John Carpenter's Vampires Explained 

James Woods has previously tweeted that this role was his favorite of all roles.

I felt bad for Anthony. He was turned into a vampire but resisted and helped John until the very end. That's a true friend and it was bitter sweet to see them hug as friends for the last time.

I had an idea, a writer writes a guide on vampire hunting but turns out that it’s so accurate that real vampire’s try to kill him but the author end up being saved by a fan who follows him believing the author is a veteran vampire hunter.

John carpenter is the reason why I'm in film school now. Thanks Cogan for posting this movie.

Pre-LOTR Peter Jackson directing a vampire movie would likely have been wild.

Watched this on vhs as a child and it instantly became my favourite Vampire movie. Awesome soundtrack too

The novel was WAY better than the movie. John Carpenter said back in 1998 that his original vision for the movie was to be somewhat closer to the novel, including having the second half of the movie take place in a city, not just the desert. But according to Carpenter, the studio made the decision to slash his budget and filming schedule in half, after he had already started filming. So he was forced to quickly rewrite the script and find cheaper shooting locations to compensate. It's truly a shame, because the novel could easily be adapted to a movie as is, with no changes and be awesome.

"They go up like a Tesla battery" Brilliant :)

My only complaint is the Cardinal's logic. You would think the origin and existence of vampires would be enough proof that the afterlife does exist.

Woods' acting was by far the best part of the film. You can clearly see he was having the time of his life while filming this sh*t 😂😂😂

With the idea of Valek's ritual being completed, I often wondered whether daywalking would be passed to other Vampires, since they all stem from him, or at least any new vampires he created, but he could just be selfish and not want to share, great film

Thomas Ian Griffith as Valek was awesome, too.. as usual.. one of my favorite character actors. "Assahhh!!" 😆 He looked and played the part very well.

You cannot tell me when Valek shoved his hand through the guy opening the door and then split him in half didn't blow your mind! It is very similar to the diner scene in Vampires 2, sets the standard for what these vampires can do.

The biggest sin this movie commits is missing the entire point of the book. That there is no magic messianic fix. No first one, last one, destiny one. These guys are just holding back the tide. There is a great scene where Jack eulogizes the team that got wiped out. He laments how he has to go and recruit good, brave hero types, knowing they'll only live a few years before falling to these monsters, and then Jack will have to pick up and find more brave heroes to sign up to die brutally sooner than later. That is what makes the story so good, so poignant. And there is a nobility in knowing this, and carrying on anyway. This is probably the only 90's movie I hope gets remade.... correctly.

To this day I still remember Montoya being one of the biggest, most solid Bros in movie history. Ed Woods was solid too, and the Padre grew a big pair by the end of the movie.

One of the most underrated vampire movie, it deserved a proper trilogy, another one to consider is “The forsaken”

This movie never reached the recognition I feel it deserves. This movie is really fun. One of my favorite vampire movies!

Fun vampire films: The Night Flier, The Shed, Byzantium, Only Lovers Left Alive, Vamp, From Dusk Till Dawn, Fright Night, Near Dark and The Lost Boys.

John Carpenter is a legend and this is one of the All-Time-BEST vampire movies ever made..thank you Cogan!!

I was eating and had nothing to watch, but then you came to the rescue. Thank you🙏

“They go up like a Tesla battery” lmaooooo

I highly recommend "Ravenous" (1999). Has supernatural element (don't want to spoil it by mentioning specifics), a huge cast, really eclectic and off-putting/jarring score that sets the tone perfectly, and the choice of director is super interesting.

I watched this movie in theater the first week it was released in 1998 and It's still my favorite vampire movie because it follows the best format. The vampires are vicious and scary, the hunters are a rag tag group of bad asses, and the scenes were shot well with fitting music. John Carpenter deserves more praise for this movie.

so glad you're covering this! one of the best vampire movies ever made imo

I laughed so hard when Jack reacted to padre shooting the cardinal

Great video, as always. I don't think that Father Valek was ever possessed. I took it as though he was accused of being possessed and had the experimental exorcism used on him, but it went wrong because he WASNT possessed. So, instead of getting rid of the demons, it just killed his body and left his soul in an undead husk. Also, Valek (or Valac or Valik) is a demon listed in grimoire "The Lesser Key of Solomon" and was the VERY LOOSE basis for the lead demon in "The Nun"

Loved Maximillian Schell's performance as Cardinal Alba. He was honestly an amazing actor, specially in his roles as Peter the Great and Lenin in the vlassic miniseries "Peter the Great" and "Stalin"

I have thought about valec on the train. I have couple of ideas .One is that it takes to much " blood use " to use his powers , so he rides the train to conserve blood. Two is that is would be faster than flying . Three he was just having fun , he has time on his side no need to rush . Four is that he cant fly , however he has super speed and super jumping strength. The last one is it was just a cool shot in the film.

