Reign in Darkness

Starring:Sam Acarito, David W. Allen, John Barresi, Copper Barton, Sarah Bourke, Daniel Bowden, Nathan Cross, Kel Dolen, Jimmy Efthimiou, Zoe Fisher II, Melanie Fisher, Chris Kerrison, Irving Labrooy, David No, Matt Robinson (IX), Dejai Scott, Darren Smith, David Stravetis, Andrew Thomas (VIII), Richard Wiggan
Director: David W. Allen, Kel Dolen
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

ok so I like some B-movies...
Negative one (-1)
Not worth the money to rent it
Surprisingly good, despite many bad points
Pretty men, bad actors, good low-budget effects

Reign in Darkness
Starring: Sam Acarito , David W. Allen , John Barresi , Copper Barton , and Sarah Bourke
Director: David W. Allen , and Kel Dolen
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000A1HSU
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Customer Reviews:

ok so I like some B-movies..........2006-06-06

and this is one of the Bs that I liked. Ok, I'm a sucker (pardon the pun) for vamp flixs and novels (jeanclaude from anita blake is among my top 3 fave vamps). When I saw the movie at a local BB, I decided to give it a try. Well, the accents kindof gave it away that its not american, and that dude's supposed Texan/Ark/LA/MS accent made me laugh at times. not because its cheezy, but yes I actually know people who talk like that. The low budget was apparent from the beginning, the storyline wasnt top notch, but I thought it was a pretty decent B-movie. I just wish that the ending had a better way of closing the movie and not left me hanging with the 'what if'. If you want 'typical hollywood' boring vamps rent Interview with a vampire. If you're into the B's give Reign a rental try.

Negative one (-1).......2006-05-23

One word DEPRESSING i mean the ending thats where you say the 5 miuntes of action if you can call it that

Not worth the money to rent it.......2005-06-04

The best thing about this movie is the pic on the cover. I thought i'd give it a chance, but was sadly disapointed. The story was borring. It needed to be fleshed out a lot. The acting was horable. The special effects looked like they hired a kindergarden class to do them. The filming looked to be done with a hand held camcorder. The only reason it got one star was cause the picture on the cover was good enough to sucker me into renting this. Do yourself a favor and rent Blade instead.

Surprisingly good, despite many bad points.......2005-04-23

Detailed plot: Michael Dorn, a hired chemist, creates a virus that turns people into artificial vampires (he was working on a cure for HIV). Dorn is accidentally infected and goes on the run from his employers. Those same employers, called "The Counsel", send a vampire "half-breed" and an Ex-Marine with a grudge after Dorn. Meanwhile, Dorn finds out that the Counsel wanted a virus that made vampires and used the HIV cure as a cover-up, so he begins to systematically destroy everything and everyone involved.

Pros: The plot and the writing is great. If I could get a Hollywood movie budget and make the same movie with the same script, it would be superb.

Cons: Bad acting (half of the actors have accents, half don't, and only one is good at delivering lines and facial acting), low budget special effects and cameras, cliffhanger ending.

But, to tell the truth, despite the cons, the script really kept me interested and made me stay until the end. I recommend it for fans of the vampire genre and B movies in general :-)

Pretty men, bad actors, good low-budget effects.......2005-02-11

I kinda enjoyed this one, myself. But I won't say it's a great movie.

It's nice to see a low-budget vampire movie, where the actors wear fangs and black contact lenses instead of rubber demon heads or overdone computer effects. I've always found people scarier than F/X, myself. Still, the UK vampire miniseries ULTRAVIOLET managed with less.

And if you like to watch shirtless well-built young men posing with leather and weapons, well, now's your chance. Yes, late wives are mentioned, and there's nothing blatantly gay, but the only women onscreen are victim cameos, and the men pose a lot.

Mind you, if you want good scriptwriting, acting, or directing, you've probably come to the wrong movie. But it's underdone rather than entertainingly cheesy. Except, of course, for the Australian attempt at a Texas accent in one of the bad guys, but hey, they probably find American attempts at an Australian accent equally funny.

Did I mention directing? It's the same quality as the rest of the show. Picture a climactic scene where the hero stands immobile under the only light in a dark room, while the lead vampire circles around him, gesturing and lecturing, for at least five minutes. Talking heads much? Dynamic it's not.

So if you're looking for a feature movie, you're out of luck. But the quality's about right for a (one-episode) TV show; it's not as bad as PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE or suchlike.

Average customer rating:

ok so I like some B-movies...
Negative one (-1)
Not worth the money to rent it
Surprisingly good, despite many bad points
Pretty men, bad actors, good low-budget effects

Reign in Darkness
Starring: Sam Acarito , David W. Allen , John Barresi , Copper Barton , and Sarah Bourke
Director: David W. Allen , and Kel Dolen
Manufacturer: Spartan
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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