Children of the Night (1991)
In the quiet little town of Allburg, friends Lucy and Cindy are on the verge of going away to college when they partake in a cleansing ritual by swimming in an abandoned church crypt. After Lucy accidentally drops her crucifix in the water, it drifts down and awakens the ancient vampire Czakyr, who becomes thirsty for Lucy's virgin blood.
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A complete waste of time. Bad story and poor acting and about as much suspense as watching paint dry. Pass on this one. I usually watch most horror pictures as I've been a big horror movie fan all my life. But, this one with the Mother and daughter locked up and Priest blaming himself for the Mother curse and feeding the daughter slugs and the Mother biting her own daughter neck and drinking her blood after she's eaten the slugs. Yuk!!!! I've seen better special effects in most High school play production. The overall movie shows they didn't have much of a budget on this one and I can't believe Peter Deluise wastes his time with this one. Karen Black I can believe as she's done more then her share of turkeys over the years.
Way below average horror flick, with some fair acting and somewhat better F/X. Most of the make-up is horrid. A young girl breaks away from her grandmother's house where she says she was held captive. The whole town turns out to be full of vampires. If you like your horror predictable and bland, sink your teeth into this vampire tale. Cast includes: Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz, Garrett Morris and Karen Black. Not the best; not the worst.
This is not a bad horror film, but it's nothing special, either. Very derivative and ordinary, it produces more yucks (thanks to gruesome special effects) than scares. As for Karen Black, she has come a long way since Hitchcock's "Family Plot", that's for sure! (*1/2)
I really do love vampire movies. I think I have seen most of all the vampire movies. Karen Black is an excellent actor. However, you can only do so much for a movie with cheesy make-up. Karen Black's was the cheesiest make-up job I have ever seen. To sum up the movie, I have to say this was one of the worst vampire movies I have ever witnessed. Under the circumstances of bad writing, the acting job this cast turned in was actually pretty good. I could not figure out how one of the girls gets vamped, takes it home to her mother, then her mother proceeds to feed off of her. Shouldn't that be the other way around? A bit confusing, but Garrett Morris did a superb job in trying to explain stuff. Amy Dolenz was enjoyable as the token virgin. Cannot recommend the movie unless you only get one station on your television and you have no other choice.