Review of Slayer

Slayer (2006 TV Movie)
5/10
No Old World Counts Among These Vampires
15 July 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Call me old fashioned, but when I think of vampires I'm thinking Bela Lugosi, formal dress and cape, old world manners and a menace in his voice.

These vampires have existed deep in the South American jungle for centuries, but now they seem to be getting good and organized. Making converts too, but not just any converts. There's a head vampire out there who's very selective about who he is recruiting. He's glad that there are some U.S. Army Soldiers now looking for them in the jungle.

Casper Van Dien a couple of generations back would have made a great action hero on the big screen. He's at his best playing the uncomplicated hero. But we're a bit to sophisticated for that so he's relegated to these made for TV epics. I suppose it was his good or bad luck depending on how you look at it to appear in that classic Starship Troopers. It seems to have typecast him for science fiction as well.

Since Van Dien almost went into the military as a career, he certainly does look and feel the part of an army captain. The other really good performance here is by Kevin Gieroux as Van Dien's friend who the vampires get and turn.

No children of the night here, this crowd of vampires makes no music.
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