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Budget. $20 million. Box office. $20.3 million (domestic) Vampires (also known as John Carpenter's Vampires) is a 1998 American neo-Western action horror film directed and scored by John Carpenter and starring James Woods. It was adapted from the novel Vampire$ by John Steakley . Woods stars as Jack Crow, the leader of a team of vampire hunters.
- $20 million
- October 30, 1998
- John Carpenter
- Sandy King
Oct 30, 1998 · Vampires: Directed by John Carpenter. With James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith. Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight.
- John Carpenter
- 469
- 2 min
Ever since his parents were murdered by vampires, Jack Crow (James Woods) has had one purpose in life: putting stakes through bloodsuckers' hearts. With his battle-hardened crew of vampire killers ...
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- John Carpenter
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- James Woods
Oct 30, 1998 · When it comes to fighting vampires and performing exorcisms, the Roman Catholic Church has the heavy artillery. Your other religions are good for everyday theological tasks, like steering their members into heaven, but when the undead lunge up out of their graves, you want a priest on the case. As a product of Catholic schools, I take a certain pride in this pre-eminence.
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John Carpenter envisions in the distant future that Catholics have given up holy water, exorcisms, prayer--things that they used to destroy vampires in the past. Now, they turn to a group of vampire killers, more appropriately called mercenaries, who slay vampires, expose them to sunlight, collect their skulls, and celebrate their successes.
A contemporary and blood-chilling take on the gothic legend, horror master John Carpenter's Vampires stars James Woods as the ultimate vampire slayer on his most dangerous mission ever. 3,590 IMDb 6.1 1 h 47 min 1998. X-Ray R.
