Night Hunter (1996)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Rick Jacobson

Writer:

William C. Martell (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror

Tagline:

Wooden stakes and silver bullets can't save you now ... You better pray Jack Cutter can.

Plot:

Jack Cutter is the last in long line of vampire hunters. After killing few vampires in one L.A. restaurant...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Blonde | Vampire Slayer | Neck Breaking Scene | Vamp

Cast

Don 'The Dragon' Wilson	...	Jack Cutter
Melanie Smith	...	Raimy Baker
Nicholas Guest	...	Bruno Fischer
Sid Sham	...	Sid O'Mack
Cash Casey	...	Det. Browning
Maria Ford	...	Tournier
Ron Yuan	...	Hashimoto (as Ronald Winston Yuan)
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Roy Ward
Vince Murdocco	...	Curt Argento
James Lew	...	Tom Cutter
Marcus Aurelius	...	Det. Hooper
Vincent Klyn	...	Sangster
David 'Shark' Fralick	...	Ulmer
Sophia Crawford	...	Carmella
Dena Ridgley Miller	...	Mary Cutter

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and some language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 (video premiere) | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Amritraj Premiere Entertainment

Trivia:

Several of the supporting characters were named after noted horror-film directors (Jacques Tourneur, Dario Argento, Edgar G. Ulmer, Roy Ward Baker, etc).

Goofs:

Continuity: SWAT team member undergoes a complete change in clothing while driving at high speed from one scene to another.

Vampirism at odds with traditional vampire movies.

Night Hunter is a vampire movie that is set in modern times. The film comes up with some innovative ideas about vampirism that are at odds with the traditional vampire movies. The traditional way of killing a vampire is abandoned as well as how, or I should say when, are new vampires made. I like the old traditional ways but for one movie it's alright. The most bothersome things in this movie are the fight scenes and there are quite a few. Actually the fight scenes are the movie. Anyway, during the filming of the fight scenes, they shake, wobble and spin the camera to make it look more hectic and presumably to give it more action. It was a bad idea. It failed and they should have realized it and tried something else. All it does is ruin the scene. Since there are so many fight scenes, this annoyance is quite frequent. There are numerous mistakes, and unanswered questions throughout the film. Not enough time was spent on the details. This movie is watchable but only if you have nothing better to watch and you don't expect too much. There are much better choices out there.