Vampires (1998)

Director:

John Carpenter

Writers (WGA):

John Steakley (novel)
Don Jakoby (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 octubre 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Action | Thriller

Frase comercial:

From the master of terror comes a new breed of evil.

Plot:

A vengeful vampire hunter must retrieve a cross before it falls into the hands of the undead, that could produce dire consequences for humanity.

Plot Keywords:

Sexy Male Vampire | Female Vampire | Nude Girl | Female Nudity | Death

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

This movie lacks a certain "bite", but still is not bad.

Cast

James Woods	...	Jack Crow
Daniel Baldwin	...	Anthony Montoya
Sheryl Lee	...	Katrina
Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Jan Valek
Maximilian Schell	...	Cardinal Alba
Tim Guinee	...	Father Adam Guiteau
Mark Boone Junior	...	Catlin
Gregory Sierra	...	Father Giovanni
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	David Deyo
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Ortega (as Thomas Rosales)
Henry Kingi	...	Anthony
David Rowden	...	Bambi
Clarke Coleman	...	Davis
Mark Sivertsen	...	Highway Patrolman
John Furlong	...	Father Joseph Molina

También conocida como:

John Carpenter's Vampires (USA) (complete title)
Vampire$ (USA)
Vampiros (Argentina) [es]
Vampiros, de John Carpenter (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong vampire violence and gore, language and sexuality.

Duración:

108 min | Germany:104 min (cut version) | Argentina:106 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 (cut) (VHS) (1999) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (DVD) (2001) | Philippines:R-18 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Film Office

Trivialidades:

Was to be directed by Russell Mulcahy.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Katrina is telling Jack and Montoya where the Master is, she screams "Oh, my God, he killed the priest!" Montoya asks how they were going to find which church in San Miguel, Jack says "The one that's missing an old guy". Katrina never said if the priest was young or old.

Quotes:

Valek: For 600 years I have fed on your kind at will.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006)

Soundtrack:

Padre's Wood

This movie lacks a certain "bite", but still is not bad.

The movie opens with a trained, fully-equipped team of vampire slayers, led by Jack Crow (James Woods), methodically purging a "nest" of its fanged occupants. This is one of the best scenes of the movie and sets the viewers up to think, "Hey, these guys know what they're doing. They're some rough-and-ready characters."

But, lo, where is the master vampire? Not to worry, he'll have his chance at revenge...later that very night, as the "trained" vampire hunters go to the nearest town, lay down their weapons, and begin drinking and whoring. And they knew full-well that a master vampire, whose "subjects" they'd just fried, was still lurking about! How stupid can you be???!!!

The movie marches on, showing carnage and betrayal as the plot is advanced. (And, frankly, it's not a bad plot). But there are many holes, many questions that are not answered, like, Why was such an mysterious and important item (a cross that would permit a vampire to walk in the sunlight) guarded by such a inept group of robe-clad nincompoops, who, according to their own harried screams, knew "The day has arrived!"? If they knew that a particularly horrific "day" was inevitably going to "arrive," why, then, did they lack even a modicum of defensive capability. Why were they caught frantically scampering around like a herd of panty-clad Dr. Smiths (from TV's Lost in Space..."Oh the pain, the pain of it all..."). Oh well, we'll never know, and they're too dead to tell us.

Be that as it may, this movie does have some good dialogue, interesting characters, a unique idea or two, and an actual plot--which makes John Carpenter's "Vampires" stand head and shoulders above most of the horror movies that are out today. I enjoyed it despite its defects.