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Talk about an opening. The first few minutes of John Carpenter's Vampires--in which James Woods's vampire killer leads a dawn raid on a New Mexico "goon nest" of bloodsuckers--not only suggests a horror movie that will not pull any punches, it even evokes some of the more disturbing dream-memories of American Westerns. Muscular and uncompromised, the sequence suggests a new Carpenter classic unraveling before one's eyes. Well, dream on. Things don't quite work out that way, but this is still a film to reckon with. There are a few serious (and surprising) misjudgments on the director's part, particularly a mishandling of Sheryl Lee's role as a prostitute poisoned by the bite of a "master vampire" (who pretty much wiped out Woods's team of goon terminators). But aside from some weaknesses, the action is jolting, the suggested complicity of the Catholic Church in destroying monsters is provocative, and the traces of Howard Hawks's continuing influence on Carpenter's storytelling are in evidence. --Tom Keogh
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A Refreshingly Different Vampire Movie!!
July 7 2004
Format:DVD
John Carpenter takes Vampires to a whole new level in this excellent movie! If you want to see a traditional vampire movie, this is not for you! If you want action and lots of it then this is the best vampire movie for you! Jack Crow (James Woods) and his vampire slayers are ready for action, and the first 20 minutes of this movie shows them at work killing the vampires in their own hideout, even though the head vampire should be there he is nowhere to be found. They don't have to wait long because the head vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith) finds them and kills most of Crow's vampire slayers, So Crow and Montoya (Daniel Baldwin) with the help of Katrina (Sheryl Lee) a hooker who was at the party which Valek interupted go in search of him and with the help of the Church they hope to finally be rid of Valek.
NO AUDIO
May 31 2011
Format:DVD
DVD HAD NO AUDIO - but was given immediate credit back by Amazon - great service! This is a great movie but would find a different version.
Greatest vampire movie ever done
Jun 29 2004
Format:DVD
I love this movie because of the guns,musics,story,place,James Woods and Daniel Baldwin.Guns:there are lots of good guns in this movie bowgun,spear,rifles.Musics:John Carpenters great west acoustic guýtarre style.story:vampires are in every where on this world and there are hunters to kick them down.place:movie takes places in very good states Texas,New Mexico James Woods and Daniel baldwin:they are very charismatic actors. I watched this movie about 22 times this is the one of the greatest movies that cant forgot in my whole life.
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Movie Blows
This movie is one of the worst vampire movies I've ever seen. It's horrible and worse than cheesy. It's another film that portrays the evil vampire and the master that needs to... Read more
Published on Jun 14 2004 by "jmaf18"
Watch Fright Night (1985) instead!
A group of nine men (James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Mark Boone Junior, Cary Hiroyukitagawa, Tommy Rosales, Henry Kingi, David Rowden, Clarke Coleman, Gregory Sierra) are vampire... Read more
Published on May 25 2004 by James McDonald
Keeps you watching
First saw a piece of this movie when I was at a friend's, never was able to finish it until I got it off of Amazon.com. Read more
Published on May 13 2004 by David Adams III
cool
this movie was good because i love vampire movies and daniel bladwin looked so good. i really liked this i hope they make another one contuning the first one or remke it
Published on May 10 2004
The Kind Of Vampires We Though Were Lost
This movie has vampire fans cut down the middle, but I think this movie will have to stand the test of time before people look back on it and say, "Man, that was actually pretty... Read more
Published on April 30 2004 by Stanley Runk
Might have worked with Kurt Russel in the lead...
I'm not big on Vampire movies but I always enjoy a John Carpenter flick. Or so I thought. If I hadn't known this was Carpenter I would have never guessed it by watching it. Read more
Published on April 8 2004 by Tuco
Unflatering to the original concept
The movie takes the concept of a vampire hunting team from John Steakley's Vampires. The manner in which it is adapted to the screen is appaling bad. Read more
Published on April 3 2004 by K. Sirak
How wrong i was
I recently reviewed this film, the title was "Did Michael Myers Kill Carpenter?", and the review was not very good. Read more
Published on Mar 1 2004 by The Birdman
Vampires from the mind of John Carpenter
Who're you going to call when vampires are harrassing your town? Nope, it's not the Ghostbusters. Why, you need to get in touch with your local anti-vampire commando unit of... Read more
Published on Feb 22 2004 by D. Roberts
James Woods Kicks!
It's easy to see why many people didn't like this movie. It was NOT Interview With the Vampire, it did NOT make the vampires seem beautiful and graceful and romantic. Read more
Published on Feb 10 2004 by Dan Belmont
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