Soul's Midnight (2006)

In 1975, a pregnant woman escapes alone from a dangerous sect that worships St. George in Guthrie, Texas, protected by her husband that shoots against the masked members. Thirty years later, her son Charles Milford (Robert Floyd) receives his will and a letter calling him for the funeral of his father, and he travels with his pregnant wife Alicia (Elizabeth Bennett) back to Guthrie. They lodge in a fancy hotel owned by Simon (Armand Assante) and they are introduced to his mistress Iris (Lucila Solá) in the Eve of St Geoge Festival. Sooner they discover that Charles is a descendant of St. George and the blood of his unborn baby is necessary to resurrect the leader of a vampire community."Soul's Midnight" is a reasonable low-budget vampire movie. The promising story has a stylish set decoration in the interior of the hotel and a very sexy unknown actress, the Argentinian Lucila Solá. Unfortunately the "hero" is a silly character and probably due to the restraint of budget, there are many situations not well resolved and the city looks like a ghost town without dwellers. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "O Sacrifício do Mal" ("The Sacrifice of the Evil")

Soul's Midnight stars Armande Assante (Simon) who stared in "The Mambo Kings" and Elizabeth Bennett (Alicia Milford). Together with Sexy vampire vixen, Lucila Sola (Iris), Simon lures pregnant Alicia and her husband Charles into the netherworld of Soul's Midnight. Assante sinks his fangs into the script by writers Brian and Jason Cleveland and you enjoy watching him and Iris kill. Alicia and Charles (Robert Floyd) try to stay alive while gore keeps your lust for blood sated.(spoiler alert) In today's jaded landscape, it comes as no surprise that a back-stabbing preacher gets bitten. Set looks cool – lots of detail at the Borgo Hotel and cool special effects at the end. I had a lot of fun watching this movie – it doesn't take itself too seriously and looks great.

As a huge fan of horror, I had given up on the vampire sub-genre due to the fact that in most vampire flicks the vampire has become feminine and non-threatening, benign and basically weak. This was the attitude I brought to a viewing of Soul's Midnight and I am happy to say that the vampires in this film at least have the hunger to kill old ladies and sacrifice babies! Armand Assante, one of my favorite actors of all time, was born to play the charming vampire with savage intensity. Another thing that interested me is that the central location is the Borgo Hotel. That is cool because (and I went back to my high school copy to look this up) in Dracula, the Borgo Pass is where Jonathan Harker must pass to get to Dracula's castle.Finally, my hats off to whoever made the decision to make the creature a real effect and not a darn CGI! That's the one thing great about many low-budget movies, they cannot afford the garbage computer effects that plague many Hollywood monstrosities.Bottom line...this is better than Underworld for sure, especially if you are a vampire purest. Cheers, JA

It was neat to see a film made here in my state, by people from my state (along with some bigger name actors like Armand Assante). I think they had a good idea going, with the St. George thing and all... but the movie just wasn't very coherent from scene to scene and some stuff was just really illogical.Now, saying this, there were some nice bits of acting and some really intense scenes. This movie would almost fit in the "B" movie category for the way it all comes together.This movie is okay. If you're from Oklahoma and you're pretty bored, you might enjoy it.