A 30th anniversary showing at the Cine El Rey led to a packed house for this campy vampire tale. Much like Rocky Horror Picture Show, we have a pair of Normals, brothers Michael and Sam who move to Santa Carla, the Murder Capital of the World. They start to find out unusual things happen in that town.
Michael (Jason Patric) is seduced by the vampires of the dark side, Kiefer Sutherland and Jami Gertz. Sam (Corey Haim) on the other hand is under the obligation of the enforcement side, so to speak, and seeks to quell this vampire uprising. Predictable conflict ensues, with the inter-family aspect the most interesting part, especially their mother (Dianne Weist) and grandpa (Barnard Hughes). The family interplay was reminiscent of Back to the Future (1985) , one of the underrated parts of that movie.
Directed by Joel Schumacher, we see beginnings of the dark, over-the-top aspects of movies of that era, such as Beetlejuice and Batman.
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