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      Nightlife

      PG-13 1989 1h 36m Mystery & Thriller Comedy List
      Reviews 60% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Vlad (Ben Cross) is a long-dead vampire who comes back to life while being exhibited in a Mexico City museum. His first thoughts are for his former love and fellow vampire, Angelique (Maryam d'Abo), whom he seeks out. They are reunited, but things get complicated when ordinary human Dr. David Zuckerman (Keith Szarabajka) sees Angelique and falls for her. She likes the doctor because he provides the blood she requires without having to resort to baring her fangs, but can he compete with Vlad? Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A real stake n potatoes Vampire movie but, I must say the best performance comes from the maid. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow!!!! what a mess! This started out as a somewhat ok made for cable late 80s Vampire romantic comedy. The only problem is that it was missing the horror and the comedy and felt like a very twisted half baked love story. Normally those kind of movies are pretty good but not when they are just tediously boring.The film had some decent cinematography and a couple good scares here and there but for the most part it was kinda bland. Ben Cross did a better job playing a Vampire on the early 90s failed attempt at a Dark Shadows reboot. This is for vampire completist's only or fans of badly made horror cable movies. This would have been a better episode of one of the many anthology shows that were out during late 80s... such as Tales from the Crypt,Monsters,Tales from the darkside or Ray Bradburry theater. As a full length movie....it kinda sucks out loud, no pun intended. Another curious thing about this release was that there was another totally different horror comedy that came out this same year, with the exact same title. The other Nightlife was a theatrical low budget horror comedy starring Scott Grimes from Critters 2, and that was a zombie horror comedy that was actually very good. Its a shame it was buried in the shuffle of the late 80s horror junk that got more attention. So if you read this review go track down the other Nightlife and watch that because its a hell of alot more entertaining than this made for cable turd fest. My final thought on this movie is I wanted to kill that fucking annoying short,fat,mouthy, Mexcian, know it all maid. After ten minutes of seeing her I wanted her character to die right off. You will hate her too... if you ever watch it and will really not love the fact that she's one of the 4 or 5 characters in this who gets more screen time than she deserves. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie rocked! It was funny as hell and I didn't see it until just about 2.5 years ago. If they ever do a remake of "The Fearless Vampire Killers" I hope they pick Ben to play the professor for that one! This man plays a lot of bad boys but he is very funny! He has a good sense of humor too! If you don't believe me, check out his FB page. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow!!!! what a mess! This started out as a somewhat ok made for cable late 80s Vampire romantic comedy. The only problem is that it was missing the horror and the comedy and felt like a very twisted half baked love story. Normally those kind of movies are pretty good but not when they are just tediously boring.The film had some decent cinematography and a couple good scares here and there but for the most part it was kinda bland. Ben Cross did a better job playing a Vampire on the early 90s failed attempt at a Dark Shadows reboot. This is for vampire completist's only or fans of badly made horror cable movies. This would have been a better episode of one of the many anthology shows that were out during late 80s... such as Tales from the Crypt,Monsters,Tales from the darkside or Ray Bradburry theater. As a full length movie....it kinda sucks out loud, no pun intended. Another curious thing about this release was that there was another totally different horror comedy that came out this same year, with the exact same title. The other Nightlife was a theatrical low budget horror comedy starring Scott Grimes from Critters 2, and that was a zombie horror comedy that was actually very good. Its a shame it was buried in the shuffle of the late 80s horror junk that got more attention. So if you read this review go track down the other Nightlife and watch that because its a hell of alot more entertaining than this made for cable turd fest. My final thought on this movie is I wanted to kill that fucking annoying short,fat,mouthy, Mexcian, know it all maid. After ten minutes of seeing her I wanted her character to die right off. You will hate her too... if you ever watch it and will really not love the fact that she's one of the 4 or 5 characters in this who gets more screen time than she deserves. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Vlad (Ben Cross) is a long-dead vampire who comes back to life while being exhibited in a Mexico City museum. His first thoughts are for his former love and fellow vampire, Angelique (Maryam d'Abo), whom he seeks out. They are reunited, but things get complicated when ordinary human Dr. David Zuckerman (Keith Szarabajka) sees Angelique and falls for her. She likes the doctor because he provides the blood she requires without having to resort to baring her fangs, but can he compete with Vlad?
      Director
      Daniel Taplitz
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 36m