Minahzur Rahman
It was a good movie though I wasn't really expecting it to be that good. Underrated. Probably the last of John Carpenter's best films. I saw this movie because of my love for vampires, and John Carpenter being one of my favourite directors. There aren't too many great vampire movies out there, and this should be among your watchlist. What I enjoyed the most about this movie is the character – Jack Crow! his character was awesome, and it was mainly him that made this film a success in my view along with the person who played that main vampire. It was like seeing Good v Evil taking each other on. The movie has some flaws though that shouldn't disrupt your enjoyment of the movie, but it is pretty scary at times. I actually had nightmares on a few occasions after watching this movie, but that's normal for me because horror movies are not really my thing, and is something I try to avoid – not that I'm scared or anything. Anyway, Vampires is a movie worth watching especially if your a fan of vampires. Great to watch on Halloween or something...
Uriah43
Unknown to the rest of the world, a group of men have been organized by the Catholic Church to hunt and kill vampires. The leader of this group is a man named "Jack Crow" (James Woods) and he is as tough and non-relenting as they come. As it so happens, however, after one particularly successful event in New Mexico in which 9 vampires are killed while nesting together an abandoned house, the group convenes at a motel that night to celebrate. What they don't realize is that the master vampire by the name of "Jan Valek" (Thomas Ian Griffith) has found out where they are and he is in a very vengeful mood. To make things even more perilous for them is the fact that there is a traitor within their ranks who is working with Jan Valek for alternative reasons. Now rather than divulge any more I will just say that, even though the film starts out rather pretentiously, the action soon kicks in quite nicely which results in a pretty good vampire movie all things considered. Admittedly, there are some scenes which seem to focus more on gore over suspense or horror, but the overall plot and acting make up for it in the long run. Above average.
Tango and Cash
John Carpenter is my favorite director easily - Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, Escape from New York, etc are on another level. They're so enjoyable, so engrossing, so awesome!Fast forward to the 90s and it's just not there anymore. "Vampires" was just pointless. It said nothing and added nothing new to the 10,000 other vampire movies. The vampires weren't scary at all and the vampire hunters weren't very interesting. And what is more, the script is tone-deaf - lines that are supposed to be tough guy lines from Woods and Baldwin are so over the top they're corny and I would either cringe or laugh at them.Well hey, what can ya do. This movie sucked but they can't all be good I guess. Watch Christine or another JC gem from the 80s instead :)Peace!
speal-12942
Good movie, great author. Sad he started writing so late and with such potential.Vampire$ is a really good book made into a decent Carpenter movie.It's just ... not ... Armor.And vampire effects are cheaper to produce than CGI space battles to tell a story.If someone ever manages to turn Armor into a movie ... well, we will probably already have 8 of The Sten Chronicles to view while anticipating an Armor movie.Until then, reading will always > watching.
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