The Last Sect (2006)

A vampire hunter tracks female bloodsuckers who use an Internet dating site to lure men and women.

Director:

Jonathan Dueck

Writer:

David Robbeson

Stars:

David Carradine, Natalie Brown, Deborah Odell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Carradine	...	Van Helsing
Natalie Brown	...	Sydney
Deborah Odell	...	Anna
Julian Richings	...	Karpov
Sebastien Roberts	...	Sam
Jordan Van Dyck	...	Tone
Christine Tizzard	...	Receptionist
Megan Fahlenbock	...	Jess
Richard Blackburn	...	Luke
Joe MacLeod	...	Bike Courier
Rosalba Martinni	...	Fortune Teller (as Rosalba Martini)
Nicole Sherman	...	Vampette
Kasia Vassos	...	Vampette
Claire Oleson	...	Vampette
Kimberly Plaxton	...	Vampette #4 (as Ochen)

Storyline

The journalist Sydney St. James is writing an article for the magazine where she works about the on-line dating agency Artemis that is specialized in women. She schedules an interview with the owner of Artemis, Anna, and she visits the mysterious woman with her photographer Sam, who is fascinated by a site called Vampire Web. Sidney feels a great attraction for Anna, who is actually an ancient vampire called Anastasia. Meanwhile the vampire hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is advised by his assistant Tone about the correlation between Artemis and the Vampire Web, and Van Helsing explains that in every turn of millennium, the vampire sect needs to regenerate, using a woman for this purpose. Van Helsing calls his partner Karpov and together they go to Artemis to fight against Anastasia and her sect.

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | drinking blood | reference to rasputin | reference to alexander hamilton | dating service | 

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Taglines:

The web is now a haven for the undead

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English French

Release Date:

2006 (Canada)

Also Known As:

A Última Seita

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The line "... with a kiss I die" is from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."

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Goofs

Anna's entrance to the room where Syd is standing is through a door that seems to open and close by itself, but we can see the stagehand behind the door whose job it is to close it.

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Connections

Referenced in Yes Man (2008)

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Soundtracks

Darling You're Mean
Performed by The Duke Spirit

User Reviews

Disappointing Effort

The Last Sect looked to have potential and features some good acting, but ultimately it doesn't deliver. As others have pointed out, it doesn't have the overt sexuality or gore of a 70's B-Movie, but neither does it achieve the stylistic, indie feel of cult classics like the Hunger. It seems to be trying for a blend of both, but fails to manage either successfully.

It's expected that plot and dialogue are going to be weak in a vampire flick, but this needs to made up for with either exciting action or style. What action there is gets bogged down by excruciatingly slow pacing, and an overload of talking. I believe they were trying to go for indie clever with the dialogue but it just comes across as dull. The visuals and imagery are nice, but not memorable. The mistake they make here is not adding the contrasting element of horrific to the dreamlike, erotic sequences so we end up with a lot of bland pretty.

I give it a 3 for the acting and for potential, but as lenient as I am when it comes to bad vampire movies, I can't give The Last Sect a good grade. The movie ends up stuck in a no man's land, neither intellectual nor gratuitous and instead, much I hate to say it, only manages to be boring.