Children of the Night (1991)

A schoolteacher teams up with with a priest to stop a town being overrun by vampires.

Director:

Tony Randel

Writers:

Nicolas Falacci (screenplay), Nicolas Falacci (story)

Stars:

Karen Black, Peter DeLuise, Ami Dolenz

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karen Black	...	Karen Thompson
Peter DeLuise	...	Mark Gardner
Ami Dolenz	...	Lucy Barrett
Maya McLaughlin	...	Cindy Thompson
Evan MacKenzie	...	Frank Aldin
David Sawyer	...	Czakyr
Shirley Spiegler Jacobs	...	Grandma
Josette DiCarlo	...	Officer Gates
Lloyd J. Kalicki	...	Billy
Daniel Arthur Wray	...	Doc Fisher
Roger Perkovich	...	Gus Willman
Ray Maurin	...	Mayor Horton
Stacy Montezon	...	Jessica
Bekki Vallin	...	Jessica's Mom
Butch Mounce	...	The Milkman

Storyline

Cindy and Lucy are eighteen and going away to college. As a ritual they must rid themselves of the dirt of their small home town (Allburg) by swimming in an abandoned church crypt. They jump in and begin talking about sex when Lucys crucifix falls into the water and drifts down to land on Czakyr's (an ancient vampire) head, apparently waking him up. Some time on-wards a school teacher from a nearby town, Mark, gets directed to Allburg to help Lucy and her grandmother, who are suspected to be in trouble. Lucy becomes the target of a town turned vampire because of her 'virgin blood'. Mark, Lucy and an old wino shack up in an abandoned building outside of town but eventually get lured back to Allburg by the locals. There, with a giant glowing cross spearing the front of their Toyota, they take the town on and battle Czakyr. They win and life is restored to its original normalcy.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | virgin | crypt | priest | supernatural power | 

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Taglines:

Be home before nightfall... and pray for dawn!

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 September 1991 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Crianças da Noite

Filming Locations:

Calumet, Michigan, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karen Black and Garrett Morris were the first and only choices for their roles.

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Quotes

Karen Thompson: Feeling regretful, Frank? Well, I guess that's pretty standard in your line of work. I'll never apologize for the way I am. I like it. If I want someone's blood I'll take it. And I'm not ashamed of what I am and what I want and how I want it, and I want you. My soul, my flesh craves you.

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Connections

Referenced in The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry (2010)

User Reviews

Unique take on the vampire genre!

This movie is a typical B movie..but what they do with the "normal" legend of vampires. For one the vampire use water as their coffin instead of an actual one, once under water they spit out their lungs and breaths the water. In one scene this women vamp made her own cocoon to sleep in the special effects are really good in this scene. Its a cheap movie but its fun....its a saturday night kind of flick!!