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Written by Melissa
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007 |
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Synopsis: A group of teenage vampires attempts to recruit a new member who is not quite so certain about the trouble he is getting into. Amazon.com This 1987 thriller was a predictable hit with the teen audience it worked overtime to attract. Like most of director Joel Schumacher's films, it's conspicuously designed to push the right marketing and demographic buttons, and granted, there's some pretty cool stuff going on here and there. Take Kiefer Sutherland, for instance. In Stand by Me he played a memorable bully, but here he goes one step further as a memorable bully vampire who leads a tribe of teenage vampires on their nocturnal spree of bloodsucking havoc. Jason Patric plays the new guy in town, who quickly attracts a lovely girlfriend (Jami Gertz), only to find that she might be recruiting him into the vampire fold. The movie gets sillier as it goes along, and resorts to a routine action-movie showdown, but it's a visual knockout (featuring great cinematography by Michael Chapman) and boasts a cast that's eminently able (pardon the pun) to sink their teeth into the best parts of an uneven screenplay. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description Strange events threaten an entire family when two brothers move with their divorced mother to a California town where the local teenage gang turns out to be a pack of vampires. Cast:
| Jason Patric | Michael | | Corey Haim | Sam | | Dianne Wiest | Lucy | | Corey Feldman | Edgar Frog | | Barnard Hughes | Grandpa | | Edward Herrmann | Max | | Kiefer Sutherland | David | | Jami Gertz | Star | | Jamison Newlander | Alan Frog | | Brooke McCarter (II) | Paul | | Billy Wirth | Dwayne | | Alex Winter | Marko | | Chance Michael Corbitt | Laddie | | Alexander Bacon Chapman | Greg | | Nori Morgan | Shelly |
DVD Features:
Full Frame Widescreen Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1 English Tags: director joel schumacher jason patric michael chapman joel schumacher teen audience kiefer sutherland jeff shannon right marketing california town jami gertz teenage gang mccarter amazon stand by me vampires cinematography bully knockout havoc two brothers vampires |