
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989)
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- R
- 1h 44min
- Comedy, Horror
- 02 Nov 1991 (Japan)
- Movie
Vampires residing in a town wear sunscreen. A Van Helsing descendant arrives, leading to humorous situations as their paths intersect.
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Cast verified as complete
David Carradine | ... |
Mardulak
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Morgan Brittany | ... |
Sarah
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Bruce Campbell | ... |
Van Helsing
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Jim Metzler | ... |
David
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Maxwell Caulfield | ... |
Shane
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Deborah Foreman | ... |
Sandy
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M. Emmet Walsh | ... |
Mort
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John Ireland | ... |
Jefferson
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Dana Ashbrook | ... |
Jack
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John Hancock | ... |
Quinton Canada
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Marion Eaton | ... |
Anna
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Dabbs Greer | ... |
Otto
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Bert Remsen | ... |
Milt
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Sunshine Parker | ... |
Merle
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Helena Carroll | ... |
Madge
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Elizabeth Gracen | ... |
Alice
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Christopher Bradley | ... |
Chaz
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Kathy MacQuarrie Martin | ... |
Burgundy
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Jack Eiseman | ... |
Nigel
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George 'Buck' Flower | ... |
Bailey
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Erin Gourlay | ... |
Juliet
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Vanessa Pierson | ... |
Gwen
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Brendan Hughes | ... |
James
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Gerardo Mejía | ... |
Pucci
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Mike Najjar | ... |
Ramon
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Phillipe Simon | ... |
Pierre
(as Phillip Simon)
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Chris Caputo | ... |
Dan - The Bodyguard
(as Christopher Caputo)
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Dean Cleverdon | ... |
Vampire #1
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Jay Bernard | ... |
Vampire #2
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Stuart Cohn | ... |
Vampire #3
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Phillip Esposito | ... |
Tom 'Redneck' Pryor
(as Phil Esposito)
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Larry Barsky | ... |
Vampire (uncredited)
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Cynthia Gardner | ... |
Lingerie Vampire (uncredited)
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Directed by
Anthony Hickox |
Written by
John Burgess | ... | (written by) and |
Anthony Hickox | ... | (written by) |
John Burgess | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Dan Ireland | ... | executive producer |
Jack Lorenz | ... | executive producer |
Jefferson Richard | ... | producer |
Music by
Richard Stone |
Cinematography by
Levie Isaacks |
Editing by
Christopher Cibelli |
Editorial Department
Syd Cole | ... | negative cutter |
Emma E. Hickox | ... | first assistant editor |
Ron Mathias | ... | color timer |
Robb Sullivan | ... | second assistant editor |
Casting By
Caro Jones |
Production Design by
David Brian Miller |
Art Direction by
Fernando Altschul |
Set Decoration by
Robert Greenfield | ... | (as Robert Greenfield Jr.) |
Costume Design by
Leonard Pollack |
Makeup Department
Rene Bresee | ... | swing hair stylist / swing makeup artist |
Katie Douthit | ... | hair stylist |
Tony Gardner | ... | effects director: special makeup effects unit / special makeup effects designer and creator |
Kathleen M. Hagan | ... | makeup artist |
Larry Hamlin | ... | special makeup effects designer and creator |
