Two siblings named Chris
(Tad Hilgenbrink) and Nicole (Autumn
Reeser) arrives to live with their
eccentric Aunt Jillian (Gabrielle Rose)
after their parents were killed in a car
accident in Luna Bay, California.
They are unhappy with their stay and on
how their Aunt is making certain rules
there especially the fact that they have
to pay rent.
A surfer named Shane Powers (Angus
Sutherland) invites both Chris and Nicole
to his party where the two of them
encounter a schoolmate bully named Jon
(Kyle Cassie) as he mocks them moving
there.
Nicole falls for Shane as he introduces
her to the place and also takes a swig of
a drink he offers her.
She suddenly feels different and gets
sick when her and Chris drive home from
the party and then turns on him by
attacking him.
A nearby resident Edgar Frog (Corey
Feldman) tries to help Chris out telling
her that he is a vampire slayer and his
sister is from the undead as Chris has no
choice but to take his advice only to try
and save his sister now that she is a
half vampire from that drink she took
which was vampire blood.
Chris is also tempted by Shane to become
one of them like his sister did and
allows so only to try and become powerful
enough to destroy the vampire race and
for the two of them to become normal
again.
The beginning is quite corny with
a neighbor not liking some teenage
surfers trespassing on his property with
a stern look on his face and then
exposing his fangs and then the teens lead by Shane Powers showing their fangs and
attacking him with fast paced action as
it looked too cheesy.
Nice shots on people
skateboarding or playing the saxophone
near the city streets.
Nice shots on Chris Emerson sitting at a dock and watching the
sun setting and then a good discussion with Shane talking to him on the
dock and inviting him to his party.
A nice set with people partying wildly
outside doing a bunch of stuff.
A good camera shot looking up at Lisa dancing indoors at the party
with Chris watching and then Lisa trying to make a move on him which seems
quite impressive so far.
A great conversation between Shane and Evan in his room as it shows
terrific chemistry as well as tempting
her to take a drink of his wine from.
There is a shower scene by Lisa and Chris which was
too fast paced.
A good shot on Shane driving his motorbike with Evan's hands wrapped around his waist.
A nice distance shot on the motorbike and
a full moon.
There is a good shot focusing on Shane with his stern
expressions too.
A cheesy suspenseful shot with Evan picking up Chris by the
neck and turning along with a corny
presence by Edgar Frog stopping her and then introducing
himself.
We have a hokey conversation between Chris and Edgar in his trailer
discussing about vampires and knowing
what to do by stopping them by reading
comic books.
A good discussion between Chris and Evan when he tries to
tell her she's a vampire and doesn't
believe him.
A nice shot on Shane lying
down and calling with a great close up
shot on Evan opening her eyes, then later on slowly walking outside
towards his coven and then reuniting with
one another.
Corny moments with Kyle, Erik and Jon playing video
games or stabbing one another for fun.
Perfect camera shots on a lustful moment
with Shane and Evan in bed with their hands feeling one
another as well as the kissing.
Perfect shots on the people like Shane, Kyle and Jon skateboarding and driving their
motorbikes recklessly out on the streets
towards a Sheriff's office along with a
cheesy and fast camera shots on a nice
car chase too of the Sheriff himself.
A good fast forward shot on Chris tossing and turning on his bed
thinking about what the head vampire told
him about becoming a vampire.
Good shots on Shane and Evan staring at Chris driving
along in a car while he is about to take
a swig of the blood along with nice
shots on Kyle, Erik and Jon laughing in the
backseat of the car.
There's a good bonfire moment at the
beach with all of them getting together
with some by having some make out
dares and other fun activities and then
suddenly turning their vampire modes and
attacking.
Good shout out on Edgar towards Chris asking
if he is cool and demanding to show him
his teeth and then a good fast running
shot on Chris by showing
a stern and blunt reaction towards him
telling him that he's cool.
Good shots on Edgar and Chris hunting around an abandoned mining
cave which leads to the coven to try and
track down the vampires.
A nice fast action shot on Erik attacking Chris in the
cave and having a battle.
A good camera shot zooming away from Edgar in the cave holding his holy water rifle
looking around.
We also see some
perfect fast paced camera shots between Shane and Chris during their final showdown.
