Vampires

Vampires (1998)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1998-10-30

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, LARGO Entertainment, Storm King Productions, Film Office, Spooky Tooth Productions

Genre

Action, Fantasy, Horror

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$20 308 772

Website

http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/vampires

Director

John Carpenter

Actors

James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell, Tim Guinee, Mark Boone Junior, Gregory Sierra, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Thomas Rosales Jr.
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Scenario

Producer

Sandy King, Barr B. Potter

Operator

Gary B. Kibbe

Composer

John Carpenter

Artist

Audition

Reuben Cannon, Eddie Dunlop

Editing

Edward A. Warschilka
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• The film is based on the novel of the same name by John Steakley and was filmed over two months – from June 2nd to August 4th, 1997.
• Screenwriter Dan Mazur appears in the credits only during the film's release in Europe, but his name disappeared from the list of the film's creators at the premiere in the USA in 1998.
• American director and screenwriter Frank Darabont played the episodic role of the car owner who forcefully takes the car from Montoya.
• Filming took place in the state of New Mexico (USA), in the cities of Stanley, Santa Fe, Cerrillos, San Julian Pueblo, and Las Vegas.
• When Russell Malkey and Dolph Lundgren left the project, and John Carpenter took over directing the film with James Woods in the lead role, the studio decided to cut the film's budget by 2/3. This was done immediately before the start of the production process, so the screenwriter and director had to urgently and radically rewrite the script to fit within the new budget.
• John Stickley, the author of the original novel, said after the film's premiere that the film contains most of his dialogue but none of his plot points.
• The symbol on the pendant worn by Montoya is a Norse rune meaning 'protector'.