--- product_id: 15340603 title: "John Carpenter's Vampires" price: "£22.52" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/15340603-john-carpenters-vampires store_origin: GB region: Great Britain --- # John Carpenter's Vampires **Price:** £22.52 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** John Carpenter's Vampires - **How much does it cost?** £22.52 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/15340603-john-carpenters-vampires) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Product Description A contemporary and blood-chilling take on the gothic legend, horror master John Carpenter's Vampires stars James Woods as the ultimate vampire slayer on his most dangerous mission ever. desertcart.com Talk about an opening. The first few minutes of John Carpenter's Vampires--in which James Woods's vampire killer leads a dawn raid on a New Mexico "goon nest" of bloodsuckers--not only suggests a horror movie that will not pull any punches, it even evokes some of the more disturbing dream-memories of American Westerns. Muscular and uncompromised, the sequence suggests a new Carpenter classic unraveling before one's eyes. Well, dream on. Things don't quite work out that way, but this is still a film to reckon with. There are a few serious (and surprising) misjudgments on the director's part, particularly a mishandling of Sheryl Lee's role as a prostitute poisoned by the bite of a "master vampire" (who pretty much wiped out Woods's team of goon terminators). But aside from some weaknesses, the action is jolting, the suggested complicity of the Catholic Church in destroying monsters is provocative, and the traces of Howard Hawks's continuing influence on Carpenter's storytelling are in evidence. --Tom Keogh Review: John Carpenter at his best!! - One of the very BEST vampire movies ever made. John Carpenter knows how to keep the suspense going. This and From Dusk till Dawn are excellent movies. Review: Very 90s - John Carpenter's Vampires is not a good movie. It's a fun popcorn movie, but it's bad, and very dated to the late 90s. Very mild spoilers are necessary to explain some caveats. The setup: In comic book fashion, vampire hunters stalk the American Southwest hunting down packs of undead. They drink, they curse, they crack jokes. Things quickly go south when the master vampire tracks down our hunters. It's up to Jack Crow, the Catholic Church's chosen hunter, to set things right - even if it means going against the Church. The plot is bog standard stuff, but the comedy of our perverted hunters interacting with their priest cohorts makes for an interesting twist on the formula. What's good: I personally like James Woods as Jack Crow. He's gross, he's funny, he treats his role with the appropriate mix of grim seriousness and levity. Daniel Baldwin as Montoya does an amazing job at being a total scumbag who's nonetheless always there for Jack. Sheryl Lee steals the show as Katrina, a prostitute who is bitten by the master and forms a psychic bond which may help our hunters track down the master. Tim Guinee also puts in a good turn as Father Adam Guiteau, the slightly nebbish replacement priest for our crew. Together they form a very memorable crew. Some of the action scenes - in particular the method they use to drag vampires out of their nests - is very neat and builds good tension. What's not good: This is a movie starring anti-heroes, and they really come across as scumbags, so it can be had to root for them. While that can be a cool concept, it does go a few hits too far. Some of Montoya's rough handling of Katrina makes sense given that she's been bitten by a vampire, but it does go too far. Montoya is still beating Katrina even as it becomes clear he's developing feelings for her, and a late-movie turn where they even love each other just feels icky. Crow is still threatening to murder his priest far past the point where it's really even helpful to his cause, and the priest begins to trust Crow rather than being permanently scarred. A low-rent production with an only-okay script doesn't help. You start to realize this movie is filmed in the Southwest because deserts are cheap to film in and don't require permits. The master enemy is totally generic, his performance does nothing, and the "vampire vision" looks like a 90s nu-metal video replete with soundtrack. So our heroes are scumbags, our villain is almost a placeholder, and there's a music video scene where vampires climb out of the dirt to 90s nu-metal. This can have audiences laughing or groaning rather than getting excited. Overall: As a dumb popcorn action movie, Vampires works for me. I like the idea of scumbag anti-heroes being hired by the Catholic Church to root out vampires. It's a great spin on the idea that it takes a monster to kill a monster. But the scumbag factor is a little too high so I don't like the characters, the production is too cheap, and the late 90s music video portions are not going to win anyone over. I still watch it every few years, especially for the performances, but it's overall nowhere near Carpenter's masterpieces. Most people agree they'd rather watch Ghosts of Mars - another stinker - but I'm a little partial to Vampires just because of the lead performances. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 6305258287 | | Actors | Daniel Baldwin, James Woods, Maximillian Schell, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Griffith | | Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | #31,709 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #966 in Horror (Movies & TV) #1,435 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV) #3,139 in Action & Adventure DVDs | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,898) | | Director | John Carpenter | | Dubbed: | French | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 43396030640 | | Language | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified | | MPAA rating | R (Restricted) | | Media Format | Subtitled | | Number of discs | 1 | | Producers | Sandy King | | Product Dimensions | 7.5 x 0.7 x 5.4 inches; 4 ounces | | Release date | February 9, 1999 | | Run time | 1 hour and 47 minutes | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Subtitles: | English, French | ## Images ![John Carpenter's Vampires - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81J3wGk1oNS.