I had started this blog with two goals. First, I had wanted to repost as many of my reviews from Epinions as I could. The second goal was to review as many bad movies as I had the patience to sit through. I had also wanted to review better-known movies, as well. However, I wanted to specialize in those films that were of lower quality. I found these movies to be easier to review on a certain level.
I came to realize in recent months that I was getting away from this. I was reviewing a lot of TV shows and short films. I’m not going to stop doing this, but I wanted to get back to the crappy movies that I loved. Then, I met Vampire Hunter.
The movie is part of a six-pack of movies, which usually tells me that it’s going to be bad. The same person wrote, produced, directed and starred in the movie. This is almost always the mark of a stinker. If those two things didn’t scare me off, the bad video and audio quality should have.
As the name implies, it’s about a man who hunts vampires. We start with John O'Ryan doing some sort of martial-arts/exercise routine. We find out that he’s pretty good at drawing pin-up girls and has an awesome action-figure collection. He’s also about to cross paths with Morgan Bane, art dealer and vampire extraordinaire.
Bane is hundreds of years old and is bored with life. He’s looking for a new woman to have a fling with and maybe find someone to fight. He’s already gone up against Ramone, having turned his one true love. When John’s wife, Heather, makes an appointment with Bane, Heather becomes Bane’s next infatuation. With Ramone’s help, John might be able to defeat the evil vampires and save Heather.
This movie is of such low quality that it’s actually impressive that it found any distribution. It has the telltale audio and video distortions of a VHS tape that’s been sitting around for a decade or so. I knew early on that I wasn’t going to be able to make out most of the dialogue. Fortunately, I was able to follow the basic plot. This isn’t saying much, though. It’s the garden variety of crosses, wooden stakes and garlic that’s common with low-budget vampire movies.
The quality was so low that I’m actually wondering if it was deliberate. Many of the main actors do have other credits, although many of those credits aren’t for acting. Sean Gallimore, who stared as John O’Ryan, has fifteen credits in the art department, including The Lion King. Leonardo Millán, who played Bane, did Voicework for Grand Theft Auto V.
I’m not really sure what the impetus was for making the movie. Was it something that Gallimore wanted to do? Did he want to show off some skills or try something different? IMDb shows an estimated budget of $5,000. It’s possible that he just had some spare time. Despite there being talent here, it doesn’t look like a lot of effort was put into it.
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