Vampires: The Turning (2005)

Director:

Marty Weiss

Writers (WGA):

D.B. Farmer (written by) and
Andy Hurst (written by)

Release Date:

2 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

For 100 years a war has raged between good and evil. It will end tonight.

Plot:

An American muay-thai fighter in Thailand must join forces with a group of vampire hunters to track down and kill a vampire lord who has kidnapped his gilfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Thailand | Muay Thai | Vampire Hunter | Female Nudity

Cast

Colin Egglesfield	...	Connor
Stephanie Chao	...	Sang
Roger Yuan	...	Kiko
Patrick Bauchau	...	Raines
Dom Hetrakul	...	Niran
Meredith Monroe	...	Amanda
Nophand Boonyai	...	Suwan
Jarun Petchjaren	...	Moo
Chakapan Ponyong	...	Slayer #1
Panu Niamchompoo	...	Slayer #2
Sira Kuankaew	...	Slayer #3
Arucchaporn Satesh	...	Old Woman
Kamonmarn Chuachai	...	Receptionist
Kasama Nissaipan	...	Thai Policeman
Sakon Palvanichakul	...	Tuk tuk driver

Also Known As:

Vampires 3 (USA) (working title)
Vampires III: Temple of Blood (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #41310) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:16

Company:

Living Films

Trivia:

Vampires (1998) director John Carpenter was listed as Executive Producer in early publicity material for this film. However his name does not appear on the final credits, instead replaced by J.S. Cardone.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Amanda is bitten in the alleyway you can see the end of the tube where the fake blood is pumped from and the line of blood from it as the Vampire pulls back, it is then visible again when he goes to take another bite.

Movie Connections:

Follows Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)

Way Better than it has any right to be

This is an entertaining combination of Kung Fu and horror. The performances are decent and the action/fight scenes are well choreographed.

The film moves along at a brisk pace. You won't be bored.

There's very little sex or T&A, unfortunately, but I won't hold that against it.

While no "Citizen Kane", This flick is way better than I initially thought it would be. It's a worthy diversion for an afternoon.

With all the absolutely worthless crap that Hollywood releases nowadays, it's a shame this never got a wide (or any) theatrical release.

It seems as if this was intended to be the first of a series. If that's the case, I'd definitely check out any sequels.