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ John Carpenter at his best!! *by L***E on December 17, 2025* One of the very BEST vampire movies ever made. John Carpenter knows how to keep the suspense going. This and From Dusk till Dawn are excellent movies. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very 90s *by P***L on May 15, 2020* John Carpenter's Vampires is not a good movie. It's a fun popcorn movie, but it's bad, and very dated to the late 90s. Very mild spoilers are necessary to explain some caveats. The setup: In comic book fashion, vampire hunters stalk the American Southwest hunting down packs of undead. They drink, they curse, they crack jokes. Things quickly go south when the master vampire tracks down our hunters. It's up to Jack Crow, the Catholic Church's chosen hunter, to set things right - even if it means going against the Church. The plot is bog standard stuff, but the comedy of our perverted hunters interacting with their priest cohorts makes for an interesting twist on the formula. What's good: I personally like James Woods as Jack Crow. He's gross, he's funny, he treats his role with the appropriate mix of grim seriousness and levity. Daniel Baldwin as Montoya does an amazing job at being a total scumbag who's nonetheless always there for Jack. Sheryl Lee steals the show as Katrina, a prostitute who is bitten by the master and forms a psychic bond which may help our hunters track down the master. Tim Guinee also puts in a good turn as Father Adam Guiteau, the slightly nebbish replacement priest for our crew. Together they form a very memorable crew. Some of the action scenes - in particular the method they use to drag vampires out of their nests - is very neat and builds good tension. What's not good: This is a movie starring anti-heroes, and they really come across as scumbags, so it can be had to root for them. While that can be a cool concept, it does go a few hits too far. Some of Montoya's rough handling of Katrina makes sense given that she's been bitten by a vampire, but it does go too far. Montoya is still beating Katrina even as it becomes clear he's developing feelings for her, and a late-movie turn where they even love each other just feels icky. Crow is still threatening to murder his priest far past the point where it's really even helpful to his cause, and the priest begins to trust Crow rather than being permanently scarred. A low-rent production with an only-okay script doesn't help. You start to realize this movie is filmed in the Southwest because deserts are cheap to film in and don't require permits. The master enemy is totally generic, his performance does nothing, and the "vampire vision" looks like a 90s nu-metal video replete with soundtrack. So our heroes are scumbags, our villain is almost a placeholder, and there's a music video scene where vampires climb out of the dirt to 90s nu-metal. This can have audiences laughing or groaning rather than getting excited. Overall: As a dumb popcorn action movie, Vampires works for me. I like the idea of scumbag anti-heroes being hired by the Catholic Church to root out vampires. It's a great spin on the idea that it takes a monster to kill a monster. But the scumbag factor is a little too high so I don't like the characters, the production is too cheap, and the late 90s music video portions are not going to win anyone over. I still watch it every few years, especially for the performances, but it's overall nowhere near Carpenter's masterpieces. Most people agree they'd rather watch Ghosts of Mars - another stinker - but I'm a little partial to Vampires just because of the lead performances. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The definitive version of John Carpenter's Vampires (Indicator release) *by K***H on March 30, 2018* This is one of the best vampire movies ever made and one of the best of the latter years of horror maser John Carpenter. I was ecstatic when I seen that this movie was finally being released on blu ray by an amazing company based in the UK called Indicator. Along with Arrow Video, Scream Factory, and Grindhouse Releasing, Indicator puts out really nice packages with amazing transfers and a good scoop of special features. This release of Vampires is no exception. Really nice double disc with the blu ray and DVD. Also includes a nice sized booklet with behind the scene photos and an essay on the film. Also has a reversible cover with the UK rating on the front, or the flip side is the US artwork, minus the UK rating information. Actual blu ray case is clear, like the Arrow and Criterion releases. Really looks nice. The transfer on the blu ray disc really does look fantastic, although a lot of the daytime scenes appear somewhat dark. I don't know if this is from the transfer process or if it was the way the actual film was photographed, but I don't recall any of the previous formats looking that dark in the daytime scenes. Regardless, that is in no way a major problem, this release looks incredible. The very best this movie has ever looked. I couldn't be happier with it. The transfer along with the double discs, booklet and special features (including a making-of featurette and a commentary by director John Carpenter) makes this release a very high recommend. If you're a Carpenter fan and/or fan of vampire movies, you need this release. 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