John Carpenter has always been a difficult director for me to put my finger on. One of his movies, the remake of "The Thing", is one of my favorite horror movies of all time. A large portion of his movies leave me cold. Then there are those few like "They Live" or this one that are kinda stupid but kinda entertaining too. James Woods, of course, is always wonderful in whatever he's in, even when he's playing a comic book character, like he's doing here. Maximilian Schell doesn't have much to do, but when he's on screen he keeps all attention focused on him. It was even a kick to see Gregory Sierra again-- Julio Fuentes from "Sanford & Son".  Essentially, this is a cinematic comic book, with very few surprises, but lots of action. The long-haired Goth-type vampire in a trenchcoat is as much of a stereotype these days (thanks, Anne Rice) as the marble-mouthed Count in a cape used to be way back when. I wish Carpenter could have come up with a villain a bit more original or inspired. There's also some claptrap thrown in about subterranean groups working within the Catholic Church to keep you from feeling like a complete child while you're watching this, but it's unnecessary. Turn off your mind, pop up the popcorn and pick up the beer (or 2), and enjoy. Like "They Live", there are worse ways to spend an hour or 2.

Now Genghis, you are assuming that all of a vampires victims are turned. There are movies where they are not, you know.

I get a big kick out of people who actually believe in vampires. Yes, such people actually exist and think that the vampires are out there somewhere.

Let's put some scientific analysis to the vampire theory. Let's assume that a vampire wipes out one victim per week and that the victim becomes a vampire. That means that the human population is reduced by one for each new vampire created.

Let's start on Jan. 1, 2007, with a human population of six billion persons and one vampire. That is week one. At the end of week one, we have two vampires and one fewer people. At the end of week fourteen for example, we have 8192 vampires and that many fewer people plus one for the original vampire. By the end of week 30 we have 536,870,912 vampires and that many fewer people plus one for the original vampire.

Let's round off and state that we half a billion vampires at that time. After week 31 we have a billion vampires, after week 32 we have 2 billion vampires, after week 33, we have four billion vampires, and after week 34, the population is all vampire and zero human.

Of course some new people would be born within that 34 weeks, but some would die also. Human population would have to double every week to negate such a vampire effect. That probably won't happen.

Fun, isn't it?

A big disappointment for vampire fans like me. Had a flimsy plot, B- acting and wasn't really scary at any time. Just another bummer of a vampire flick.

It's not scary, but it's a decent, action packed film.

James Woods stars in this movie about a group of vampire killers sent out by the Catholic Church.This movie features great action scenes and a wonderful performance by Thomas Ian Griffith as the head vampire.This is one of the best non-Dracula movies ever made.If you're looking for a good scary vampire movie check this one out!