John Carpenter's Vampires ditches all the goth and drama of the genre for a pulpy, no-nonsense, slay-some-bloodsuckers affair. And while the horror western essentially broke even at the domestic box office, it made money overseas and was a reportedly $40 million hit on video. But critics were mixed, and the film has some uncomfortable baggage. Join me for this discussion of the film's strengths and weaknesses, why it divides the Carpenter fanbase, and its lasting legacy. Directed by Joh...
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John Carpenter's Vampires ditches all the goth and drama of the genre for a pulpy, no-nonsense, slay-some-bloodsuckers affair. And while the horror western essentially broke even at the domestic box office, it made money overseas and was a reportedly $40 million hit on video. But critics were mixed, and the film has some uncomfortable baggage. Join me for this discussion of the film's strengths and weaknesses, why it divides the Carpenter fanbase, and its lasting legacy. Directed by Joh...
Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers (2002) is an action/horror movie that really gets the slash part of the equation correct. Well balanced between the two genres, this lower-budget British film is about a squad of soldiers squaring off against a pack of bloodthirsty werewolves. It ditches the melodrama of many werewolf films, focusing on intense firefights and close-quarters battles instead of the curse of existing only to transform and kill every full moon. A cult classic in many circles, th...
Not Now in Theaters
John Carpenter's Vampires ditches all the goth and drama of the genre for a pulpy, no-nonsense, slay-some-bloodsuckers affair. And while the horror western essentially broke even at the domestic box office, it made money overseas and was a reportedly $40 million hit on video. But critics were mixed, and the film has some uncomfortable baggage. Join me for this discussion of the film's strengths and weaknesses, why it divides the Carpenter fanbase, and its lasting legacy. Directed by Joh...
