Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- gritty
- gruesome
- irreverent
- late night horror marathon
- halloween viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually forceful and entertaining in places but uneven, overly repetitive, and weakened by an incoherent plot and unlikeable characters.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The vampire hunters operate like a hard-bitten posse across the New Mexico landscape, with showdowns and frontier-style violence.
The centuries-old cross is sought by both the Vatican and the master vampire, making it the key object around which the hunt turns.
Jack Crow was raised by the Church after vampires killed his parents and now leads the campaign against them.
The film frames its vampire hunters, bloodshed, profanity, and blood-and-tequila atmosphere as crude, disreputable entertainment.
Films like Vampires, and why
From Dusk Till Dawn
shares horror western atmosphere, vampire mythology, and rough-edged genre entertainment
Blade
shares supernatural horror, religious imagery, graphic vampire violence, and pulp action
They Live
shares john carpenter’s stylized horror, practical spectacle, and confrontations with predatory supernatural forces
The Lost Boys
shares gothic supernatural horror, revenge-driven protagonists, and violent monster hunting
Movie Details
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Release Date
- 1998-10-30
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (1413)
Cast
- James Woods
- Daniel Baldwin
- Sheryl Lee
- Thomas Ian Griffith
- Maximilian Schell
- Tim Guinee
- Mark Boone Junior
- Gregory Sierra
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Thomas Rosales Jr.
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Vampires about?
- A Vatican-backed posse of ruthless vampire hunters wages a bloody New Mexico campaign against an ancient master vampire and the church forces maneuvering around a sacred cross.
- What is Vampires like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Vampires as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Vampires violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Vampires as graphic.
- What did critics think of Vampires?
- Critics broadly found the film visually forceful and entertaining in places but uneven, overly repetitive, and weakened by an incoherent plot and unlikeable characters.
- Which films are like Vampires?
- Films with a similar feel include From Dusk Till Dawn, Blade, They Live, and The Lost Boys.
- How long is Vampires?
- Vampires runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch Vampires?
- In United States, Vampires streams on YouTube TV.