I watched this movie on VHS when I was way too young to be watching this. This is in fact the first horror movie that I remember seeing.

You should do "The Forsaken", it has a unique vampire origin that isn't talked about much.

The Padre would DEFINITELY be on my vampire hunting team.

Criminally underrated movie. I don't care what anyone says!

One of my favorites ever! It came along with ConAir, FaceOff, the 13th Warrior, TheRock, AirForceOne... good times.

Can't beat John Carpenter as a director, always great effects and gore too. Great video

The shot of the master vampire chasing the truck unlocked a childhood memory for me, I just realised I watched this film when I was like 8. The truck scene definitely terrified me

The scene where the lead Vampire kills all the hunters freaked me out as a kid.

One of my favorite vampire movies. I'm glad you covered this film.

32:36 Jack says "Vaya con Dios, slayer" ("go with God, slayer").

I hope this channel someday covers anime too! Shiki and Vampire Knight both have such an interesting take on vampires even though the latter has enough questionable relationships to make Twilight seem like a healthy romance.

A man can't BITE, he can't FIGHT! ~Valek Silver

I'm not a member but I've been watching your vids for over a year and I love them

The thing that i liked most about this movie is that unlike most they admit that vampires exists right off the bat. The majority of vampite movies are reluctant to acknowledge they exist

This movie gave me mahogany and quoting it got me uninvited from more weddings and baptisms than I can count

"You get a little wood" "Teak" Lmao, always loved that.

One of the best vampire movies, score is just pure gold.

I always wanted a side story sequel following the Padre. An accompanying priest that has not only hunted but hunted several master vampires and the original at the same time. While usually the priest just stands outside and prays. It could be some years down the road with Padre as the grizzled veteran mentoring less experienced hunters and maybe even going in himself to show how it’s done now and again.

"Trance" wasn't quite the word I thought of while Valek was biting the girl, lol! Thanks for the vid! I love this movie.

Don’t forget Terry Silver from karate kid/Cobra Kai is the master Valek and Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat was the hunter who staked the goon in the forehead

I saw this movie in theaters. It was horror as action-adventure melded perfectly. It had all the comedy typical of action movies at the time, but never to the point of parody. I took everything seriously, yet had "popcorn" fun. PERFECTLY BALANCED and PERFECTLY PACED.

I’ve been here from the start and knew you’d eventually do this film, and I could not be more pleased!👌 Thank you Cogan! The channel has kept my attention from day one!❤

Considering the question of his speed? In the novel, when that question was asked by their new priest how Tom's European team was wiped out only a week earlier and how Valek was here, with a new nest, now. Jack's answer was 'It depends on how many oceans are in their way.' So yeah, the masters are portrayed as rather quick...and the Hunters know it.

I really love any movie that can set up such a large world of lore like this one. It's so rare for a storyteller to do it without overexplaining or making a mess of it. This is a masterclass of world building.

This was probably Thomas Ian Griffith's best role with maybe the exception of Terry Silver in Cobra Kai.

A very underrated movie.

So, Valek must be an ancient vampire with at least 2 or 3000 years on his belt because I've never heard of a vampire as young as Valek being able to withstand a steak to the heart. Even Dracula, who was a master at 500 years old was able to be killed with a stake.

I can see why earing could slow the transformation process. Vampirism tends to include an unquenchable "thirst", so it's probably best if you don't help that along.

Yo, I'm glad you finally covered Vampires. This one of favorite vampire movies. Again, so glad you got around to this

Insaw this in theatres with my dad when i was 11 i love this movie

We had this movie on VHS when I was a kid. Loved it and rewatched it all the time. My parents didn't mind me seeing violence or death, just sex.

The goons can speak. Katrina speaks after shes turned.

In some lore, decapitation was supposed to work because it meant the vampire would not be able to feed. Therefore, it would starve to death.

My fave vampire movie hugely overlooked. Great vid dude

Legend has it, after Terry Silva was defeated by Mr Myagi he became a vampire to get his revenge

One of my favourite vampire and vampire hunters movie, love the soundtrack, James Woods' acting was top class. Everything was cool.

Read the book as a kid then saw the movie then around 2016 was able to get a copy of the book on sale. Liked how the Vatican sponsored the team of hunters that were former athletes,fighters etc. Jack Crow himself was described as being big and muscular and ornery. I also liked how the master was basically " destroyed" in the book. James Woods take on Jack Crow was the best part of the movie for me.

