Thralls (2004)

Director:

Ron Oliver

Writers:

Lisa Morton (writer)
Brett Thompson (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Being wild is in their blood.

Plot:

A young woman gets caught up in the plans of a coven of vampires fighting to free themselves from their master.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | White Trash | Gore | Kept Woman | Magnum Handgun

Cast

Lorenzo Lamas	...	Mr. Jones
Leah Cairns	...	Leslie
Siri Baruc	...	Ashley
Fiona Scott	...	Roxie
Sonya Salomaa	...	Lean
Moneca Delain	...	Brigitte
Lisa Marie Caruk	...	Buzz
Shawn Roberts	...	Jim
Kevan Ohtsji	...	Doughboy
Richard Ian Cox	...	Rennie (as Richard Cox)
Nigel Vonas	...	Cisco
Willy Taylor	...	Anesta Hornetz
Crystal Lowe	...	Tanya
Curtis Caravaggio	...	Cole
Shaw Madson	...	Porter

Also Known As:

Blood Angels (Canada: English title) (video title) (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore, sexuality, nudity, language and brief drug use.

Runtime:

95 min | Argentina:98 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

Not nearly as bad as I had expected

Looking at the cover I completely expected to see Julie Strain in the credits. I expected this to be another low-budget, sexploitation film casted by some guy asking a couple strippers if they wanted to be in a movie... I couldn't have been more wrong.

The movie opens as I would have expected: a half dozen very attractive women in lingerie chained by the ankle. As soon as Lorenzo (Renegade) Lamas enters the movie, everything changes.

The majority of the movie takes place in a nightclub holding a Halloween rave. It made me think more of the club in Hellraiser III as opposed to the Blood Raves in Blade.

The special effects were rather weak but the plot was actually well developed and creative with a new addition to the world of vampires in film, "Thralls".

Several of the beautiful women in the film (and Lamas) have some respectable acting credits to their names and it shows. While this will certainly not get a nod from AMPAS, for the genre the acting was really good.

Fans of vampire movies (especially ones who enjoy the beautiful, female vampire twist but are tired of really bad movies) will certainly enjoy this movie. If that sounds like you it's definitely worth a rental.

Note: there is only one scene in the movie with frontal female nudity, it's very brief and does not end in a good way (no spoilers here).