| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Brandon Herring |
| John Carpenter directed this stylish and gory vampire flick to which has it's
good side and it's bad. It's held up by some good performances and dazzling
special effects leading up to an ending that's pretty satisfying. James Woods
gives an outstanding...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| Jack Crow (James Woods) is a professional vampire slayer that is secretly
working for the Vatican. His and his men's mission is to clean the earth
from vampires. They have lost count of how many vampires they have
slaughtered, but one has always escaped...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| Jack Crow (James Woods) is a professional vampire slayer that is secretly
working for the Vatican. His and his men's mission is to clean the earth
from vampires. They have lost count of how many vampires they have
slaughtered, but one has always escaped...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Aaron Michaels |
| Directed by John Carpenter. Written by Don Jakoby. Based on the novel
Vampire$ by John Steakley. Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R (for
strong vampire violence and gore, language and sexuality). more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Fox Davidson |
| Wow, the vampires in Vampires are some slick cats! Not only do that dress
like they just got sucked by one of their mates during a fashion show, but they
can leap great lengths and rip apart a man's abdomen with one hand, in graphic,
gory manner....more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Simon Calloway |
| Vampires is one of the slickest vampire movies to come out of Hollywood is
quite some time. In fact, I would even go as far to say it is one of the most
entertaining; it ranks right up there behind Interview With the Vampire (1994)
and the original...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by James Brundage |
| I'm a child of the 80s. I like my horror movies, and I like them cheesy.
They're not scary to me, they're excuses to get a little closer with my
girlfriend, they're ways to enjoy sick comedy in the theatre while the idiot
girl's getting gutted. They're...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| Hot on the heels of Blade, we are treated to another vampire-slayer
tale, this time from director John Carpenter. While not one of his best
directoral efforts, there are enough scares in John Carpenter's Vampires
to please the casual moviegoer. more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by John Carpenter.
Cast: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith,
Maximillian Schell, Tom Guinee.
1998 - 105 minutes.
Rated R (for violence, profanity, gore, nudity, and sexual situations).
Reviewed October 31, 1998. more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Justin Felix |
| JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES (1998)
A film review by Justin Felix.
Copyright 1998 Justin Felix.
All of my film reviews are archived at
http://us.imdb.com/M/reviews_by?Justin+Felix
This review also appears in the Shrubbery...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| Cast: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Tim
Guinee, Maximilian Schell
Director: John Carpenter
Producer: Sandy King
Screenplay: Don Jakoby based on the novel "Vampire$" by John Steakley more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Mark O'Hara |
| I could have done with a dozen fewer graphic and inventively twisted
murders on screen. OK - the severed heads didn't look all that
realistic, and John Carpenter sometimes goes so over-the-top with the
violence that I found myself chuckling at the...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| Don’t let the title fool you -- Vampires is not a horror film. Vampires is
a Western set in modern times where the good guys carry big silver
crossbows and the bad guys wear long incisors. Plotless and mindless,
Vampires is proof that a good director,...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| John Carpenter's vision of the undead is very lively in his latest film
entitled 'Vampires'. The film is based on the novel 'Vampire$' by John
Steakley and is written for the screen by Don Jakoby. In the ads for
the film, it is labeled John Carpenter's...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 2.0 stars (out of 4.0)
********************************
Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: There is an intriguing story about
the relation between vampires and the Catholic
Church in VAMPIRES, but it is pushed to the
background so that John Carpenter can try to outdo
other vampire...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Allan Woodward |
| I want to say this at the outset: I think John Carpenter is a genius.
Anyone who could almost single-handedly create the modern horror film
(Halloween), entertain with an action movie while, at the same time,
infusing that action with a decidedly...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by R. L. Strong |
| John Carpenter's VAMPIRES
James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee,
Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell, Tim Guinee
Executive Producer: Barr B. Potter Original music by John Carpenter
Cinematography by Gary B. Kibbe Costume Design by Robin...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Serdar Yegulalp |
| John Carpenter is a mainstream director who has made some of the most
gleefully subversive big-budget movies around. He made the original
HALLOWEEN, which all by itself is redemption enough, but he also made THE
THING, THEY LIVE, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Craig Roush |
| Release Date: October 30, 1998
Starring: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith,
Tim Guinee, Maximilian Schell
Directed by: John Carpenter
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment
MPAA Rating: R (strong...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| The major release this Halloween is this film based on the John
Steakley-penned novel Vampire$ starring the ever-intense James Woods,
and directed by the man who brought us real fright in THE THING (8/10)
and real fun in BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: John Carpenter
Cast: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Tim
Guinee, Maximilian Schell
Screenplay: John Carpenter, Don Jakoby, Dan Mazur
Producers: Sandy King
Runtime: 104 min.
US Distribution: ...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| John Carpenter, the master of horror flicks, including the original
HALLOWEEN, is back with an impressive and surprisingly good picture,
which modestly goes by the full title of JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES. more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Victory Marasigan |
| "It was not scary." These are the first words that came to mind after it
was over. When a movie is called _Vampires_, "not scary" aren't words
that should be associated with it. But that wasn't my only gripe. John
Carpenter is a name associated with...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES
(Columbia)
Starring: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith,
Tim Guinee, Maximilian Schell.
Screenplay: Don Jakoby, based on the novel _Vampire$_ by John Steakley.
Producer: Sandy King.
Director: John...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| In 1988, killer doll Chucky made his splash in _Child's_Play_; in 1978,
director John Carpenter burst onto the horror scene with _Halloween_. Ten
and twenty years later, respectively, neither Chucky's novelty nor
Carpenter's horror skill have aged very...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| John Carpenter's Vampires (1998)
James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Tim Guinee,
Maximilian Schell, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Mark Boone Jr., Thomas Rosales,
Frank Darabont, Anita Hart, Henry Kingi, Gregory Sierra. Screenplay by...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "John Carpenter's VAMPIRES" (Columbia Pictures)
Taking his cue from "William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet" and
"Bram Stoker's Dracula," John Carpenter includes himself in the title,
which is an indication of how...more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Columbia Pictures/ Largo Entertainment
Director: John Carpenter
Writer: Don Jakovy
Cast: John Carpenter, James Woods, Daniel Baldwin,
Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell more |
| John Carpenter's Vampires Review |
| by Tom Alaerts |
| Vampires (1998, USA, Largo Entertainment, 103 min.)
director/composer: John Carpenter
script: John Carpenter, Don Jacobi, Dan Mazur
actors: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith,
Mamilian Schell
rating: >= 12 years (in France)
some...more |
