The second of three 1992 video releases from Fangoria Films, CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT is a straightforward vampire thriller that proceeds with style and a refreshing lack of gimmickry. Though not especially revisionist, the movie does introduce a few new ideas to the bloodsucker lore, such as
creatures that can live underwater.
That's where the story's lead ghoul, Czakyr (David Sawyer), is lying dormant as the story opens--in the flooded crypt beneath a church in the small town of Allburg. And who should happen along but a pair of teenaged girls, Lucy Barrett (Ami Dolenz) and her visiting friend Cindy Thompson (Maya
McLaughlin). Lucy's getting ready to leave town ...
Released:
1992
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins