Sheryl Lee in Vampires (1998)

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Melding western and vampire themes, veteran schlock (in the most positive sense of the word) director John Carpenter creates an action-adventure drama that is both familiar and fresh in Vampires (1998). The modern American west has been overrun by bloodsucking ghouls, and the Catholic Church hires a crew of fearless exterminators to hunt down the undead and drag them into the sun. James Woods is fittingly sanguine and sardonic as the old guy leader of the ghoul-killing crew; Daniel Baldwin is aptly hulking as the young gun ready to pick up Woods’s mantle should the master let it drop. Fast-paced explosive action, flying body parts and a present-day setting all add to the accessible thrills of John Carpenter’s Vampires.