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Vampires (1998)

Vampires poster
Directed by
John Carpenter
Genre
drama film, Western film, action film, horror film, adventure film, independent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 1,374 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A priest-trained vampire hunter named Jack Crow leads a team trying to stop a powerful ancient vampire from getting a special cross. They battle the undead and face betrayal from within the church.

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What happens

Vampires (also known as John Carpenter's Vampires) is a 1998 American horror-action film directed and scored by John Carpenter and starring James Woods. It was adapted from the novel Vampires by John Steakley. Woods stars as Jack Crow, the leader of a team of vampire hunters. After his parents were murdered by vampires, Crow was raised by the Catholic Church to become their "master slayer." The plot is centered on Crow's efforts to prevent a centuries-old cross from falling into the hands of Jan Valek (a reference to Valac, played by Thomas Ian Griffith), the first and most powerful of all vampires. The film also stars Daniel Baldwin as Tony Montoya, Crow's best friend and fellow hunter; Sheryl Lee as Katrina, a prostitute who has a psychic link to Valek after being bitten; Tim Guinee as Father Adam Guiteau; and Maximilian Schell as Cardinal Alba. The film was followed by two direct-to-video sequels, Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) and Vampires: The Turning (2005). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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