At Dawn They Sleep
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Stephen (Brian Paulin, who wrote and directed) and Ian (Rich George) are drug dealers who spend a wild, sex-filled night with two beautiful but mysterious women. When they awake, they feel strange-and soon realize that the women have infected them with a vampire virus. Now the duo must help lead a group of monstrosities against the world. Jen Glendye, Jill Cordeiro star. 80 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish; audio commentary; bonus film “Reap of Evil” (1994);featurettes; photo gallery; blooper reel; theatrical trailers.
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions : 6.65 x 5.39 x 0.59 inches; 2.29 ounces
Director : Paulin, Brian
Media Format : Subtitled
Release date : July 25, 2023
Actors : George, Rich, Paulin, Brian, Cupertino, Rob, Glendye, Jen, Cordeiro, Jill
Studio : Saturn’s Core
ASIN : B0C796CKY7
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 1
Eric Blakely –
VHS Horror Collectors Will Love
My friends and I had a blast with this one. Punches way above its budget with great gore effects, heavy metal vampires, babes, and a stunt involving a car and a living room. A must own for VHS horror collectors.
Grindhouse and Horror –
Maybe if you just want low budget exploitation and nothing else
This is filmed on video; they probably used a mini DV camcorder. It’s only recommended if you’re looking for nothing but nudity, graphic gore, bizarre horror sequences, and action. It wastes no time getting started and displays nudity within the first minute. A coherent plot, good character development, suspense, good scenery, a lot of atmosphere and great directing aren’t the focus of the film; the film may be boring to many people because of the lack of all those things. The incoherent story involves a couple of guys who are bitten and become vampires. In a bizarre sequence, they become cocooned after they are bitten and are reborn into vampires. They meet an angel who says that the church isn’t telling the correct story and has apparently screwed everything up. Then we later meet a demon and learn that the angels excised them and also want the earth which God gave to the humans. Basically, the angels and demons are all scumbags and are fighting each other and then you have these vampires. If you want nudity, you get some really good nude scenes with attractive women; full nudity is present, and I thought that one girl in particular was really good looking. There’s a fairly explicit lesbian oral scene where one women chews off a bit of flesh from the other girls crotch, and there’s other nude scenes as well to please exploitation fans. The gore is plentiful with blood-spattering gun shots and assorted graphic gore for the gore fans. This is an action/horror exploitation flick for those who like to watch these video trash movies. It’s fast-paced with plenty of violence and exploitation, and the low budget FX are good. Adding in some more atmospheric scenes along with better scenery and improving the directing would’ve helped the film, but this is just a weird trash flick. It’s only for those who want trash with nudity, gore, an incoherent story, and action; and even then, it’s difficult to know for sure if you’ll like it. It’s a bizarre movie, and it depends on your taste if you’ll like it or not.The transfer looks very good. There are plenty of extras, and you get a making of segment that may interest fans of low budget video movies. The short extra called “Damnation” is a really short film that simply shows nudity and horror imagery with demons.
Shawn W. Harry –
gore filled home movie
As far as this being a film,it’s not. It’s basicly some friends that got together and decided to make a movie. No real profesional actors but some are probably pro strippers. The movie does have some great special effects and make up and even seems to be story boarded out well it’s kinda boring and I just don’t like movie’s shot on video. If your a total gore head you’ll dig it.
Libby Lou –
crap..
This movie has no redeeming qualities. Just looks like a group of goths got together and just made a backyard film because ooo “vampires are cool”, no plot to speak of. I had hoped that from attractive girl on the cover that there would at least be some pretty people to look at if NOTHING else, but there wasn’t even that.If you are looking for a vamp movie with a plot go buy Vampires: The Turning or something, anything besides this.
Christophe M. Jones –
I was actually quite pleased, that despite the ultra low budget
This is the first Brian Paulin feature that I had purchased, on VHS around 2000. I was actually quite pleased, that despite the ultra low budget, the film has a lot of original ideas going on. There is also a high level of violence, and the fx ranged from being ok to being quite well done. There is a fair share of nudity as well. I did like the atmosphere in several of the horror scenes, as a couple had a very creepy vibe going on. If it wasn’t for the originality, I probably would have never watched this film again, but I have revisited it several times over the years. It shows that a lot of heart can help you overcome budgetary obstacles. For some interested in making their first film, check this out.
Joel S./Max B. –
One terrible film
At Dawn They Sleep is another film from Video Outlaw and E.I. Independent Cinema that sucks as much as Night Divides The Day. It was amateurish, like it was shot on a video camera. The cinematography is too dark, and the acting is terrible. But the gore is fun. But this is just a crappy movie.
Amazon Customer –
Micro budget, terrible acting, poor special effects & a dumb ending that made no sense to me, this is typical of many Hard Gore releases. Positive points include plenty of gore, nudity & a pounding deathmetal soundtrack.This film was obviously made by people who love horror & music but a turd is a turd, no matter how you look at it!