The Witches Hammer (2006)

On the day of her death a normal woman is transformed into a genetically engineered vampire and trained to kill. She is sent on a mission to stop the Souls of the Damned being unleashed into our dimension.

Director:

James Eaves

Writer:

James Eaves

Stars:

George Anton, Tina Barnes, Stephanie Beacham

Cast

Credited cast:
George Anton	...	Vampire
Tina Barnes	...	Edward's Wife
Stephanie Beacham	...	Madeline
Claudia Coulter	...	Rebecca
Andrew Cullum	...	Polite Man
Tom Dover	...	Hugo
Harold Gasnier	...	Le Cardinale
Adrian Johnson
Liza Keast
Sally Reeve	...	Charlotte
Magda Rodriguez	...	Kitanya
Jonathan Sidgwick	...	Edward (as Jon Sidgwick)
Sam Smith	...	Masked Man
Kris Tanaka	...	Hugo's guard
Jason Tompkins	...	Oscar

Storyline

Rebecca is brought back from the brink of death by top secret agency 'Project 571'. She is trained as a lethal assassin and sent on missions to kill that which she has become, a vampire. When Project 571 is destroyed by a gang of vampires, Rebecca is thrown into a quest for an ancient book powerful enough to raise the dead. Rebecca joins two priests on a journey to kill the master vampire Hugo Renoir before he can unleash the grotesque souls of the damned into our dimension. If Hugo is allowed to perform the ancient ceremony the earth shall forever pass into the realm of darkness. Along the way Rebecca must utilise her training to face Vampires, Demons and Witches all vying for the book and its awesome power.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | demon | quest | assassin | violence | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and bloody images

Did You Know?

Connections

References Citizen Kane (1941)

User Reviews

As flat as a witches....

Well, you know the rest! This has to be the worst movie I've seen in a long long time. I can only imagine that Stephanie Beaham had some bills to pay when taking on this role.

The lead role is played by (to me) a complete unknown and I would imagine disappeared right back into obscurity right after this turkey.

Bruce Lee led the martial arts charge in the early 70's and since then fight scenes have to be either martial arts based or at least brutal if using street fighting techniques. This movie uses fast cuts to show off the martial arts, however, even this can't disguise the fact that the lady doesn't know how to throw a punch. An average 8 year old boy would take her apart on this showing.

Sorry, the only mystery on show here is how this didn't win the golden raspberry for its year.

Details

Official Sites:

Amber Pictures

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 December 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Projekt 571 - Die Vampirjägerin

Filming Locations:

Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amber Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1