Way of the Vampire (2005)

Directors:

Sarah Nean Bruce
Eduardo Durão

Writers:

Karrie Melendrez (writer)
Sherri Strain (writer)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The battle between good and evil ends tonight.

Plot:

Dr. Abraham Van Helsing is granted immortality by the Catholic Church until he can hunt down the last vampire prince. |

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Immortality | Catholic Church | Prostitute | Garrote

Cast

Rhett Giles	...	Dr. Abraham Van Helsing
Paul Logan	...	Dracula
Andreas Beckett	...	Sebastien
Denise Boutte	...	Arianna
Brent Falco	...	Emily
Alix Henning	...	Yvonne
Anthony Turk	...	Father Cefalu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Ashby	...	Dominic
Drew Berenc	...	Norris
Ulf Bjorlin	...	Walsh
Butterfly	...	Solana
Lisa Clark	...	Essence
Matt Dallas	...	Todd
Edward DeRuiter	...	Jake
Whitney Deutch	...	Martika
Ed Flanagan	...	Yavanivitch
Bogdan Ioana	...	Lorenzo
Claudia Katz	...	Leona
Shannon Kemp	...	Det. Donn
Sean Lust	...	Colin
Nadra Macuish	...	Paula
Jared Michaels	...	Roman (as Jared Cohn)
Renée Mignosa	...	Diana
Brian Nichols	...	Det. Shirani
Kristina Proulx	...	Josie
Rey Reyes	...	Julio
Trina Robinson	...	Elena
Lawrence Sara	...	Wilson
Amanda Ward	...	Natalia
Mark Romero Wilson	...	Joseph

Directed by
Sarah Nean Bruce
Eduardo Durão

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Karrie Melendrez		writer
Sherri Strain		writer

Produced by
Kevin Carraway	....	line producer
David Michael Latt	....	producer
David Rimawi	....	producer
Sherri Strain	....	producer
Rick Walker	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Ralph Rieckermann

Cinematography by
Zack Richard

Film Editing by
David Michael Latt
Dustin Voigt

Casting by
Amanda Rossi

Production Design by
Shannon Kemp

Art Direction by
Dominic Ceci

Set Decoration by
Anne Metcalfe

Costume Design by
Tania Pacheco

Makeup Department
Keith Beck	....	special makeup effects assistant
Rocky Faulkner	....	key makeup artist
Elizabeth Fox	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Kevin Carraway	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Oliver Garrett	....	first assistant director
Natalie Hsieh	....	second assistant director
Justin Jones	....	first assistant director
Mimi Mui	....	first assistant director
Amanda Rossi	....	second second assistant director
Lawrence Sara	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jeff Williams	....	swing

Sound Department
David Aslanyan	....	boom operator
Scott Bruzenak	....	sound editor
Gabriel Heredia	....	sound mixer
Michael Nevius	....	sound mixer
Greg Vossberg	....	supervising sound editor
Sara Glaser	....	adr recordist (uncredited?)

Special Effects by
Keith Beck	....	special effects: mechanical
Richard Miranda	....	special effects: mechanical

Visual Effects by
David Michael Latt	....	visual effects

Stunts
Dan Bell	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Atkins	....	director of photography: second unit
Bianca Bahena	....	film loader
Andrew Koch	....	assistant camera: second unit
Chelsie Laudicina	....	best boy electric
Lee McLaughlin	....	still photographer
Nathaniel Yolles	....	gaffer
Teruhisa Yoshida	....	director of photography: second unit
Jack L. Zeman	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurie Lopez	....	assistant costume designer

Music Department
Ralph Rieckermann	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Lisa Clark	....	production assistant
Lee McLaughlin	....	electronic press kit (as Lee Hinton)
Kasia Skorynkiewicz	....	production assistant
Alex Staniloff	....	production assistant
Roland Trafton	....	production assistant
Colin Vais	....	key set production assistant
Bram Stoker	....	presenter (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Asylum, The

Distributors

• Asylum Home Entertainment, The
• Asylum, The (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Fallms Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Film Express (2006) (Italy) (DVD)
• Hollywood Entertainment (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
• Hollywood Video (2005-2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Matrix-PV (2006) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Mosaic Movies (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• NetFlix (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Ozon (2005) (Russia) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)
• PrecioMania (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Rogers Video (2005) (Canada) (DVD)
• Starz! Encore Entertainment (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Sunrise Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Transformer (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Virgin Records (2006) (UK) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Avilon Audio  sound post-production
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Eyeidea  titles

Also Known As:

Bram Stoker's Way of the Vampire (UK) (video title) (USA) (complete title)
Van Helsing's Way of the Vampire (USA) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated R for vampire violence, sexuality/nudity and some language.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:18 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Asylum, The

Goofs:

Factual errors: About 46 minutes into the film, a voice-over describes vampire behavior. The narrator says "It would be different if they were like wasps, one sting and they're dead, but instead they come back again, and again, and again." Wasps can sting as many times as they wish. Bees, on the other hand, sting one time and die.

Quotes:

Sebastien: We're not going to live like this anymore!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Way of the Vampire: Behind the Scenes (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Bloody Bill

Has potential, but is mostly wasted...

The general premise is decent enough - Van Helsing from the Dracula novels made a deal with God for immortality until all the major vampire lords are destroyed.

And presumably, he kills off most of them. The rest sort of go into hibernation, living off of animals and such, not humans. Until the present day. When one of them decides it's sick of hiding and start preying on human's again.

The trouble is, most the movie is actually pretty dull. Most of it deals with either Van Helsing or the Vampires getting ready for the final showdown. And when it finally happens, it's not exactly the final scene of Enter the Dragon.

It's somewhat cheesy in places, but I've seen worse. Much worse. There is some nudity and gore but very little on both accounts.

The supporting actors are pretty bad, but I thought the guy who played Van Helsing did a pretty good job. He looks a bit too much like Methos from Highlander, though. And I enjoyed the vampire's 2nd in command. While she overacted a bit, she was very attractive and has good screen presence.

The sound on the DVD I rented was screwed up. The dialog was much, much softer than the sound effects, music. And apparently no subtitles.

I probably wouldn't say you should buy it, or even rent it, but if it's ever on cable, it's probably not worth changing the channel to avoid. I would give it a 4 out of 10.