SparkMore
n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.
dlbhina
I have seen this twice looking for sarcasm but can't find any. How often do you see acetylene torches on each vampire's arm that shoot flames out about 6 feet before bursting? The idea was to have the vampire burn up in the sunlight but instead it looks like a training film for a moon landing. This amateurish low-budget poorly directed bomb is a disappointment.James Woods gives a typical wooden(sic) performance. Towards the end of the film he confesses to Tim Guinee that his father killed his mother and he killed his father - without so much a an eye blink. Awful. Sheryl Lee is as beautiful a victim as one can find, but her attempts at convulsing are laughable. She is misdirected. Daniel Baldwin is miscast and plays a clunky sidekick, also a wooden performance.All in all an amateurish, poorly cast failure.
ivo-cobra8
John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) is very underrated vampire horror slasher action movie that I love it to death! This movie is so underrated and it doesn't deserve all the hate! I love vampire films and this is one of them, that I just love to death! Vampires (1998) is one of my favorite horror flicks. And I think with Prince of Darkness, The Fog and Escape from L.A is very underrated films, some people think it is just an Action Film some people think it is just an Sci-Fi film about Vampires. Well it is not! It is a horror film about immortal Vampires fight against Evil VS. Good. An Ultimate battle. Also the film is worth of watch because it is fun on all the actors had with their roles.James Woods was perfect as sardonic, illusion-free Crow and his brushing "campiness" with the tip of a finger, yet withdrawing just in time, is priceless. Daniel Baldwin makes the most of his character's arc, nicely underplaying his role, while he still manages to convey Montoya's journey by minimal changes of expression or voice. The final scene couldn't have been done any better. Sheryl Lee gives what I consider one of the strongest supports I've seen in quite a few years, whether by male or female actors, especially when you count in the scarcity of means she's handed over. Ian Griffith had several fine moments and the entire supporting cast was refreshing in their non-Hollywoody realistic, natural look and acting. The overall impression was of people enjoying what they're expertly doing. I know that From Dusk Till Down and Blade are the most overrated Vampire films, but John Carpenter's Vampires are very underrated.I disagree with all of the haters of this film, if you are a true Vampire fan like me, you will enjoy this film. The saddest thing is that this film got two awful sequels who really both sucked with all the new cast in them. So don't say this is the most awful john Carpenter movie which is not!!!!!!! I have enjoyed this film more than I did They Live, Village of the Damned, In The Mouth of Madness and Christine those movies to me are all overrated this one isn't. After Vampires is the last good John Carpenter film. Ghosts of Mars and The Ward are just terrible movies and they are not good at all.This is a classic scary movie! Another great John Carpenter film! I love this movie and it will always be favorite best one and not only because is John Carpenter film, but because it is a Vampire flick and I just love Vampire movies to death! Fright Night (1985), The Lost Boys (1987), Fright Night (2011)-remake and Vampires (1998) are just my favorite Vampire horror movies! The main plot about this film: In the blood-chilling tradition of Halloween and Village of the Damned comes John Carpenter's unique vision of the ultimate killing machines, VAMPIRES. "Forget everything you've ever heard about vampires," warns Jack Crow (James Woods), the leader of Team Crow, a relentless group of mercenary vampire slayers. When Master Vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith) decimates Jack's entire team, Crow and the sole team survivor, Montoya (Daniel Baldwin), set out in pursuit. Breaking all the rules, Crow and Montoya take one of Valek's victims hostage. The beautiful but unlucky prostitute (Sheryl Lee) is their sole psychic link to Valek, and through her senses they will track down the leader of the undead. As Valek nears the climax of his 600-year search for the Berziers Cross, Jack and the new Team Crow do everything humanly possible to prevent him from possessing the only thing that can grant him and all vampires the omnipotent power to walk in the daylight.I am giving this film a 10/10 because it doesn't deserve all the hate from fans and critics!!! Vampires, also known as John Carpenter's Vampires, is a 1998 American western-horror film directed and scored by John Carpenter. Adapted from the novel Vampire$ by John Steakley, the film stars James Woods as Jack Crow, leader of a Catholic Church-sanctioned team of vampire hunters.10/10 Score: A Studio: Film Office, JVC Entertainment Networks, Largo Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Starring: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell Director John Carpenter Producer: Sandy King Screenplay: Don Jakoby Based on Vampire$ by John Steakley Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 48 Mins. Budget: $20.000.000 Box Office: $51.3.000.000
jessegehrig
Unoriginal macho energy plus cliché vampire crap equals a terrible movie. I guess its not the worst movie ever, so that is a sort of achievement. I think I saw at the beginning of the movie, Vampires is based on a book. I really wonder what that book is gotta be like. The actors cast are talented, but the dialog is silly. John Carpenter can be a great director of movies, also John Carpenter can be a mediocre director of movies, this would be the latter. Mainly the problem is the plot, it's a childlike good guys versus bad guys action bore. It's an "R" rated movie for twelve year old boys. It has no depth, it has no imagery that is memorable, even the action scenes are unremarkable. Snore.
