Way of the Vampire (2005)

User Rating:

1.7/10   

Directors:

Sarah Nean Bruce
Eduardo Durão

Writers:

Karrie Melendrez (writer)
Sherri Strain (writer)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The battle between good and evil ends tonight.

Plot:

Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is granted immortality by the Catholic Church until he can hunt down the last vampire prince. |

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Immortality | Catholic Church | Prostitute | Garrote

Cast

Rhett Giles	...	Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
Paul Logan	...	Dracula
Andreas Beckett	...	Sebastien
Denise Boutte	...	Arianna
Brent Falco	...	Emily
Alix Henning	...	Yvonne
Anthony Turk	...	Father Cefalu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Ashby	...	Dominic
Drew Berenc	...	Norris
Ulf Bjorlin	...	Walsh
Butterfly	...	Solana
Lisa Clark	...	Essence
Matt Dallas	...	Todd
Edward DeRuiter	...	Jake
Whitney Deutch	...	Martika
Ed Flanagan	...	Yavanivitch
Bogdan Ioana	...	Lorenzo
Claudia Katz	...	Leona
Shannon Kemp	...	Det. Donn
Sean Lust	...	Colin
Nadra Macuish	...	Paula
Jared Michaels	...	Roman (as Jared Cohn)
Renée Mignosa	...	Diana
Brian Nichols	...	Det. Shirani
Kristina Proulx	...	Josie
Rey Reyes	...	Julio
Trina Robinson	...	Elena
Lawrence Sara	...	Wilson
Amanda Ward	...	Natalia
Mark Romero Wilson	...	Joseph

Also Known As:

Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire (UK) (video title) (USA) (complete title)
Van Helsing's Way of the Vampire (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for vampire violence, sexuality/nudity and some language.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:18 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Asylum, The

Goofs:

Factual errors: About 46 minutes into the film, a voice-over describes vampire behavior. The narrator says "It would be different if they were like wasps, one sting and they're dead, but instead they come back again, and again, and again." Wasps can sting as many times as they wish. Bees, on the other hand, sting one time and die.

Quotes:

Sebastien: We're not going to live like this anymore!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Way of the Vampire: Behind the Scenes (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Bloody Bill

Abysmal

Imagine a movie with terrible actors, ghastly bad special effects, an anorexic plot, and no budget.

This is worse.

Please don't get me wrong...I love vampire movies...but this is one major waste of money..both to make, and for ANYONE to pay to see.

As I watched the movie, I could see the director coaching the actors, "ok..now look scared...now...look horrified...now succumb...now go limp. It was painful to watch.

Have you ever put "fake fangs" in your mouth to finish your Dracula costume at Halloween? Do you remember how funny you sounded talking with the prosthetic teeth? OMG...the actors lisped their way thru their lines like kids who have just put in their first cheap vampire fangs. Do you think the director/producers/anyone notice this? I am guessing not.

The dialog was shallow and seemed penned by a teenager. (The producer's 8th grade child maybe?) The volume of the voice recording was out of balance with effects and background music. In order to hear and understand the dialog, you are required to elevate the volume so high that the "special effects sounds" become deafening.

The action was limited, and the combat second rate. The actors lacked the combat/martial arts skills you expect to see in a movie of any caliber. The vampires movements were inconsistent and downright silly...sometimes they moved like listless zombies, other times like speed freaks, and still other times they "slinked" with bended knees, swaying arms and drunken swaggers as if trying to pretend to be cats.

If this had been a movie with which I was in any way affiliated, I would never include it in my resume. Further, I think I would change my name if anyone ever discovered a connection! Rating: Less than 1/10 (if that is possible)