Night Watch (2004)

Based on a popular series of fantasy novels, the supernatural thriller Night Watch (2004) demolished box-office records in its native Russia, sparking interest in a Hollywood remake. The epic tale covers the years from the fourteenth century to the present day and tells of clans of vampires who maintain an uneasy balance in Moscow by policing the evil deeds of witches, sorcerers, and ghouls. When one patrolling vampire (Konstantin Khabensky) encounters a conduit of evil, he rallies the armies of light for a showdown with the armies of darkness. Fortunately not all the eerie creatures in Timur Bekmambetov’s fantasy film are grotesque monsters—Galina Tyunina has male viewers hooting over her performance as a scantily clad owl sorceress.