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Modern Vampires

  • TV Movie
  • 19981998
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
2.1K
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Modern Vampires (1998)
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  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Romance
A borderline fascistic Dr. Van Helsing unwittingly hires crack smoking gang-bangers to pursue the decadent vampires who secretly control Hollywood and the United States.A borderline fascistic Dr. Van Helsing unwittingly hires crack smoking gang-bangers to pursue the decadent vampires who secretly control Hollywood and the United States.A borderline fascistic Dr. Van Helsing unwittingly hires crack smoking gang-bangers to pursue the decadent vampires who secretly control Hollywood and the United States.
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,051
546
  • Director
    • Richard Elfman
  • Writer
    • Matthew Bright
  • Stars
    • Casper Van Dien
    • Natasha Gregson Wagner
    • Rod Steiger
Top credits
  • Director
    • Richard Elfman
  • Writer
    • Matthew Bright
  • Stars
    • Casper Van Dien
    • Natasha Gregson Wagner
    • Rod Steiger
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 115User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Victor Togunde, Flex, Cedrik Terrell & Rod Steiger as Dr. Van Helsing
    Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner
    Kim Cattrall
    Craig Ferguson
    Modern Vampires (1998)
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    Modern Vampires (1998)
    Modern Vampires (1998)
    Casper Van Dien, Natasha Lyonne, and Natasha Gregson Wagner in Modern Vampires (1998)
    Casper Van Dien and Natasha Gregson Wagner in Modern Vampires (1998)
    Natasha Gregson Wagner in Modern Vampires (1998)
    Natasha Gregson Wagner in Modern Vampires (1998)

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    Casper Van Dien
    Casper Van Dien
    • Dallasas Dallas
    Natasha Gregson Wagner
    Natasha Gregson Wagner
    • Nicoas Nico
    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Dr. Frederick Van Helsingas Dr. Frederick Van Helsing
    Kim Cattrall
    Kim Cattrall
    • Ulrikeas Ulrike
    Natasha Lyonne
    Natasha Lyonne
    • Rachelas Rachel
    Craig Ferguson
    Craig Ferguson
    • Richardas Richard
    Udo Kier
    Udo Kier
    • Vincentas Vincent
    Gabriel Casseus
    Gabriel Casseus
    • Time Bombas Time Bomb
    Robert Pastorelli
    Robert Pastorelli
    • The Countas The Count
    Natalya Andreychenko
    Natalya Andreychenko
    • Panthiaas Panthia
    • (as Natasha Andreichenko)
    Boris Lee Krutonog
    Boris Lee Krutonog
    • Conciergeas Concierge
    • (as Boris Krutonog)
    Marco Hofschneider
    Marco Hofschneider
    • Hansas Hans
    • (as Marco Hosschneider)
    Stephen Porter
    • Haraldas Harald
    Ellia Thompson
    • The Count's Girlfriendas The Count's Girlfriend
    Peter Lucas
    Peter Lucas
    • The Count's Henchmanas The Count's Henchman
    Jason Ross-Azikiwe
    Jason Ross-Azikiwe
    • Pimpas Pimp
    • (as Jason Asikiwe)
    Roberta Hanley
    Roberta Hanley
    • Salesladyas Saleslady
    Victor Togunde
    Victor Togunde
    • Soda Popas Soda Pop
    • Director
      • Richard Elfman
    • Writer
      • Matthew Bright
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Rod Steiger was director Richard Elfman's first and only choice to play Van Helsing.
    • Goofs
      At the end of the movie, when the gang is shooting the vampires at the nightclub, Time Bomb is shown shooting with two semiautomatic pistols, yet the slides were back, indicating that the guns were out of bullets.
    • Quotes

      Nico: I never knew vampires could do sex.

      Dallas: That's a myth. With a good commercial lubricant we could go for hours.

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD version is unrated and contains more explicit gore than the edited R-rated VHS release.
    • Connections
      References I Love Lucy (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      Big Red Rocket of Love
      By James C. Heath

      Performed by The Reverend Horton Heat

      Published by Horton House Publishing

      Courtesy of Interscope Records

      Under license from Universal Special Markets

    User reviews115

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    Top review
    Rod Steiger makes this movie good! Vampires that act like real people!
    Rod Steiger is a great actor and he makes this movie good. The funniest scenes in the movie involve Steiger and the man he hires to help hunt vampires. Steiger puts everything into his role as Doctor Frederick Van Helsing the vampire slayer. His German accent is right on. Van Helsing takes out an ad in the paper to find an assistant. When a street thug applies for the job, the really funny stuff starts. Later when he needs more help he Van Helsing uses his thug assistant's street gang! How these two cultures play off of each other is the funniest part of the movie.

    The vampires in this movie aren't looked upon like mindless brutes who just go around killing people. Well, they kill people but they have a "human" side to them as well. Casper Van Dien plays Dallas, a young WW2 veteran who was "turned" back in the 40s. For a vampire, Dallas is a pretty nice guy. His love interest is a young girl who was turned into a vampire when she was in her late teens or early twenties. She does something in this film that you never see a vampire do in a movie, go back and visit her family who thought she was long dead since she had been missing for years. The confrontation with her parents makes for a good scene and it is something fresh in a vampire movie.

    The story moves along well and the ending has some interesting twists. There is a lot of gore in this film but it's not the worst I've seen. It's not as gory as say Saving Private Ryan. While sort of predictable there are some very surprising and funny things at the end of this movie. Rent this movie if you like camp and very funny humor.

    Rayvyn
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    • Release date
      • May 7, 1999 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Revenant
    • Filming locations
      • Pasadena, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Muse Productions
      • MUSE/Wyman
      • Storm Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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