"go up like a tesla battery" 😂😂 strays

I read this webtoon lately called a country of maestris or a maestros country..korean manhwa with translation.. It's basically about these artists who become immortal so that can make their art forever, and the dark price they have to pay.. A guy trying to save his sister before it's too late, and an unexplained similarity to these monsters. Teaming up with one of these monsters who may have the immortality, but seems to have no power to go with it.. Are they really monsters? Or just a reflection of human nature, If given incredible powers and passion stronger than most. Besides some like subtexts with the relationship between the 2 male characters, it doesn't really cross any lines And honestly it was pretty interesting supernatural Story.. Very dark and interesting but not overly angsty so that it depresses you

Terry silver rockin those vamp teeth!

Shyamalan twist: the master vampire turns out to be Terry Silver. lol

I would love form you to cover the TV series Young Dracula! It has an amazing vampire Lore in my view

When they were fleeing the master vampire in the beginning, perhaps he caught up with them because of the woman becoming his progeny and he can sense where she's at by controlling her mind. That is not out of the realm of a master vampire. Plus, he was playing with her mind in the movie.

"Loosely"...I had checked the book out of the library a week before I ever heard of the movie and that was when my friend brought it home from Blockbuster. And, given the obvious differences between media, it was pretty damn spot on to the book for the most part.

When Katrina is like "HE KILLED THE PRIEST!" in the hotel room, man that's some exquisite acting right there haha.

Loved this video and LOVE this movie. By far one of the coolest and somewhat scariest vampire movies of its time. Thank you for breaking it down, would love to see a deep dive between the movie and book, I remember the book being a bit more intense, and that's saying a lot considering the movie. 🧛‍♂️

The vision that shows where the lead master is going was likely also a setup, though not confirmed in the film. At that point its already suspected that someone set them up and then later in the film its confirmed who and why, it seems too much a coincidence that the visions would show the cross being found and also which town they were heading too to perform the ritual. The girl being left alive to be found was probably the bait he couldn't refuse given his knowledge of how vampire connections work and the visions were most likely deliberate communications from Valek.

This movie is held up by the graphics and acting. James Woods was a boss in it.

Valek knows the quicksilver method

I saw this movie one time as a child, around 9 or 10 and I've always remembered the motel scene but could never remember the movie name. I finally found it, after all these years. x'D

"A vampire super group" 😂😂 I love that.

It should be noted that the role of Katrina was portrayed by Sheryl Lee, best known for portraying Laura Palmer on Twin Peaks.

EDIT: Not sure if the link is working to your other channel. I think Logan knows when I feel like I’ve watched all of RU-vid, he drops a video about one of my favorite movies.

Finally I absolutely love this movie

the fact that this movie never got a real sequal is a crime

I'm pretty sure 2 of the hunters in the opening scene were also in Predator 2 . They were in the cartel that gets wrecked at the beginning

Can you do a video of the movie Cursed 2005 about its story werewolves and everything? It might take you a little while to find it since it is so old but you will see it will be worth it. Great video dude👏👏👏

Even to this day, I could sit and watch this movie the whole day, plus the other one

This movie was FANTASTIC! James Woods was awesome!

John Carpenter is the reason why I'm in a carpenter school now. Makapaka

I am Happy My list is Finally getting Recognition . Thank You Cogan .

I’m so curious how you found your love for all things supernatural. Always amazing content man, keep it up 🧛‍♂️

It's one of the looked down movies from John Carpenter but I really enjoyed this movie. It's a tonne of fun

James Woods is portrayed as an ass on Family Guy but I actually met him once. The hotel management company that ran the hotel I was a manager at had me go to a Howard Johnson's in Ohio and while I was there checking out there operations James Woods pulls in with two little dogs and rents a room. Super chill. We actually talked about this movie and how there were talks about a sequel. I think he just finished Any Given Sunday because he asked me a weird question about Pacino! Anyways that was that. He got a few menus from local places and left for his room! Cool guy! Btw.... Awesome video!

I always loved this movie with it's classic Carpenter affectations. James Woods really nailed the role and made the movie so much more entertaining.

There are two movies Dracula Acession and Dracula Legacy (i think they are the sequel to the Dracula 2000 you did before) are something to consider for next clips, really looking forward to!!!

This was one of my favorite movies back in the day. I wore the VHS tape out i watched it so many times. James Woods went total ham action star in this movie, You can see he was enjoying every minute of it. I'd love to see Blooper reel outtakes you with that bunch on set they had to be clowning around a lot. This is one of those movies you wish they would have made sequels from. I can totally see this being the first of a trilogy.

I’ve been waiting for this movie, an absolute favorite. This is one of my two favorite origin stories, the other one being Dracula was actually Judis Thanks Cogan

I like Castlevania's Lords of Shadow's version of how vampires and werewolves came to being. There was a holy order that were looking to ascend themselves. Everything good about them ascended, everything else about them was left behind thus the birth of vampires and werewolves. they even acknowledge them as their former kind, with all the memories and knowledge still retained.

I love this movie. Never read the book though. You should do a video on the book lol

Still remember watching this movie in theaters on my 18th birthday. No regrets.

One of my favorite