The Forsaken Details

A vampire yarn for the slacker generation — with nods to 1980s chillers Near Dark and The Hitcher — sees hapless film editor Kerr Smith (Dawson's Creek) on a long-distance drive to Florida. Having picked up hitch-hiker Brendan Fehr — who just happens to be a vampire slayer — Smith then falls into the clutches of a vanload of young bloodsuckers who roam the highways and byways of America's southwest. When our hero is himself infected with the vampire virus, he must go after their leader before he too becomes a bone fide nosferatu. Johnathon Schaech as the black clad boss vamp with killer cheekbones provides some much needed charisma, but his efforts are largely wasted on material that has “straight-to-video” stamped all over it. A few chills, but for something meatier you'd be better off digging out that copy of Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark, which treads much the same territory, only with considerably more style and originality.

"...A loud, snapping horror flick in which supernatural forces have their way....THE FORSAKEN packs the bite. Here foolish, ghoulish shenanigans can be bloody good fun..."