Andrew Kenworthy | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Cheryl Markowitz | ... | swing hair stylist (as Cheryl Ann Markowitz) / swing makeup artist (as Cheryl Ann Markowitz) |
Beatrice Marot | ... | makeup artist |
Christian Micah Moreno | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Barbara Page | ... | hair stylist: second unit / makeup artist: second unit |
Michael Burnett | ... | special makeup effects artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
John Engel | ... | production manager (as John S. Engel) |
Mark Roche | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Seth Cirker | ... | second second assistant director (as Seth A. Cirker) |
John Engel | ... | assistant director: second unit (as John S. Engel) |
Tony Gardner | ... | second unit director |
Richard Oswald | ... | second assistant director |
Jefferson Richard | ... | second unit director (as Jef Richard) |
Jonathan Tzachor | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Shad Armstrong | ... | swing |
Tom Balsley Jr. | ... | additional prop assistant |
Brenda Bohn | ... | painter |
Jerry Casillas | ... | construction coordinator |
Steve Caterson | ... | model maker |
Hugh Glass | ... | carpenter |
Ron J. Griffith | ... | carpenter |
Cary Howe | ... | sculptor |
Becky Knouff | ... | scenic artist |
Timothy Knouff | ... | scenic artist |
Daniel Kuzmick | ... | on-set dresser (as Daniel 'Cosmo' Kuzmick) |
Theodore C. Kyriakos | ... | assistant art director |
Julio Lopez | ... | carpenter |
Gregory Lynch Jr. | ... | carpenter |
Arthur J. Manzanares | ... | carpenter |
Peter Mark | ... | property master |
Steven R. Miller | ... | set dresser |
Fred Rindlisbacher | ... | carpenter |
Thomas Rude | ... | carpenter (as Thom Rude) |
Curt Stoughton | ... | assistant property master |
Gary Wismer | ... | carpenter |
Lyndell Wolff | ... | lead carpenter (as Lyndell Dean Wolff) |
Sound Department
Andy D'Addario | ... | re-recording mixer |
Flash Deros | ... | boom operator |
Jeffrey J. Haboush | ... | re-recording mixer |
Warren Kleiman | ... | adr mixer / foley mixer |
John A. Larsen | ... | supervising sound effects editor |
Howard Neiman | ... | sound effects editor (as Howard S. Neiman) |
Jackson Schwartz | ... | adr mixer / foley mixer |
Jonathon 'Earl' Stein | ... | sound mixer (as Jon Earl Stein) |
Jay Wilkinson | ... | sound effects editor |
Special Effects by
Jim Braverman | ... | special effects assistant (as 'Diamond' Jim Braverman) |
Frank Furlong | ... | animated special effects |
Steve Greene | ... | animated special effects |
Jenny Hall | ... | special effects assistant |
Hal Miles | ... | stop motion animation technician |
Brian D. Veatch | ... | special effects coordinator |
Damien Veatch | ... | special effects assistant |
Rex Whitney | ... | special effects assistant |
Visual Effects by
Anthony Doublin | ... | special visual effects |
Stunts
Bob Bragg | ... | stunt coordinator |
Johnny Hagner | ... | stunts |
Shanna Jacobs | ... | stunts (as Shanna Teare) |
Rae Lynn Kehr | ... | stunts |
Gary Littlejohn | ... | stunts |
Jean Malahni | ... | stunts |
William Morts | ... | stunts (as William L. Morts) |
Paul E. Short | ... | stunts (as Paul Short) |
Brian D. Veatch | ... | stunts |
Sue Knaup | ... | stunt performer (uncredited) |
Daniel Power | ... | utility stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Bernstein | ... | assistant camera: second unit / second assistant camera |
Russ Brandt | ... | gaffer |
Erik L. Brown | ... | first assistant camera: second unit |
Doug Dole | ... | best boy |
Allen D. Easton | ... | camera operator (as Allen Easton) / director of photography: second unit (as Allen Easton) |
John K. Farr | ... | gaffer: second unit |
Jason Fife | ... | key grip: second unit |
Julie Fife | ... | electrician: second unit |
Todd Griffith | ... | key grip |
Steve Grnya Jr. | ... | best boy: second unit |
Jack Johnson | ... | grip (as John Johnson) |
Michael Lund | ... | director of photography: second unit |
Paul Martin | ... | electrician |
Melissa Moseley | ... | still photographer |
Dobber Price | ... | camera loader |
Drex Reed | ... | best boy |
Jim Saldutti | ... | grip |
Chris Squires | ... | camera operator / director of photography: second unit |
Tom Stackpoole | ... | first assistant camera |
Amanda Stanley | ... | electrician / swing: second unit |
Animation Department
Hal Miles | ... | Stop Motion Animation Technician (animation segments) |
Casting Department
Audrey Cohn | ... | casting assistant: Los Angeles |
Frederick Hampton | ... | extras casting |
