John Carpenter's Vampires

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Movie
German title John Carpenter's Vampires
Original title John Carpenter's Vampires
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1998
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director John Carpenter
script Don Jakoby
production Sandy King
music John Carpenter
camera Gary B. Kibbe
cut Edward A. Warschilka
occupation

Vampire is an American film from 1998 in which director John Carpenter mixed western and vampire or horror films . The plot is very loosely based on the novel Vampire $ by John Steakley .

In Germany, the FSK initially gave the film an age rating of 18 and over and was later indexed by the Federal Testing Agency for media harmful to minors . A version shortened by around 6 minutes was approved for people aged 16 and over. Indexing was lifted in 2018.

The film received two sequels: John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos from 2002 (which Carpenter was a producer ) and Vampires: The Turning (2005).

action

Jack Crow and his partner Montoya lead a group of professional vampire hunters . When the powerful vampire Valek kills their team, Crow is out for revenge. When he was called by his name while destroying his team at the Valek Motel , Crow now knows that there must be a traitor. He also learns from Cardinal Alba that Valek is planning to steal a relic that will enable him to work during the day.

Together with the inexperienced priest Adam Guiteau and the prostitute Katrina, who was bitten by Valek and soon threatens to become a vampire herself, Crow sets out on the hunt for Valek. While staying in a hotel, Montoya is bitten by Katrina, but this is hidden from Crow. While searching for him, Crow discovers that Valek, who has now taken possession of the relic, is always one step ahead of them. After a confrontation with Cardinal Alba it turns out that he allied himself with Valek in order to gain eternal life with his help, and that he also betrayed Crow and his people.

Alba and Valek then capture Crow and begin the ritual that would make Valek invincible. But they are disturbed by Montoya and Guiteau, who drive away the assembled vampires and kill Cardinal Alba. Valek flees to a barn, where he is ultimately killed by Crow after a long fight.

In the end, Crow lets his bitten partner go along with Katrina before he starts the hunt for the rest of Valek's gang with Guiteau and promises Montoya not to start the hunt for both of them until after a period of two days, da Montoya Crow had saved his life twice in the last fight against Valek, even though he was already infected as a vampire.

criticism

Lexicon of international film : “A bombastic genre mix of horror film and western, overloaded with references, quotations and references, which are contrasted with drastic, extensively celebrated splatter scenes. After the spectacular opening sequence, however, the film is unable to give the genre any new impulses and, above all, lacks any hint of humor and self-irony. "

Awards

The film received a Saturn Award in 1999 in the categories of Best Actor (James Woods), Best Make-up and Best Music Ever . Sheryl Lee was nominated for an award for Best Supporting Actress .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ schnittberichte.com, accessed on September 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ John Carpenter's Vampires. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used