Red-Barracuda A small town located in the American West is improbably inhabited entirely by vampires who exist on artificial blood produced by a plasma-manufacturing plant. In this way they can live without having to kill people and co-exist peacefully. But one faction decides that it is time to resort to their true nature, this results in a civil war of sorts between the good and bad vampires.This one was directed by Anthony Hickox who is probably most well remembered for the comedy horror Waxwork (1998). I personally found that film to be something of a disappointment and in contrast found Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat to be quite a bit better than I expected and a lot more enjoyable than Waxwork. It's one of those films from the late 80's / early 90's that could be described as a hybrid-western, in this case a combo of western, horror and comedy. I only really heard of it this year and thought it slightly surprising that I hadn't been aware of it back in the day, as I couldn't see how me and my teenage buddies would have not wanted to see a Bruce Campbell horror comedy back then. But it seems that maybe it wasn't due to our own lack of awareness and more to do with this one kind of going under the radar a bit. I can't really understand why to be honest as it covers quite a lot of ground pretty effectively and was definitely good fun, if not exactly essential stuff. Whatever the case, it definitely benefits quite a bit in having such a good cast. Campbell is in more restrained form that usual as a dopey vampire hunter, B-Movie king David Carradine is the chief vampire leader, Maxwell Caulfield of Dynasty and Colbys TV fame puts in a pretty spirited performance as one of the main evil vampires, renowned character actor M. Emmet Walsh is as reliable as ever as a slightly world weary older vampire and future Twin Peaks actor Dana Ashbrook appears as one of the victims. All-in-all, a pretty fun time is to be had with this one, a film that deserves a little more love.

Paul Magne Haakonsen If you are a cheesy vampire comedies or a fan of Bruce Campbell, then you most definitely have to watch "Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat", if you haven't seen it already.Why? Well, simply because it is a hilarious vampire comedy with a rather good story actually. A town of vampires have settled in a small town far out in the desert, keeping themselves off the map and rarely getting people passing through town. The vampires are making synthetic bottled blood to satisfy their taste for human blood. But of course some vampires are not content with this, wanting to sink their fangs into the flesh of the living and drink real, warm blood. But who is the mysterious Count Mardulak who runs the town. And who is the clumsy stranger with glasses who stumble into town?"Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat" have a rather good list of actors and actresses on the cast list. David Carradine plays Count Mardulak, Bruce Campbell plays Van Helsing, M. Emmet Walsh plays Mort, and John Ireland plays Jefferson. These are but a few of the great people in the movie.There is a wonderful mix of comedy and traditional vampire flick in this movie to make it all interesting, and the cheesy combination actually works out well enough, making the movie all the more enjoyable. And of course, Bruce Campbell brings along with him his usual lovable way of portraying semi-clumsy hero-like characters."Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat" doesn't rely heavily on special effects and CGI, though whatever effects were used worked out well and came of as believable.I hadn't heard about this little gem before I ran across it on Amazon while searching for Bruce Campbell, and I am glad I added it to my DVD collection because it is sort of a weird mix between "The Evil Dead" and classic Western movies, though thrown in with a good amount of vampire fun.

ManBehindTheMask63 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat stars legends Bruce (Evil Dead) Campbell and David (Kung Fu) Carridine and is directed by the director of the 80's classic "Waxwork". This film never got released and became a hidden horror gem. Props to Liongate for releasing it but overall "Sundown" is a pretty timid and boring film. The plot revolves around two groups of vampires. The ones that drink fake blood that they create in a science lab and the other vampires that want to kill humans. A small family gets stuck in the middle of their war. The cast is pretty awesome considering this was a low-budget film from Vestron Video. Deborah Foreman (Valley Girl), Maxwell Claufield (grease2), and John Ireland all co-star. There is no gore or really well done effects and there isn't any scares. This plays out more like a comedy action film. The bat creature is done pretty badly. The disc contains a commentary from the director and some interviews with Bruce and Carridine. I wouldn't rush out and buy this DVD but it's a good rental for when you want an original vampire movie.

lbons Funny movie with some named actors about a group of vampires attempting to go straight. The vampires have decided to give up human blood and have moved on to artificial blood, kind of a blood suckin nutrashake. This coupled with SPF 1000 allows the vampires to lead a "normal" life.However not all is well in vampire town as some of the vampires want to return to the old ways. the movie ends with a battle between the humans who stumbled onto the vampire town, the good vampires, and the vampires who want to return to the old ways. A good movie if you like fake blood and plastic fangsoverall a funny "horror " movie