Bloodstone

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Summary: A forgotten "gem"
Review: sorry for the pun, but its true that Bloodstone is one of those forgotten films of the 80's. Most people who saw it in the theater then have forgotten they did and the movie disappeared from theaters never to be heard from again, that is until now. I, for one, was one of the people that forgot about this film For years my memory of the film layed dormate, then one day I saw it on the shelf at one of our local DVD store. I was totally surprised to see it, so I picked it up. This DVD release by Image/Omega Entertainent is a beautiful release. Widescreen, digitally remasted, with plenty of special features. I was impressed. As for the movie, it brought back great memories. The story is your average adventure affair, much like Indiana Jones, Romancing The Stone, & Firewalker, but it does have many comical moments. The best part of the film is the police chief that speaks with a funny back of the throat voice. I found myself mimicking this voice for days after I saw the movie. The film was a pleasure with its adventure, off-the-wall humor, and exotic locations. If you like adventure films, give this lost gem a try, you shouldn't be disappointed. And for those of you who saw the movie, and can't remember...refresh your memory.

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Summary: NO ONE MAKES A BETTER VAMPIRE THAN ANDERS HOVE!
Review: This is the best vampire movie you could ever buy.Because even though the budget was not all that big.As is alot of Fullmoon's movie's,it was still surprisingly very amazing.Whoever thought of the Subspecies is a freakin genius!That has got to be the coolest idea I've ever seen take shape in a vampire movie EVER!Plus Anders Hove is the tuffest looking vampire EVER!It makes me wonder why those big budget film's keep feeding us crap like Dracula 2000,and a so called spin off from subspecies the Queen of the Damned.I no,I no,that it had some real good idea's,and all,but I mean really!Are pretty people with cute little fangs suppose to frighten me.I felt like I was watching a soap opera or something.Although it did have good eye candy,it shouldn't of been really called a horror movie I think.Now with that being said,this movie does have some filming flaws.Like sometimes I'd watch Radu lay down in his cript,and the sun would be right on him.What's up with that!Couldn't you people of used a filming jell on the camera or something to change it from day to night,plus why does he look so tough,and act tough in the beginning,and than at the end(sorry for the spoiler)the girl's kill him with hardly a hole lot of effort.That makes him look like a wimp to me!Plus I thought the Mummie bit was quite funny at the beginning.But I wouldn't of made up a hole sorry character that wasn't really even that cool to begin with.Just to use that short little line.All in all though,I think if the rest of the movie would of been as cool as the first fifteen minutes.I would of liked it even more.But still even with all the low budget flaws that I mentioned,I'm gonna definately give it a five star rating.Just because to me there's no person who makes a scarier looking vampire than Anders Hove.

Plus the girl actor's did a fine job,as did all the cast.I think the biggest flaws were in the latter half of the script itself.And as everyone know's the ending can either make or break a movie.Plus just one more flaw,I didn't like the fact that they made Radu out to be a total hermit with absolutely no vampire fallower's,living a life with his Mummie.I mean I doubt dracula would be living like that.Although I did get a weird beauty,and the beast vibe also from this movie,and I liked that,but even that didn't play out at the end.Overall though I reccommend this one the most!Along with part 3 the Bloodlust.Although I do think that commando guy was a cheesy idea to have in the movie Bloodlust.Other than that it's almost as good as this one.Part one is real boring,and doesn't have a hole lot of cool part's at all.Just a really cool cover,and a part where he cut's off his finger,and the subspecies go to work.Part four is unfortunately the utter worse in the series,a really horrible place to start.There's like no subspecies at all!Just a bunch of flamboiant looking follower's.That made me wish that Radu would of killed them all.Just so he could start fresh.Plus it was so low budget it looked like an old television series or something.With not exactly a horrible storyline just some real bad casting,and some bad outfit's.The only new actor I liked was the girl that almost get's bit by the vampire doctor.So in my oppinion Bloodstorm is a definate watch at you'r own risk movie.Anyway's I think if you can actually find this movie on VHS you should definately buy it.Because this one Bloodstone,and Bloodlust our definately worth the buy.And I think the other two you should buy only if you really,really would like the hole series.And who know's maybe if they get a much bigger budget someday they'll even put Bloodstone to shame...Until then I'll be waiting....

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Summary: NO ONE MAKES A BETTER VAMPIRE THAN ANDERS HOVE!
Review: This movie suprised me. I had watched the trailer first and groaned, "another bad, bad movie." It turns out the movie is not bad and there are some great extras. The image and sound is good. There is one caveat, make sure you get the copy that has "2003 Version" near the top of the title. Another bit of advice. This DVD is not worth the price Amazon is charging, unless you are a die-hard Mastorakis fan. You can pick this up at many other vendors for a third of the price. One of the extras on this disc and others in this "collection" is a great autobiograpy on the films of Nico Mastorakis. He seems like a fairly smart and decent person. It makes you want to buy the entire "collection", but like I stated not at the Amazon price.

Rating:
Summary: NOT BAD OR PRETTY GOOD
Review: This movie suprised me. I had watched the trailer first and groaned, "another bad, bad movie." It turns out the movie is not bad and there are some great extras. The image and sound is good. There is one caveat, make sure you get the copy that has "2003 Version" near the top of the title. Another bit of advice. This DVD is not worth the price Amazon is charging, unless you are a die-hard Mastorakis fan. You can pick this up at many other vendors for a third of the price. One of the extras on this disc and others in this "collection" is a great autobiograpy on the films of Nico Mastorakis. He seems like a fairly smart and decent person. It makes you want to buy the entire "collection", but like I stated not at the Amazon price.

Rating:
Summary: NOT BAD OR PRETTY GOOD
Review: This movie suprised me. I had watched the trailer first and groaned, "another bad, bad movie." It turns out the movie is not bad and there are some great extras. The image and sound is good. There is one caveat, make sure you get the copy that has "2003 Version" near the top of the title. Another bit of advice. This DVD is not worth the price Amazon is charging, unless you are a die-hard Mastorakis fan. You can pick this up at many other vendors for a third of the price. One of the extras on this disc and others in this "collection" is a great autobiograpy on the films of Nico Mastorakis. He seems like a fairly smart and decent person. It makes you want to buy the entire "collection", but like I stated not at the Amazon price.

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Summary: GET BLOWN AWAY WITH THIS EXOTIC ADVENTURE
Review: This movie was pretty good. Its the first one that I have seen since it is so hard to find the other sequels. I do reccomend that you watch this and try to find the sequels. All you vampire fans should enjoy this.