Byzantium & Vampires: Los Muertos

Friday Night Frightfest

There are so many vampire movies, it’s tough to choose just two. For this week, we watched a very interesting take on the genre and a film featuring Jon Bon Jovi: Byzantium (2012) and Vampire: Los Muertos (2002).

Spoilers start around 3:50.

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Byzantium (2012) is a British-Irish supernatural horror film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film stars Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton as two centuries-old vampire sisters who set up a brothel in a seaside town in England. The film is partially a period piece showing flashbacks of their the course of their 190 years of traveling the world, living off the blood of others. The film explores themes of love, loss, and immortality.

Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) stars Bon Jovi as Derek Bliss, a vampire hunter who is called to Mexico to investigate a series of vampire attacks. BHeliss soon discovers that the vampires are being led by a powerful vampire princess named Una (Arly Jover). He must assemble a team of unlikely allies, including a priest, a half-vampire, and a teenager, to stop Una and her army of vampires. The film was released straight-to-video on September 25, 2002, and was a box office disappointment. However, it has since developed a cult following among fans of vampire films.