Vampires (DVD)

Ah, lesbian vampires. Is there any more welcome sight in a film than lesbian vampires? I think not. (Well, actually, a talking brain in a jar is good, as is a mischievous monkey wearing a fez, but lesbian vampires are certainly up there). I?m not sure exactly why lesbian vampires are so great. I can entirely understand the appeal of lesbians (in a soft core porn context, I obviously don?t intend to objectify or demean real life lesbians) - men like naked ladies, two naked ladies together is obviously twice as good, and if they?re fiddling about with each other, all the better. I also understand the appeal of vampires - they?re cool, ...  Read the complete review

John Carpenter is a director who has been knocking around the horror movie scene for pushing 25 years now, perhaps even longer. His biggest success to date would be the chilling(if now a little dated) Halloween which shot him to stardom back in the 80s, before such movies as The Thing marked him as one of horror’s most inventive and popular stars. Looking at his older movies its a real shame to be able to say that he hasn’t made anything good for around the last 10 years. Its not that you can say Halloween was a fluke, or that The Thing wasn’t filled with suspense etc. but rather that he is a director who has failed to move with the times, or inject ...  Read the complete review

John Carpenter 's return to the cinema is an adaption from a novel by John Steakley . The fact it is adapted from an original source shows; the plot is hastily revealed, the character development non-existent. However, the action, gore and SPFX more than make up for it. Carpenter has never shirked at showing gore, and there's no lack of it here. Jack Crow [James Woods] and his buddies stake a few pathetic specimens of vampiredom, and winch them into the sunlight. Not only is this an inventive way of dispatching a bad-guy [every Hollywood action pic needs at least one; there are actually specialist writers who earn a living thinking up such death ...  Read the complete review

I borrowed this movie off a mate some time ago, but never got around to watching it - it's been sitting on the shelf for weeks. However, finding ourselves at a bit of a loose end this evening, we decided to give it a go (after all, it is Halloween!) Jack Crow (James Woods) is the leader of a band of Vatican-sponsored "vampire slayers". As the film begins, the vampire hunters descend on a (seemingly) abandoned shack in the middle of nowhere, which is apparently the "base" of a "vampire master" and his associated "goons". After a few minutes of extreme gore and burning bodies (the preferred method of vampire execution ...  Read the complete review

It was quite a while ago when this was shown on TV, in fact it seems so long ago I can’t even remember when it was. I’m getting forgetful in my old age! :o) I watched the first 30 minutes of it or so and then decided to go to bed. However, in the name of dooyoo research I decided to record it and watch it later. So, about 2 months after recording it I got around to watching it. So, now I’m here, months later, reviewing it for you all! “Vampires” is more often referred to as “John Carpenter’s Vampires”. This point is quite important really because when it comes to searching for it on the internet ...  Read the complete review