Children of the Night
by Tony Randel
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Actor: Ami Dolenz, Evan MacKenzie, Karen Black, Maya McLaughlin, Peter DeLuiseDirector: Tony Randel
Brand: Sony
Writer: Tony Randel
Producer: Christopher Webster
Writer: Christopher Webster
Producer: Damon Santostefano
Producer: Howard Nash
Writer: Nicolas Falacci
Writer: William Hopkins
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-08-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Children of the Night
Movie Review: 5 stars may be decieving
Summary: 5 Stars
i've watched a lot of horror films. vampire films are usually boring and predictable. i consider the three best vampire films to be: 'dracula' 1932- i think- [with bela], the original 'nosferatu', and 'abbot and costello meet dracula' [or maybe it was frankenstein] but once again bela was in it. '30 days of night' was not bad.
'children of the night' is the best vampire movie that i've ever seen through the first 75% to 80% of the film. then it drops to all of the usual predictability. maybe the original writer died before he could finsh the script. there is a- swimming though a crypt scene [like a baptism to wash off the 'filth' of the town before you leave for college] which is absolutely great. the suspense to see what is being kept in a bedroom on the second floor of the preist's house is really cool. then the- karen black and her daughter- is totally spectacular. the punk that is the vampire's familiar is a little unexpected but very nice.
it's an infestation of a town due to nature releasing the trapped vampire. [much like the book 'salem's lot] and the infestation follows with it's cancer like spreading. but the last 20% to 25% is just the 'same old...' predictablity.
in my opinion: when it comes to vampire movies: 'children of the night' gets five stars for the first 75% to 80% and three stars for 20% to 25%. and that's about 4 and 3/4 stars. rounding off that's 5 stars. most of it is so good.
Summary of Children of the Night
A chilling horror film about a town stalked by a vampire! When a vampire is released from his long imprisonment in a crypt, the unsuspecting town becomes the target of his unearthly blood lust. One by one, the entire population becomes either vampire or helpless victim. Stars Karen Black (House of 1000 Corpses), Peter DeLuise (TV?s "21 Jump Street") and Ami Dolenz (She?s Out of Control).Similar DVD Movies
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