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4.1/10   428 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Nicolas Falacci (screenplay)
Nicolas Falacci (story)
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Genre:
Tagline:
Pray for dawn. more
Plot:
A schoolteacher teams up with with a priest to stop a town being overrun by vampires. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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Not great but worth a 3 AM viewing more (24 total)

Cast

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Karen Black ... Karen Thompson

Peter DeLuise ... Mark Gardner

Ami Dolenz ... Lucy Barrett
Maya McLaughlin ... Cindy Thompson
Evan MacKenzie ... Frank Aldin

David Sawyer ... Czakyr
Shirley Spiegler Jacobs ... Grandma
Josette DiCarlo ... Officer Gates
Lloyd J. Kalicki ... Billy
Daniel Arthur Wray ... Doc Fisher
Roger Perkovich ... Gus Willman
Ray Maurin ... Mayor Horton
Stacy Montezon ... Jessica
Bekki Vallin ... Jessica's Mom
Butch Mounce ... The Milkman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for horror violence and language.
Runtime:
92 min
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Jessica's Mother: This is blasphemous literature! I'd rather Jessica be illiterate than to have her reading about defiant, perverse, Godless souls! more

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Not great but worth a 3 AM viewing, 4 January 2006
5/10
Author: Duncan_Idaho64 from United States

This movie is by no means at the top of its genre. In fact the genre may have been better off if this movie hadn't been made. That said it is a fun movie (I should mention that I am one of those people that can enjoy a bad movie all the while knowing it's a horrible film). I first saw it on Sci-Fi channel at 3 AM and then a few months later saw it in the same time slot again. I watched it in its entirety straight through and enjoyed both viewings.

The story is by no means completely hole-free; a lot of the plot involves suspending not only disbelief but also a fair bit of common sense. The acting was definitely B-movie grade but not horrible. The cinematography is also a bit lacking, it feels like the director was trying tell too much of the story with his camera angles and lighting (possibly because of the lack of range of emotions most of the actors seem able to display).

All in all I recommend this movie as certainly better than anything else that you are likely to see in its timeslot. It is worth a look if you really like horror movies no matter how bad, or are in the mood for a fun, bad movie.

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