"The Forsaken "

WOW !!!!!! A real old-time horror film with a few modern twists.

" The Forsaken", written and directed by J.S. Cardone, is a great mixture of the classic vampires tales of old, The Lost Boys", "Near Dark", and "John Carpenter's Vampires". The story opens with Sean (Kerr Smith), hired to drive a car cross-country from Los Angeles to Florida. On the way, he meets up with a hitchhiker, Nick (Brender Fehr) who is a vampire hunter, which Sean doesn't know about until they find Megan (Isabella Miko) who was left for dead by the vampires. As the boys encounter Megan, Nick explains to Sean what is really going on, only to discover that Sean was bitten, and is now infected. They decide to use Megan for bait, as once infected, victims become homming beacons for Kit, the vampire leader. (Jonathon Schaech in a great role !)

If the boys can kill Kit, the virus will be reversed and those infected will become healthy humans again. Now it's a race against time as the victims are slowly "turning" into vampires and Sean is starting to show some signs of the "virus".

The movie doesn't rely much on audacious special effects or typical vampire fare. At one point Nick explains that what we know of vampires isn't true and puts a new twist on vampire lore.

Shot mostly at night and in the desert, with a group of vampire thugs, more vicious than those seen in "Near Dark" or "The Lost Boys", "The Forsaken" should hit the spot with horror fans, as well as if you like vampires, this is fresh take on a story we've seen before!