Vampires (1998 movie) - Definition and Overview

Vampires (also known as John Carpenter's Vampires) is an action/horror film directed by John Carpenter in 1998. Adapted--very loosely--from the novel Vampire$ by John Steakley, the film stars James Woods as Jack Crow, leader of a Catholic Church-sanctioned team of vampire hunters. The plot centers around Crow's efforts to prevent a centuries-old cross from falling into the hands of Valek, a master vampire. Vampires also stars Daniel Baldwin (as Montoya), Sheryl Lee (as Katrina), Thomas Ian Griffith (as Valek), and Tim Guinee (as Father Adam Guiteau). Vampires is characterised by exaggeratedly macho characters and dry humour.

External links

• Vampires (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120877/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Vampires at theofficialjohncarpenter.com (http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/pages/themovies/va/va.html)