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Vampires (1998)

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Reviews Counted:38

Fresh:13

Rotten:25

Average Rating:5/10

Consensus: Nothing but one showdown after another.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Prolific director John Carpenter takes on the vampire genre in his action-horror film VAMPIRES. Bitter, tough-as-nails vampire hunter Jack Crow (James Woods) leads a specialized team, funded by no... Prolific director John Carpenter takes on the vampire genre in his action-horror film VAMPIRES. Bitter, tough-as-nails vampire hunter Jack Crow (James Woods) leads a specialized team, funded by no less than the Vatican, that is dedicated to destroying the race of vampires that inhabit the earth. The team is successful, and becomes lazy in its success, eventually falling victim to an elaborate ambush set up by a powerful master vampire. Crow and two others of his team are the only survivors, and are determined to get revenge for the massacre. Carpenter takes the genre to new heights with powerful action scenes, nifty vampire-killing weapons and great special effects. James Woods is wonderfully over the top as the head vampire hunter who has no love for the Vatican and a mysterious past that is never far behind him. VAMPIRES is based on the book by John Steakley, adapted for the screen by Don Jakoby. The score is creepy and powerful, a typical characteristic for a Carpenter film. [More]

Starring: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith

Starring: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Tim Guinee, Maximilian Schell, Mark Boone, Frank Darabont, Marjean Holden, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Thomas Rosales

Director: John Carpenter

Director: John Carpenter
Screenwriter: Don Jakoby
Producer: Sandy King
Composer: John Carpenter

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Rob Gonsalves

Grungy, disreputable fun -- the kind of blood-and-tequila western that can only be made nowadays when disguised as a horror movie.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Combustible Celluloid

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Chuck O'Leary

Woods is entertaining as badass vampire hunter Jack Crow, but the meanness he exhibits toward his young priest assistant is offensive and completely unnecessary. Still, this is Carpenter's best film since the 1980s ended.

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Dragan Antulov

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James Sanford

The movie is basically one-note: A vampire is harpooned and dragged out into the daylight where the body instantly explodes into flames. Creativity in action, for sure.

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Susan Tavernetti

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Margaret A. McGurk

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