I agree with so many others on this board. Vampires just do not scare viewers; they appear rather cartoonish at times: those glowing eyes, the sharp movements of their heads, the traditional revealing of the fangs, and the expected bite on the neck.
The crawling on the ceiling looked as though the camera was turned. I think we've all done that with our camcorders, especially while taping high school basketball games in some medium-sized gyms. Although "The Master" was outlandish in the 1979 production, I eagerly anticipated Barlow's appearance in this one, and I was disappointed.
***SPOILERS*** Creepy were the holding up of the mother by her hair and then slapping her face to cause a twisted, broken neck. And, please, tell me the name of the wedding planner. An elderly person tells Father Callahan that he or she is getting married "tomorrow." Then the next day the bride is awaiting her groom in a church all decorated for a wedding, the pews included.
And why not, as a writer asked, carry many crucifixes -- and gallons of holy water -- to save oneself from the undead? I missed the first few minutes of Part One; therefore, the ending was not clear. What happened to Ben Mears to land him in the hospital? Please answer in the message threads.
Contrasted to the 1979 Salem's Lot -- the 2004 one with its silly Afghanistan references and the comment about doctors' not having a certain appendage was too forced, even for a vampire film. Give me Danny Glick and that frightening character in the rocking chair, both from 1979.
The crawling on the ceiling looked as though the camera was turned. I think we've all done that with our camcorders, especially while taping high school basketball games in some medium-sized gyms. Although "The Master" was outlandish in the 1979 production, I eagerly anticipated Barlow's appearance in this one, and I was disappointed.
***SPOILERS*** Creepy were the holding up of the mother by her hair and then slapping her face to cause a twisted, broken neck. And, please, tell me the name of the wedding planner. An elderly person tells Father Callahan that he or she is getting married "tomorrow." Then the next day the bride is awaiting her groom in a church all decorated for a wedding, the pews included.
And why not, as a writer asked, carry many crucifixes -- and gallons of holy water -- to save oneself from the undead? I missed the first few minutes of Part One; therefore, the ending was not clear. What happened to Ben Mears to land him in the hospital? Please answer in the message threads.
Contrasted to the 1979 Salem's Lot -- the 2004 one with its silly Afghanistan references and the comment about doctors' not having a certain appendage was too forced, even for a vampire film. Give me Danny Glick and that frightening character in the rocking chair, both from 1979.