There's one type of movie that over the years has slowly turned into a different breed from itself, and that's the horror genre. What used to be more psychological or general trickery of the mind to imply horror slowly turned into "whore"er movies where there happens to be more T'n'A then there is actual credible scares (such as most slasher flicks). Of all the monsters out there in the cryptozoological department, the vampire has been far hit the hardest by the modern-day glam machine, going from a tragic blood thirsty creature to a sparkling pretty-boy elven equivalent in the dead-man market, and so it's not surprising that when I want to watch a vampire flick I draw from an older stash.
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In 2004, Paul W.S. Anderson took the proverbial peanut butter and jelly of two sci fi series with long running comics, novels, and even previous incredible movies and gave us a rather mediocre sandwich for our dinning pleasure. Although it wasn't by any means a terrible meal, it left a bit of a peculiar aftertaste in the mouth, one that many would call the salty flavorings of the tears of franchise lovers. We have already been over my opinions of that back here, but the more important topic is that of the sequel soon to be discussed. Is it possible that the Brothers Strause threw off the shackles of bland mediocrity as they did with the PG-13 rating, or did they feebly try and salvage what was left of a situation too scarred by its plainness to make a difference?
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