Product Description

A quiet suburban town is overrun by vampires! The once idyllic picture of the typical American family, now hosts spectacles of carnage behind every picket fence as the neighbors prowl the streets feasting on the dead and dying. Jen and Rakeem are the only two left to fight their way out of the suburban slaughterhouse… will they survive?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68556 in DVD
• Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
• Released on: 2005-06-07
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 88 minutes

Customer Reviews

Sadly, only the acting is horrifying
You know, there are a lot of vampire movies out there, and this is one of them. Don't expect to be impressed. On the positive side, Dark Town has lots of blood and gore, a sultry redhead (always a good thing), nudity, and even lesbian activity - but nothing can really get around the fact that the story is a little on the stupid side and the acting is - well, it's bad. It's really bad. The cinematography is actually quite good for a B-movie (aside from the cheap-looking opening credits), and the special effects are really quite good - complete with some of the little things that don't mean much in the grand scheme of things but are much appreciated by us connoisseurs of the art.

There's an odd grouping of characters here. On one side, you have a severely dysfunctional family gathering for the insufferable dad's birthday party; on the other side, you've got these gangsta types who specialize in cursing and shooting people. You won't like any of them - although, I admit, that lesbian redhead really started to grow on me. The weird thing is that you really don't have a good idea as to who the main characters are - it pretty much comes down to who's still up and going at the very end. It doesn't really matter how the trouble starts; all you need to know is that good old Dad comes home a changed man and the whole blood mania spreads like wildfire. Apparently, the pale faces, weird eyes, and electronically enhanced voices don't really tip anyone off that something might be a little out of sorts here. The gangstas get involved when they pick the wrong house to hole up in when the heat is on. These guys can't act a lick, but they do deliver the only halfway amusing scenes in the film. The best moment comes when this one poor dude, who has really gone through the ringer without having to now deal with vampires, tries to cover up his blood stench when the vampires start nosing around his hiding place.

If you like to watch vampires feeding on human flesh and blood, Dark Town is your movie. Beyond that, it's really only good for a few laughs. I can't really single out any bad performances because all of the performances were bad. The ending works, I guess, but it's a little weird - I think they may have come up with it on the spur of the moment. Throwing in a guy walking around carrying his own head just seemed liked pandering to us gorehounds in the audience. Dark Town proves that blood and gore alone just don't guarantee horror success.

I loved the plot!
C'mon people! This is a great film! I may also add that if you have an open mind and understand that you are not watching the Excorcist or Freddy and Jason, but a film on vampires, then you will enjoy this one! As an author, I was impressed by the plot and I loved the fact that this move took place in normal settings. Vampire movies usually take place in some exotic place, the desert, or some town we have never heard of. In this film, the vampires our in your own backyard and in a house!
The best twist of it all was they included gangs, Compton and A quiet Suburban neighborhood. No, the same rules didnt apply for your typical vampire movie and this is why this film is creative and thoughtful. Is it cheesy? Sure, compared to movies at the box office that you pay 9 bucks to go see. I always cheer the underdog on and this film is taken way too seriously by a few people. Its a movie! Funny at times, gory in others. Put yourself in these situations. What would do if your sister and Mother turned into a vampire right in your own home? I loved it. I give it an A for creativity and a B for a fresh new plot.

Dark Turd
WARNING: possible spoilers ahead....

Lesbian vampires and the background extras from Boyz in the Hood get together for this Troma-esque debacle. Added to the list of worst vampire movies ever, along with Dracula 3000 and Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire.

The storyline is pretty disjointed, but I guess the basic premise is that there's a bunch of these gangstas who stumble into a - wait for it - drug deal gone wrong! The gangstas (who all hold their guns sideways like the Gangstas they are) escape to the Club and start talking about how there's this white chick who lives nearby who keeps all kinds of drug money in her bedroom.

Being OG, Gangstas go to rob her. Only they didn't plan on stepping right into the middle of a Vampire Surprise Birthday Party! Turns out White Girl's dad is vampire, and it's his birthday. By the time the Gangstas show up, Vampire Dad has already infected like everybody else in the family. The family is all dysfunctional and stuff, which I guess means that there's an older sister who's a lesbian.

The dysfunctional family vampires infect the gangstas. It turns into an All-Vampire ho-down. The only thing that's missing is the Stevie Wonder/Paul McCartney soundtrack. Ebony and ivory sucking in perfect harmony. In the end, they all stand in front of the skylight and get turned into ash. I don't know what else to say about this thing, and to be honest, I don't want to waste any more of my time or yours talking about it.