I was watching this on sci-fi channel when I realized that it was not a vampire movie. There was a vampire king who looked like a zombie or something and wore a cloak!!!. Then the two security guards with the red eyes, that was pathetic, in the hour that i saw i only saw one mentioning of a cross and nothing else that would be used to kill a vampire. WTF is that all about???
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It's a vampire movie, just like any other vampire movie. The only difference with this film, and the others that you have watched before is that they keep changing the "Rules of Being a Vampire."
How is that different from any other vampire flicks that you've seen in the past?
Like Zombie flicks and other horror movies?
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"I was watching this on sci-fi channel when I realized that it was not a vampire movie. There was a vampire king who looked like a zombie or something and wore a cloak!!!. Then the two security guards with the red eyes, that was pathetic, in the hour that i saw i only saw one mentioning of a cross and nothing else that would be used to kill a vampire. WTF is that all about???"
You probably weren't paying much attention to the film, because there is a scene where Susan (Vanessa Angel) mentions *exactly* how one can kill a vampire: decapitation and/or staking. Remember when they're in the motel room and she has her anti-vampire kit?
As to the main vampire "looking like a zombie" - how many "zombies" have bat ears and long, sharp teeth?
Have you seen "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992)?
In recent years, the appearance of the vampire has become much more monsterous. Check out "Fright Night" (1985), "Fright Night, Part 2" (1989), the "From Dusk Till Dawn" trilogy (1996, 1999, 2000) , "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" TV series (1996-2003), etc.
The security guard guardians of the vampire is a riff found in many vampire films and stories.
They pretty much originate with the character of Renfield found in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, "Dracula". In more modern variations of this not-so-ancient-lore, these guardians serve a purpose - protecting the vampire's resting place in daylight hours from persons who wish to destroy the vampire.
They also feature demonic variants (hence, the red eyes thing in this movie) on the (usually hypnotised) human servant.
You can find variations of this in "Salem's Lot" (1979), "A Return to Salem's Lot" (1987), "Fright Night" (1985) and "Blade II" (2002) among others.
I think you're also associating *cinematic* zombie lore with proper zombie lore.
You see, zombie lore is derived from Haitian voodooism (we even get the word "zombie" from them too). Essentially, a zombie is a dead person enslaved by a bokor (an evil witchdoctor) who uses this person as a form of cheap labour.
These zombies do not even eat human flesh.
Watch "I Walked With a Zombie" (1943) - which depicts zombies far more closer to its original lore - and compare it to the "zombies" found in cinema now.
The whole thing about "zombies" biting other people and turning them into zombies as well, originates with Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" (1968). You will note that not even in the film are the "zombies" referred to as zombies. The closest thing they are given in name is "ghouls" (as in the line: "Kill the brain, and you kill the ghoul". They are also referred to as, "slow moving dead"). The "zombie" tag came later and is even embraced in the other films in the series.
But what's a "ghoul"?
According to Arabian folklore, a ghoul is a sort of demon that devours the flesh of the dead.
Oh, and at this point, I should mention that the depiction of Romero's "zombies" were actually influenced by a book written by Richard Matheson called, "I Am Legend" (1954).
What's it about?
A guy in a plague-ridden Los Angeles who barricades himself in his house against a horde of...
Vampires.
nice!
shareThere were a ton of vampires. I don't know what you're talking about.
And to quote Kevin Dillion:
"50"
"I thought you said 30"
"I don't know there was a lot of them"
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