Heading through the countryside on their honeymoon, a young couple stranded at a desolate inn find a local's welcoming château hides a coven of vampire followers who he intends to add with her presence forcing him to fight them to regain her and stop the creatures.
This here was a somewhat decent entry in the genre. The film's best part is the opening, which is classic as the funerary procession done in Latin through the foggy graveyard is quite impressive and soon turns over into the staking which is a gruesome twist that is nicely done, the blood flow from the coffin is all the better and makes the event seem all the more creepy and impressive. That it segues into a nice scene where a couple is attacked by a supernatural wind-gust while out in the woods, featuring all manner of howling winds and perfectly-timed-to-just-miss branches in their path allows for a grand opening that works well. There's tons of good stuff as well with how this one builds upon the mystery about the inhabitants of the castle and their secret group, as the events of their first encounter over dinner meeting everyone with just an air of strangeness to them before it starts in on the wonderfully well-done change-over of her being tricked into going with their intentions over him and aided nicely with the efforts of those around to further their ruse. That carries nicely from the rather nicely done costume party, which here comes across as something that is really interesting and fun, features some really great action and suspense into it that holds this up and the subsequent rescue provides plenty of fun and surprises, most notably the different attempts that it uses is something to enjoy. The last part that works here is the ending, as not only is the main attack using black magic and necromancy a novel take on the genre that's something to enjoy, but the vampire bat attack on the congregation is a lot of fun, especially as it's a long, drawn-out battle that has a lot of good stuff to it seeing the bats fly around the large, lavish castle feeding on the cult. It's really a lot of fun, and helps to make the film interesting, but it does have a few problems. The main one here is the lethargic and absolutely maddening pace this employs to get absolutely anywhere. The fact that the vampire cult is introduced at the very end, then gets rushed through to provide the climax is something just proves that there's some really huge faults with how this one is paced. It's not that there's an eternity that happens between something, but it's also the fact that it feels the need to do so with nary any form of excitement passed along through the event. That's the main fault in here with that, since it manages to make the events seem unimportant and it's just a really terrible feel to have from a film. As well, the set-up is a little clichéd, and this results in the film also giving off a really familiar feel that can ruin it by not having the best feeling when repeated viewing. The main thing, though, is the fact that this one is just super-slow and really dull.
Today's Rating/PG: Violence.
This here was a somewhat decent entry in the genre. The film's best part is the opening, which is classic as the funerary procession done in Latin through the foggy graveyard is quite impressive and soon turns over into the staking which is a gruesome twist that is nicely done, the blood flow from the coffin is all the better and makes the event seem all the more creepy and impressive. That it segues into a nice scene where a couple is attacked by a supernatural wind-gust while out in the woods, featuring all manner of howling winds and perfectly-timed-to-just-miss branches in their path allows for a grand opening that works well. There's tons of good stuff as well with how this one builds upon the mystery about the inhabitants of the castle and their secret group, as the events of their first encounter over dinner meeting everyone with just an air of strangeness to them before it starts in on the wonderfully well-done change-over of her being tricked into going with their intentions over him and aided nicely with the efforts of those around to further their ruse. That carries nicely from the rather nicely done costume party, which here comes across as something that is really interesting and fun, features some really great action and suspense into it that holds this up and the subsequent rescue provides plenty of fun and surprises, most notably the different attempts that it uses is something to enjoy. The last part that works here is the ending, as not only is the main attack using black magic and necromancy a novel take on the genre that's something to enjoy, but the vampire bat attack on the congregation is a lot of fun, especially as it's a long, drawn-out battle that has a lot of good stuff to it seeing the bats fly around the large, lavish castle feeding on the cult. It's really a lot of fun, and helps to make the film interesting, but it does have a few problems. The main one here is the lethargic and absolutely maddening pace this employs to get absolutely anywhere. The fact that the vampire cult is introduced at the very end, then gets rushed through to provide the climax is something just proves that there's some really huge faults with how this one is paced. It's not that there's an eternity that happens between something, but it's also the fact that it feels the need to do so with nary any form of excitement passed along through the event. That's the main fault in here with that, since it manages to make the events seem unimportant and it's just a really terrible feel to have from a film. As well, the set-up is a little clichéd, and this results in the film also giving off a really familiar feel that can ruin it by not having the best feeling when repeated viewing. The main thing, though, is the fact that this one is just super-slow and really dull.
Today's Rating/PG: Violence.