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A schoolteacher teams up with with a priest to stop a town being overrun by vampires.A schoolteacher teams up with with a priest to stop a town being overrun by vampires.A schoolteacher teams up with with a priest to stop a town being overrun by vampires.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Sean McKeever
- Vampire
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKaren Black and Garrett Morris were the first and only choices for their roles.
- Quotes
Jessica's Mother: This is blasphemous literature! I'd rather Jessica be illiterate than to have her reading about defiant, perverse, Godless souls!
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010)
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"I am a bit of a night person myself."
The horror/comedy is such a hard thing to pull off. Few films get that delicate balance just right. These films include Re-animator, Bubba Ho-tep, and Return of the Living Dead. They do not include Children of the Night. I had high hopes for Children of the Night. It was a Fango production that had a few familiar faces and was directed by Tony Randel (Hellraiser II). However, looking back on Randel's filmography I believe he may not be the reason I love Hellraiser II. He's done some clunkers and this is one of them. The story is nothing new: a small town becomes besieged by the undead and it's up to an unlikely band of heroes to stop them. Normally, I like films with that plot but I think that's because I usually care about the heroes. Our heroes here include a virginal teenager (Ami Dolenz), a school teacher (Peter DeLuise), and a wino (Garrett Morris). I'm not really particularly impressed by those characters or the actors who portray them. Karen Black also shows up for no reason. I've never seen a role in which Karen Black wasn't hammy and over the top. That's all fine and dandy, but sometimes that's not what I want to see. Well, with the negatives pointed out, there were some excellent gross-out effects courtesy of KNB effects and, like most vampire flicks, they put their own little spin on vamp lore: underwater graves. I did think that was a nice touch, however, I think I will be sticking with Salem's Lot in the future.
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- Backlash007
- Apr 24, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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