ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Scott LeBrun Now, if the prospective viewer is anything like me and an addict of B movies, they may derive some entertainment from this thing, but it's not likely to be much. There was some potential here, but the movie is unfortunately a little dull. After a while, it becomes hard to care that much about it, as it spends a little too much time with our villain's seduction of the heroine. Jason Williams of "Flesh Gordon" fame, who was also a story author and producer (with Tom Friedman), stars as a mildly quirky loner detective, Roger Sutter, who picks up the trail of a "vampire killer" at large in L.A. This character, whose actual name is Victor Radikoff, has a cover as a hypnotherapist, and is by far the most intriguing person in this story; he's played by a character actor named Gustav Vintas, whose credits also include "Lethal Weapon", "Silent Assassins", and a 1989 movie titled "Midnight". His performance is a highlight as he does look pleased to be playing this part, and does have a soft spoken charisma about him. And Victor is not your typical "vampire": no coffins for this guy. One commendable aspect to this movie is that it keeps it ambiguous as to whether he really is a vampire, although he does indeed drink blood right from his victims' throats. Among his victims are a stand-up comedian and a pair of dancers; the leading lady, Jenny (sexy blonde Lesley Milne) is an aspiring concert pianist. For the most part, the cast is as underwhelming as the film; Williams is a handsome guy but doesn't fare too well in a pretty standard role. (It's apparently supposed to be an endearing character trait that he drops his own food into his fish tank.) He's been more engaging elsewhere. Milne does entice us by baring almost all in one delectable scene near the end. Robert Random, who'd also worked with Williams on the goofy sci-fi clunker "Time Walker", appears as the ill-fated detective Al Childress; other than Radikoff, the most amusing people here are his young associates, Amalia (Jeanie Moore) and Raoul (Christopher Nee), the latter sporting one of the most ridiculous mullets you'll ever see. Directed by Gregory McClatchy, who'd co-edited the movie "The Great American Girl Robbery" in which Williams had acted, and featuring some catchy music. This isn't terribly satisfying; it's watchable enough but should have been more fun. Six out of 10.

Paul Andrews Vampire at Midnight is set in Los Angeles where over a past number of months a killer has stalked the streets, a killer who drains his victims of their blood. He has become known as the Vampire killer & his victims so far total 9 & Detective Al Childress (Robert Random) hasn't got a single clue to go on until he gets lucky one night, or unlucky I suppose, when he runs into the Vampire killer & ends up with his throat slashed. Homicide Detective Roger Sutter (Jason Williams) takes over & receives a call from a comic named Lee Keller (Jonny Solomon) who claims to know who the Vampire killer is. Sutter drives round his house & finds Lee dead & become seven more determined to find the Vampire killer. Meanwhile his pretty neighbour Jenny Carleton (Lesley Milne) is an aspiring concert pianist struggling for confidence so visits a hypnotherapist named Victor Radikoff (Gustav Vintas) to help her self esteem. In one of those film only co-incidences Victor turns out to be the Vampire killer & instead of killing Jenny, like everyone else he comes into contact with, he falls for her & tries to make her his woman, or something like that. Super cop-turned boyfriend Roger to the rescue, he can solve the Vampire killings & come out of it with a good looking bird on his arm as well, sounds good to me...Directed by Gregory McClatchy I found very little to enjoy in Vampire at Midnight which is one of those obscure films that you look forward to watching but when you finally get the opportunity to do so it provides nothing but disappointment. The script by Dulany Ross Clements has virtually no narrative, has no focused story, takes itself extremely seriously & is very thin on plot. Vampire at Midnight is patchy to say the least, at the start it focuses on the Vampire killer & the police investigation which is when it's at it's best, then after Al is killed it switches & focuses on Rogers personal life & his attempts to bed his pretty next door neighbour Jenny & then finally the last third of the film concentrates on Victor the Vampire trying to seduce Jenny. Vampire at Midnight plays really strangely & it really can be divided into three distinct parts, unfortunately it is also very boring & dull oh & I don't want to forget about Bobbie Rio (Eddie Jr.) the black break dancing guy who appears in a couple of scenes in the middle for seemingly no reason whatsoever other than to embarrass himself with his lame 80's dancing. Not much in the way of traditional Vampire law is featured in Vampire at Midnight, the only reason this could be described as a Vampire film is that Victor drinks blood from people's necks after he has slashed them with a huge retractable blade that shoots out of his sleeve. The twist ending was interesting & almost saves the film although when I think about it it just seems stupid now. This could have been a decent horror but as it is it turned out very confused, bland, unlikable & flat.Director McClarthy shows occasional glimpses of style throughout but for the most part Vampire at Midnight flirts between visually impressive & visually dull. Vampire at Midnight is a real product of the 80's, the houses, the decor, the clothes, the hairstyles & the overall feel. Forget about any blood or gore, two slashed throats which are hard to see as they happen in the dark & that's it.Technically Vampire at Midnight is competently made, some parts of it seem to have had more time spent on them than other's. The acting was OK at best although I never felt for anyone & I can happily report that Frank the Fish playing Himself puts in a blinding performance! Hey, the little fella's even listed in the credits.Vampire at Midnight was a disappointment, the story is all over the place & lacks any sort of focus, lacks decent horror elements & isn't much fun to watch. I found my eyelids becoming heavier as the film wore on which is never a good sign. Not worth bothering with.

FieCrier A well-dressed man takes a woman to an overlook, which she doesn't get to enjoy. She's the ninth victim of "The Vampire Killer," who has taken all of her blood.The "vampire" is working as a hypnotherapist. The movie avoids definitively answering the question of whether he really is a vampire, or wants people to think he is one, or if he thinks he is one. He does in fact drink blood directly from people, though, and is quite talented at hypnosis.Some of his clients include a stand-up comic, dancers, a pianist. We're treated to some of their routines, nothing terribly special. Between the vampire's powers, and the popular detective pursuing him, several women take their clothes off.Not bad, but I just didn't get into it that much. The vampire's accent grated on me a bit. His assistant's yard-long (at least!) mullet was silly, but when aren't they?

zeppo-2 Really more a crime drama than an out and out horror film,played very much like an episode of 'Kolcak - the Night Stalker.' Starts well, with the old cliché of 'it can't really be vampire at large, can It?' Then dips in the middle while the story brings all the plot elements together before a rousing finale.Jason Williams as the hero detective is efficient if somewhat dull but the star turn is Gustav Vintas as the creepy and sinister villain of the piece. An okay film but not quite what I was expecting from the packaging from 'Palace Horror' video company. Still, it kept the interest and wasn't too bad, just think it stretches the criteria of what a horror film should be.