Overrated and overhyped

Excellent, a Must See

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Viktoria (Marisa Ryan) and Alicia (Amy Jo Johnson) are `good' vampires and together with Darius (John Huertas) are close friends living in a coastal American city. When the newcomer Seth (Robert Floyd) arrives, he has a crush on Viktoria. Charles (Christopher Wiehl), a `bad' vampire, does not like the proximity of Seth and Viktoria, and decides to disturb Seth with his gang. A great surprise waits for Charles in the end of the plot. This story is not original, being a blending of `Near Dark', with `Lost Boys', plus `Angel' and `Buffy'. The result is not totally bad, but in the end, it is just a forgettable vampire movie. There is a scene, supposed to be funny, in the middle of the credits, when two guards find the remains full of blood of the two dead vampires. Why these vampires were not converted into dust? Further, why Viktoria was able to walk in the sun, only with minors burns? My vote is five.Title (Brazil): `Filhos das Trevas' (`Sons of the Darkness')

This is a really good movie. It was well written and directed, and for it's budget shot extremely well. The only downside to this movie is the acting is sometimes a little flat but not bad. The Special FX were decent except don't get this movie expeting a Gorefest. It is more of a character driven movie with less emphasis on the special FX, which by the way, Tom Savini consulted on. I honestly could have done without the Digital eye Fx but, oh well.And on one last note, this movie does not rip off Lost Boys. It has a similar setting and storyline and some inside jokes about the LOST BOYS, but it is not a rip-off. ***1/2 out of *****

After searching for this movie, I was more than happy to finally see iton cable. It's not bad. Without recapping the story again, I can tellyou that I liked this spin on the vampire genre. There was a real Gen-Xtype of love story in there. I did think, however, that it became verylong winded towards the end. And it's not that the writing is bad,there is just a lot of it. But just when I found my eyes starting todroop the action kicked in. Marisa Ryan does a fine job as the hardenedvampire with motherly notions. I thought that Christopher Wiehl and AmyJo Johnson really stuck out. Wiehl, as "Charles", was everything youlike in a bad guy: handsome, charming, manipulative and down right evil.Johnson, as "Alicia", was plain cute. She lit the screen up every timeshe was on, even when she was melting. Overall, I liked the movie. Andwhile Masciantonio's writing could have been cut down, I was impressedby the direction. *

I was bought this film for only £4 and even then I feel robbed. I have watched some poor films but this was quite one of the worst. I have never watched a film about depressed vampires before in my life was this some kind of spin to the old horror movie genre. It only goes to show that for every interview with the vampire there must be at least ten or so of these movies in creation. The best bit of this film was quite probably the end credits.