Jack Jones | ... | location casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marsha Barton | ... | wardrobe supervisor: women |
George Cooper | ... | wardrobe supervisor: men |
Mart Ann J. Sheldon | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Location Management
Ray Tibbetts | ... | location scout |
Music Department
Philip Giffin | ... | orchestrator |
Münchner Symphoniker | ... | music performed by (as The Graunke Symphony Orchestra) |
Conrad Pope | ... | orchestrator |
Allan K. Rosen | ... | supervising music editor |
Alan Snelling | ... | music recording mixer |
Richard Stone | ... | orchestrator |
Paul Talkington | ... | orchestra coordinator |
Mark Watters | ... | orchestrator |
Allan Wilson | ... | conductor |
Script and Continuity Department
Nancy Karlin | ... | script supervisor |
Arrahwanna Thomsen | ... | script supervisor: second unit |
Transportation Department
Larry D. Campbell | ... | transportation coordinator |
David Downs | ... | shotmaker driver |
B.J. Griffith | ... | driver |
Dennis Junt | ... | driver: honeywagon |
'Buffalo' Bob Lang | ... | transportation captain |
Additional Crew
Randall Dudley | ... | production assistant |
Mary Fox | ... | assistant auditor |
Don Holyoak | ... | head wrangler |
Lisa Howard | ... | production auditor |
Dessa Kaye | ... | production coordinator |
Juliana Maio | ... | attorney |
Nancy Nyberg | ... | assistant production coordinator (as Nancy T. Nyberg) |
Yvonne Pearson | ... | teacher (as Yvonne Pierson) |
Penny Schaffer | ... | production secretary (as Penny Shaffer) |
Vikki Vicars | ... | production secretary (as Vikkie Vicars) |
Judi Voye | ... | production secretary |
Ronald Walkshorse | ... | set security (uncredited) |
Thanks
Lynn Dillon | ... | very special thanks |
Douglas Hickox | ... | dedicatee |
Jimmy Ienner | ... | thanks |
Ed Martin | ... | thanks |
Kim McDougald | ... | thanks |
Juliet Mills | ... | thanks |
Raymond Stella | ... | thanks (as Ray Stella) |
Tom Stocks | ... | thanks (as Mayor Tom Stocks) |
Ray Tibbetts | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Vestron Pictures (1989) (United States) (theatrical) (Unreleased)
- Concorde Video (1990) (Germany) (VHS)
- Vestron Video International (1990) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- ASCII Entertainment (1991) (Japan) (VHS)
- Live Distributing Inc. (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- MCA Home Video (1991) (Canada) (VHS)
- Vestron Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Avid Home Entertainment (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- Live Home Video (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- Censa video (1994) (Uruguay) (VHS)
- Worldvision Enterprises (1996) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Indigo (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (Twilight Classics Nr. 02)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2012) (United States) (DVD)
- Lionsgate (2017) (World-wide)
- Vestron Video (2021) (World-wide) (Blu-ray)
- CMV Laservision (2024) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- CMV Laservision (2024) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Albert G. Ruben and Company (insurance)
- Cinelease (electrical and grip equipment)
- Completion Bond Company (completion bond)
- Graunke Symphony Orchestra (music performed by)
- IDC Payroll Services Inc. (payroll services)
- Magic Film Works (negative cutting)
- National Backstage and Affiliated Services (catering)
- Visual Icon (exclusive clip and still licensing)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
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Taglines | There's two kinds of folks in Purgatory. Vampires and lunch. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In the first few minutes of the film there is a poster for the Ken Russell film "Vampire," which never made it beyond the script. See more » |
Goofs | In the first bat scene it is mentioned that when in bat form vampires are nude, and this is verified in the following scene where Shane attempts to rape Sarah. However, this is ignored for the remainder of the film, with vampires switching forms while remaining fully clothed regularly. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Memories of Moab (2008). See more » |
Soundtracks | Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) See more » |
Quotes |
David Harrison:
Gwendolyn, stop terrorizing your sister! See more » |