Grade: D
Synopsis: A vampire, buried alive in the Mexican desert for over 35 years, escapes to seek revenge on those responsible.
Desert of Blood starts well enough. There’s some topless nudity and a good, efficient setup to unearth the vampire antagonist. Unfortunately, from there the film starts to fall apart.
For starters, despite being buried alive in the early 70’s, our vampire awakes sporting contemporary clothes and hair. He also seems perfectly adjusted to today’s world, again, despite being underground for 35 years. Much of the blame goes to writer/director Don Henry, whose script fails to address these issues, but some of the fault is also actor Justin Quinn, who fails to convince as a nearly 60-year-old man trapped in the body of a man in his twenties. It’s a problem common to many vampire pictures, albeit one Henry mitigated somewhat by having his vampire only be 60 years old instead of 600, but even with that handicap, the movie fails in that respect. MORE »
Posted 522 days ago in Movie Reviews and Vampire Movies. No responses
Grade: C-
Synopsis: After moving to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, a girl finds herself irresistibly attracted to a mysterious boy who turns out to be a vampire.
Twilight is a teen drama. It makes no attempt to ground its fantasy in any kind of believable world, instead choosing a manufactured reality akin to a teen soap opera. This is evident early on in the dialog, and amplified by the cast (everyone’s well put together, no-ones overweight or gangly or acne scarred—in short, nothing like a real high school) and driven home by the fact that male lead Robert Pattinson wears more makeup than his female counterpart Kristen Stewart. MORE »
Posted 637 days ago in Movie Reviews and Vampire Movies. 2 responses
Grade: A
Synopsis: A young boy develops an odd friendship and budding romance with his new neighbor, only to discover that she’s a vampire.
Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) is amazing. Seriously, with the exception of one gratuitous CGI shot, this film is perfect. Let’s start with the script. MORE »
Posted 655 days ago in Movie Reviews and Vampire Movies. No responses
Grade: D-
Synopsis: In Las Vegas, vampires cause trouble for a cop (Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister), two private detectives (Richard Roundtree and Fred Williamson), and a group of tourists.
The only explanation for the awfulness of Vegas Vampires is that, upon viewing his initial cut, director Fred Williamson realized that the combination of vampires, Vegas, Shaft and Black Caesar was so potent that, were anyone but himself or co-star Richard Roundtree to see it, their heads would explode. MORE »
Posted 674 days ago in Movie Reviews and Vampire Movies. One response
Grade: D
Synopsis: An eccentric professor (Jack MacGowran) and his slow-witted assistant (Roman Polanski) struggle to free an innkeeper’s daughter (Sharon Tate) from the vampire, Count von Krolock.
Dance of the Vampires (The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck in the USA) is a wonderfully produced comedic homage to the vampire films of Hammer Film Productions. Unfortunately, it’s not very funny. At all. MORE »
Posted 682 days ago in Movie Reviews and Vampire Movies. No responses
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