Out for Blood

Easily the worst vampire-flick I've ever seen. Hammy-acting, a plot that just had to be written by an 8-year old -> or better yet -> his imaginary friend. They throw in tons of cliché-filled drivel that makes me think that the "decent vampire flick" genre is now a thing of the past.

Don't even get me started about blood-stains that mysteriously vanish (I wanted to poke myself with a pencil through my eyes during the final scene!)

What were they thinking when they made this? Even porno has more congruent story lines!!!

Sci-Fi!!! What has become of you lately?

A cop investigating a series of disappearances links them too an abandon building where a cult of vampires are living in the basement. Naturally, his captain doesn't believe him, so it's up to him—and his ex-wife, a vampire novelist—to stop the bloodsuckers before they can kill more people. An average entry in the vampire sub-genre. Acting wasn't as bad as I feared (Lance Henrikson, a wonderful actor in this viewer's opinion, steals the show with his usual straight-faced delivery), the script has its moments (wisely writer/director Richard Brandes never takes the subject matter too seriously) and its even got a couple of fun (albeit hockey) gore scenes. The creature effects, from John Carl Buechler, were okay. I came in to "Vampires: Out For Blood" expecting the worst but it really wasn't that awful. An average horror film, die-hard vampire fans may enjoy it. 4/10.

In Los Angeles, Detective Hank Holten is obsessed by his ex-wife, the writer of vampire novels Susan Hastings, stalking her and having drinking problems. His chief and friend, Captain John Billings, makes him promise to forget her and stop drinking, and assigns Hank to find Layla Simmons, who is missing and without notice to her family. Hank goes to a rave party, finds Layla, they go to an orgy party in an old building, and while having sex with her, Hank finds that the place is a vampire nest. He is bitten by the vampire-leader, but nobody believes on him. He looks for Susan to help him.

It's not a horrible film, but then it's not a great film either. It's made almost like a TV movie. Some people think Hank is miscast, but I thought he was OK. I think they we're going for a hipper/youngish character. He's fine.

This new wave of Vampire tales embrace in a new concept of sexploitation as main flashy style to catch the new generation, now they appear on punk-rock clothing, more palatable nowadays, also including their real deformed faces as never seen in old ones, this new breed acquired weird behaviors like drugs and sexual desire, the blood stays on second plan, a police officer Hank Holten (Kevin Dillon) was in a painful divorce process with Susan Hasting (Vanessa Angel) when was warned by his chief Captain John Billings (Lance Henriksen) to starts an investigation over a missing girl Layla Simmons (Jody Lyn O'Keefe) on a rave party, Hank went there and finds this girl, invited by her spend a night with her and his friends at an empty building , there has a sex party involved many people, later came up the vampire leader that tried bite Hank saved by the rising sun, aftermath he shooting all around, however in next days when has to report all happenings to your Boss, nothing make sense, removed of the case by Captain Billings, he starts making his own investigation now with his former wife Susan, just an average tale, let it see by gorgeous girls around!!

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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 5

The movie was not bad. It wasn't great either. I enjoyed it, so it gets points for that. It was relatively predictable, the effects were kind of mediocre, but Lance Henrickson was good, the girls were cute, and it was about vampires, so hell, it couldn't be all bad. I think, had I paid 8.00 to see it in a theatre I would be a bit ragged off. But in that all I lost was a couple of hours on an early Saturday night... I am content. I would give it 6 fang marks out of 20 (remember there are two fang marks to each bite... smile) Watch it on Sci-Fi but I wouldn't spend more than a 4 dollar bargain bin price on the DVD if and when it comes out. As for me, I am going to pop open a pabst blue ribbon and watch House of 1000 Corpses again.