1995 Film
Like so many others I tuned in to watch Alyssa Milano's turn as a good girl gone bad (in the movies and real life) for this 1995 movie. A couple of things struck me nearly 20 years later.
Alyssa Milano ended up to become a much better actress. I make no apologies for my love of Charmed. But while she was not great in this, she got a lot better.
Martin Kemp is not a great actor. In fact in this he comes off more like a poor man's Nick Cage in "Kiss of the Vampire" only not as crazy.
In some cases, vampires can shoot electricity out of their hands.
The story is thin, at best. But that is not why anyone watches this.
2013 Film
Given all of this, my expectations for the "remake" were very low. I have to admit I was very surprised.
For starters the story is different. The characters are the same, more or less.
In both cases Charlotte is a pure, virginal character that is sought after by a vampire. In the first movie she was the "reincarnation" of the vampire's love (gah) in the new movie she is the descendant of the vampire who killed and turned the vampire in the tale. She is described as a Dhampir, so she has the original vampire's blood in her veins. If the vampire in the movie and drain her he becomes human again.
The 2013 movie keeps you guessing, sort of, on who the vampire is and you are uncertain whether or not the things Charlotte is seeing/doing are real or not.
In the end I actually enjoyed this new movie much more than the original.
Yes. All the reasons you wanted to watch the 1995 movie, minus Alyssa Milano, are still here. In fact I have heard this movie described as "Black Swan with Vampires and Fencing". That is not too far off.
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Tally so far: 26 Total Watched / 18 New
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