good time to be had here. 7/10

JPV852

JPV852

6 /10

Never been a big fan of this movie, and of vampires in general, but seeing it again after many years, did kind of enjoy it primarily for James Woods and to some extent Thomas Ian Griffith's over-the-top performance (and Sheryl Lee is easy on the eyes for sure). Certainly not top tier John Carpenter and the editing was a mess, but still somewhat entertaining. 3.0/5

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