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Embrace of the Vampire

  • Video
  • 2013
  • Unrated
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
2.9K
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Sharon Hinnendael in Embrace of the Vampire (2013)
Sharon Hinnendael (“Look”) stars as Charlotte, a timid and sheltered teen who has just left an all-girls Catholic school for a new life at a co-ed university. But an ancient evil has followed her here, tormenting her with disturbing nightmares and tempting her with forbidden desires. It is a hunger that can only be satiated by sensual pleasures of the flesh…and a thirst for blood. It’s a battle for her soul… and one she’s losing. But Charlotte is a fighter. The chaos and torment threatens to unleash her own inner beast, and anyone even close to her may find themselves embracing their own horrific fate. Tiio Horn (“Defiance,” “Hemlock Grove”), C.C. Sheffield (“True Blood”), Chelsey Marie Reist (12 Rounds: Reloaded) and Victor Webster (“Continuum”) co-star in this startling remake of the ‘90s erotic horror classic.
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New college student Charlotte Hawthorn has trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.New college student Charlotte Hawthorn has trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.New college student Charlotte Hawthorn has trouble distinguishing reality from fantasy.

  • Director
    • Carl Bessai
  • Writers
    • Andrew C. Erin
    • Alan Mruvka
    • Sheldon Roper
  • Stars
    • Sharon Hinnendael
    • Kaniehtiio Horn
    • C.C. Sheffield
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    2.9K
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    • Director
      • Carl Bessai
    • Writers
      • Andrew C. Erin
      • Alan Mruvka
      • Sheldon Roper
    • Stars
      • Sharon Hinnendael
      • Kaniehtiio Horn
      • C.C. Sheffield
    • 29User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Sharon Hinnendael
    Sharon Hinnendael
    • Charlotte Hawthorn
    Kaniehtiio Horn
    Kaniehtiio Horn
    • Nicole
    • (as Tiio Horn)
    C.C. Sheffield
    C.C. Sheffield
    • Eliza
    Chelsey Reist
    Chelsey Reist
    • Sarah Campbell
    • (as Chelsey Marie Reist)
    Victor Webster
    Victor Webster
    • Professor Cole…
    Robert Moloney
    Robert Moloney
    • Dr. John Duncan
    Ryan Kennedy
    Ryan Kennedy
    • Chris
    Keegan Connor Tracy
    Keegan Connor Tracy
    • Daciana
    Olivia Cheng
    Olivia Cheng
    • Kelly
    Claire Smithies
    Claire Smithies
    • Sorina
    Sarah Grey
    Sarah Grey
    • Young Charlotte
    Aleita Northey
    Aleita Northey
    • Young Woman
    Andrew Wheeler
    Andrew Wheeler
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    John Shaw
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    Steve Richmond
    • Mark
    • (as Steven Richmond)
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    Travis Nelson
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    Maya Massar
    • Gypsy Woman
    Anthony Konechny
    Anthony Konechny
    • Young Man
    • (as Anthony Konechney)
    • Director
      • Carl Bessai
    • Writers
      • Andrew C. Erin
      • Alan Mruvka
      • Sheldon Roper
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    5SnoopyStyle

    T&A and vampires too

    There isn't anything special here. It's a bit of T&A inside a weak vampire story. Charlotte Hawthorn (Sharon Hinnendael) is a shy new girl in college with a dark mysterious past. She is on scholarship from fencing. Only she's having hellish visions and waking up in strange places.

    Hinnendael is an OK actress, and not much is asked of her. Her character is shy, speaks softly, and shows off her body. She can walk and talk. But she's not doing Shakespeare here. Her roommate Nicole (Kaniehtiio Horn) has a bit more spark. And Victor Webster plays that hot intense teacher. Keegan Connor Tracy plays a witchy mysterious woman. The acting is OK. The story is simple. The big missing ingredient is a sense of style, and a menacing atmosphere. For a horror movie, that's a big deal. This is a better-than-most B-movie.
    4FilmChic87

    More Stefan, please

    Simply put: Less T&A and more Stefan. Victor Webster plays a fang-tactic vamp, but I wish he was in the story more. It would've been nice to see him shirtless to make up for the T&A heavy movie.

