Frost: Portrait of a Vampire (2001) (V)

Director:

Kevin VanHook

Writer:

Kevin VanHook (writer)

Release Date:

October 2004 (France)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

They were best friends until one of them died. Now they're enemies.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Model | Female Nudity | Vampire

Cast

Gary Busey	...	Micah
Jeff Manzanares	...	Jonathon "Jack" Frost
Charles Lister	...	Nat McKenzie
Karen Bailey	...	Nancy McKenzie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amy Angelowicz	...	Bunkhouse Girl
Steven Ted Beckler	...	The Captain
Delaina Brown	...	Bunkhouse Girl
Jeff Coatney	...	The Priest
Melissa Di Meglio	...	Linda (as Melissa Rasmussen)
Cathy Fitzpatrick	...	Lady on Plane
Alfonso Freeman	...	Ken
Michael Lloyd Gilliland	...	Mercenary (as Michael Gilliland)
John Gorman	...	Mercenary (as John O'Gorman)
Allan Hagan	...	Russian Soldier
Ronna Jones	...	Sherri (as Veronica Jones)
Kristin Kat	...	Dead Girl
John Koca	...	Kocha
Martin Mayo	...	Big Cell Mate
Zoe Paul	...	Jill
Shane Pliskin	...	Dan
Marc Antonio Pritchett	...	Helicopter Pilot
Jason Rodriguez	...	Nick
Ray Rodriguez	...	Mexican Sherrif
Clifford VanMeter	...	Bully Biker
Alan Waserman	...	General
Allen Woodman	...	Demon

Also Known As:

A Killing Frost (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and nudity.

Runtime:

Brazil:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Borrego Springs, California, USA

Trivia:

Kevin Van Hook actually created Frost as a comic book about a decade earlier. The first comic book story introduced the vampire, in an admittedly somewhat Kolchak Night Stalker style approach. However, the sequel mini-series, Frost: The Dying Breed, featured no vampires at all, but rather served as a Wilbur Smith/Wild Geese/Dogs of War/Soldiers of Barabbas style mercenary/modern adventure story.

Not Really A Horror Movie

I think there`s a straight to video film called OCTOPUS which spends the first half of its running time being an action packed thriller ( Or meekly tries to ) then all of a sudden turns into a horror movie about a giant octopus . Well it`s the same with PORTRAIT OF A VAMPIRE which opens with a very brief scene with a Jerry Springer lookalike examining a body drained of blood then the film flashes back to Afghanistan in August 1989 ( Hadn`t the red army pulled out of there before then ? )which resembles the Nex Mexico desert . Not very convincing but it gets worse as we`re treated to a battle scene featuring CGI helicopters . How do I know they`re CGI ? Well it`s so obvious it`s impossible not to notice . It`s also impossible not to notice the pathetic standard of acting either and it`s at this point the script decides to meet the production`s dismal standards as it bores us ( No spoilers because you can see it coming a mile away ) with double and triple crosses in Mexico a year later . It`s at this point you find yourself asking what have I got to do to get an equity card ? , or how come film companies turn my scripts down when they finance crap like this ? and most importantly if this movie is called PORTRAIT OF A VAMPIRE then shouldn`t it be a horror film and not a crap action thriller similar to something Cannon used to produce in the mid 1980s ? It does turn into a horror movie about halfway through but the horror aspects are as badly done as the action adventure bits . I was going to feel sorry for Gary Busey appearing in this but it`s not like someone stuck a gun to head and made him do it . If you decide to appear in a film like this it`s your own fault and you deserve no sympathy

So just to sum up if you enjoy horror films you won`t want to see this because it`s not a horror film , it`s a horrible film . And if you enjoy action films you won`t want to see it either due to the laughable production values