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The subversive, super-hip television show Buffy, the Vampire Slayer has changed the bloodsucking genre forever. Hilariously campy and self-aware, the show cleverly sends up every exhausted convention the vampire genre has to offer. It was only a matter of time before someone tried translating the same tone to the big screen (the Buffy film failed miserably before becoming a show). As written by Matthew Bright ( Freeway ) and directed by Richard Elfman ( Forbidden Zone ), the silly and seditious Modern Vampires tries a similar tongue-in-cheek approach, flipping the focus instead to the vampires. Sure, it's shameless, it's cheesy, but it's also much more entertaining than, say, the heavy-handed Blade . The filmmakers set the genre piece in Los Angeles, a city cynical and violent enough to allow vampires to roam without much notice. The Hollywood lifestyle has influenced these vampires, though, as they stage elaborate parties where nude humans are kept in cages and carted out for main courses ("Is he Italian? I was wanting Italian tonight!"), as well as feast on the likes of screenwriters, producers, and entertainment lawyers (talk about bloodsuckers). In terms of plot, not much is going on here. A very serious and driven Dr.Frederick Van Helsing (Rod Steiger) arrives in L.A., from Germany, in search of Dallas (Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers ), a vampire who turned his son 20 years ago. Needing a partner, Van Helsing puts out an ad and picks up a Crips gangster member named Time Bomb (Gabriel Casseus), creating perhaps the goofiest vampire-hunting tag team in film history. "Do you believe in vampires?" Van Helsing first asks his young partner. "As long as you're writing the checks, I'll take out anyone," he replies. Steiger is wonderfully over the top (think Donald Pleasance in any of the Halloween sequels), and Elfman fills his vampire cast with other notable charismatic character actors, including Kim Cattrall ( Sex and the City ), Natasha Gregson Wagner (humorous as a trailer-trash vamp), and Udo Kier. Stra
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User Reviews for Modern Vampires

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  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: June 14 2010 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    about a vamp that is a trouble maker and picks up another one that he made and tries t stop the dracula himself.

    Funny

    ...About a vamp that is a trouble maker and picks up another one that he made and tries t stop the Dracula himself. Lots of boobs but that's it swearing too, but that's normal. read more

  • Star FullStar EmptyStar EmptyStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: November 1 2008 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    the acting is so bad it's actually painful in some scenes.

    ...The acting is so bad it's actually painful in some scenes. The wild cat sounds when some of the vampires attack? And the whole "gangbanger/crip" theme, turning the whole thing into a "white vampir ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: August 10 2008 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    there are some nice features - the trailer, biographies to the main actors (you get a lot informations about them with this dvd), a commentary (which i haven't tried yet) and a interesting, partly funny behind-the-scenes-featurette.

    ...The sound on the last mentioned is not so great, but as it is only a feature I think it's OK. If you like trashy vampire-movies with real modern vampires you should definitivly check this DVD out ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: August 10 2008 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    there are some nice features - the trailer, biographies to the main actors (you get a lot informations about them with this dvd), a commentary (which i haven't tried yet) and a interesting, partly funny behind-the-scenes-featurette.

    if you like trash, you gotta love it...

    ...The sound on the last mentioned is not so great, but as it is only a feature I think it's OK.If you like trashy vampire-movies with real modern vampires you should definitivly check this DVD out - ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: July 8 2007 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    it's funny to listen to the actors try to talk with their fake vampire fangs on.

    Campy fun

    ...Dracula is in modern day Los Angeles and is trying to control all the vampires living in the city. Campy fun with not much of a plot. It's funny to listen to the actors try to talk with their fake ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar FullStar Full Posted: March 9 2007 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    it's just a lot of fun.

    Awesome!

    ...This movie is absolutely hilarious! It's fun the whole way through! I make all my friends watch it. It's just a lot of fun. read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: October 22 2006 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    if you are hoping for a good serious vampire movie, forget it.

    ...The first half was hilarious, and then went downhill. It is sort of a vampire soap opera, with shezbot for action and plenty of totally tasteles ... ersive experience of vampirism as a "life" sty ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: October 22 2006 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    if you are hoping for a good serious vampire movie, forget it.

    ...The first half was hilarious, and then went downhill. It is sort of a vampire soap opera, with shezbot for action and plenty of totally tasteles ... bsolutely stunning in this shaggy dog of a mov ... read more

  • Star FullStar FullStar FullStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: October 22 2006 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    if you are hoping for a good serious vampire movie, forget it.

    ...The first half was hilarious, and then went downhill. It is sort of a vampire soap opera, with shezbot for action and plenty of totally tasteles ... absolutely stunning in this shaggy dog of a mo ... read more

  • Star FullStar EmptyStar EmptyStar EmptyStar Empty Posted: October 15 2006 review from Amazon User
    Pros & Cons :
    the worst thing about this movie (and boy was it hard, in a movie this bad, to find a thing i hated more than everything else) was that many of the vampires had tans.

    ...The worst thing about this movie (and boy was it hard, in a movie this bad, to find a thing I hated more than everything else) was that many of the vampires had tans. And not only did they have ta ... read more

Product Specs for Modern Vampires

Actor: Natalya Andrejchenko (II) Gabriel Casseus Kim Cattrall Craig Ferguson Natasha Gregson Wagner
Format: Color Dolby DVD-Video Full Screen NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Category: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Product Group: DVD
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 1999-10-19
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Running Time: 95 (minutes)
DVDSides: 1
DVDLayers: 1
Part Number: 06635367
UPC: 658149734524
ASIN: 6305588236

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