Bottom line is that this is a disappointing
sequel to the cult classic hit but yet it
can be alot of fun. However, at first the
film looks like a David DeCoteau
at his best in those teenage jock horror
flicks. It's updated to todays type of vampire
flicks but yet very cheesy and at times
alot sillier than in the first one and
made on a much lower budget too making
this one hard to believe that it's a
sequel as well as taken in a different
direction by using only one character
from the original film which is Edgar
Frog to reprise his role. There are some fun touches though which
makes the film quite entertaining and
good enough to have another sequel.
The acting is
well.... some good and at times corny
too. Don't expect it to be as good as the
first one cause it isn't. Tad
Hilgenbrink (Chris Emerson) seems just average in
his role as the head teen in the film
trying to save his sisters life and
trying to stop the vampire's. Really he
doesn't stand out too well. Yet he showed a good fist strike by him hitting somebody's nose as well as showing off a nasty attitude. Reacts well after
he drinks some blood by behaving dazed at first
and then feeling great.
Angus Sutherland' (Shane Powers) plays a vampire this time as he does well
with his surfer like accent and makes a
nice vampire leader with his charming
attitude. A good
stern reaction by him in a scene after he is hit in the nose. Does well by trying to
tempt his fellow actress by becoming a vampire in front of
his coven. Yes he's Kierfer's half brother.
Autumn Reeser (Nicole Emrson) has the right looks
for the role as a stuck up pretty girl
experiencing her lifestyle as a half
vampire and seems to pull off not too bad
with her character but is rusrty in some
spots.
Gabrielle Rose (Aunt Jillian) tries to bring the
humor as a nagging aunt in the film and
does well with that but yet, she isn't
very funny. A good presence by her being surprised to
see her onscreen niece and nephew showing great
delight. A good nagging performance by her towards her onscreen nephew about his
habits that she doesn't like lately with
his sister.
Corey Feldman (Edgar Frog) returns to his role
but he seems way more corny with his part
and a grungy type of voice too as I
thought to myself what happened to him??? Yet offers nice slapstick timing when about to do battle.
Merwin
Mondesir (Erik) does nicely with his crazy
attitude as one of the vampire's in the
film and can look convincingly
terrifying.
Kyle Cassie (Jon) does well as a dickhead
vampire bringing a perfect presence to
his role and a true character actor. A good reaction by him mocking two people at an outdoor party ashe was believeable as a prick and
the other two feeling uncomfortable which is his finest moments here.
Supporting actor Greyston Holt (Evan) seems to play ok as a shy dweeby type of
teen in the film that other's like to
pick on. A good nervous reaction on him trying to
talk to a pretty girl in a certain scene. She reacts well after drinking some wine by
feeling a bit dizzy. She acts too melodramatic when she
feels sick while riding in the car
realising that she is turning into a half
vampire. Does well nearly losing her
mind and getting hungry for blood in her
motorhome. Reacts well to
screaming when someone holds a crucifix to
her.
We have a cameo at the end of the film by
Corey Haim (Sam Emerson) at the end of the film
reprising his role as well but he isn't
the same and I love his presence in it.
A nice brief breast shot on
a woman out at the party.
Moneca Delain exposes her
breasts while taking a shower and later
on exposes her breasts again in a
motorhome trying to act viciously
lustful.
Numerous people's
flesh are bitten off by vampire's
A head is cut off
A vampiress is impaled on deer antlers
Bloody gun shots
A vampires guts fall out
A vampire is stabbed by a steel sharp
object
A vampire's head is blown off
A wooden stake is stabbed through a
vampire's heart with bloody results.
Some good gothic
bluesy type guitar playing with some nice
violin sounds too along with the perfect
screeching sounds all composed by
Nathan Barr who did a perfect job
with it.
Like in the first
film we have a soundtrack as some of it
sounds quite good but a group named Aiden who does the cover version of "Cry
Little Sister" from the first film
trying to make it sound updated for the
millenium but it doesn't sound at all
gothic like the orgiinal version of it.
Edgar Frog: I'm
Edgar Frog, surfboard shaper and vampire
hunter.
Edgar Frog: [brandishing
two cross-shaped stakes] Who ordered
the stake?
Edgar Frog:
I said are you cool
Shane Powers: I am cool
Edgar Frog: Show me your teeth
Shane Powers (Approaches him
quickly): I... AM ... COOL!
Edgar Frog (Sniffs):
I smell ugly
Edgar Frog
(After blowing a vampire's head off):
Pop goes the weasel.
Shane Powers:
(After stabbing a stake through his
heart) Nicole.... why???
Nicole Emerson: He's family
asshole!!! |