    This remake is not quite as erotic as the original. It's actually borderline softcore porn at times. If I recall the original, there were plenty of dream sequences between Alyssa Milano and Martin Kemp, which helped build anticipation. This film, on the contrary, didn't build that anticipation enough. There was hardly any chemistry between Stefan and Charlotte. Also, Charlotte's constant delusions and/or flashbacks took too much time from the movie.

    The scenery, although beautiful, seems heavily influenced by the Twilight films -- rain, dense forests and mountains minus a pack of wolves.

    It's a decent effort compared to many recent vampire flicks( Kiss of the Damned might be the best one released in the last decade). Victor Webster made this film enjoyable, but barely.
    4dy38493

    One time watchable

    Good movie to watch for especially the vampire movies are such a stupidity but this one is little better than others.
    1Vartiainen

    Disappointing and boring

    Charlotte Hawthorn (Sharon Hinnendael) has lived a pretty sheltered life so far. She attended an all-girls Catholic school, is a quiet and reserved personality, and so on. But now she's about to attend a co-ed university on a fencing scholarship. But her past, containing an ancient evil, is all set to haunt her new life.

    If that sounds unbelievably clichéd and contrived, it's because it is. Embrace of the Vampire is a remake of 1995 film of the same name. And why they wanted to remake such an average film, I have no idea, but they didn't exactly improve upon the source material, to say the least. The acting is stilted, the pacing either crawls or rushes forwards with lightning speed and the movie just kind of ends in the middle of a fight. Yeah, just as things are starting to come together, in what would normally be the end of the second act, the film decides that you've seen enough and the credits roll. I almost didn't believe my eyes.

    It should also be noted that this is supposed to belong to the erotic vampire genre. The only problem being that it doesn't have the guts to do even that correctly. Sure there's some nudity and sexual situations, but barely anything more than you'd see in your typical teen comedy. If the movie would have at least provided us with proper erotica, it could have kind of worked as a B-movie. But no, it plays it safe. Sounds thrilling, doesn't it.

    So yeah, this movie will quietly fade into history as an utter failure on pretty much all levels. So long, movie. You shall not be missed.
    4claudio_carvalho

    Lame Story

    The virgin and repressed Charlotte Hawthorn (Sharon Hinnendael) joins the university from a Catholic school with a scholarship for participating in the fencing team. She shares the room with Nicole (Kaniehtiio Horn) and tells that her mother died and she is alone. Charlotte has thalassemia and is forced to use medicine. She gets a job working as waitress in a coffee shop managed by Chris (Ryan Kennedy). Soon she meets the fencing coach, who is also responsible for the literature classes, Professor Cole (Victor Webster), and her mate Eliza (C.C. Sheffield) becomes jealous with his treatment toward Charlotte. Soon she has daydreams and the mystic Daciana (Keegan Connor Tracy) that is the owner of a store explains her fate in world as a vampire hunter, but Charlotte does not believe in her until her friends die.

    "Embrace of the Vampire" is a movie with a lame story. It is watchable mainly because of the scenes with the naked girls. But the acting is terrible and the conclusion is weak. My vote is four.

    Title (Brazil): "Sedução do Mal" ("Seduction from Evil")

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    • Trivia
      A remake of the 1995 movie which starred Alyssa Milano and Martin Kemp.
    • Goofs
      When Charlotte comes into her dorm room after waking up from a bad dream outside, her roommate's room-divider is placed oddly in front of her nightstand. Charlotte runs into the bathroom and when she comes out, the room divider has moved where it should logically be located, from the wall edge on the outside edge of the nightstand.
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    • Release date
      • October 15, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nụ Hôn Ma Cà Rồng
    • Filming locations
      • Quest University - 3200 University Blvd, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada(college campus scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Bloodline Pictures
      • Cinetel Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

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