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DAWN THEY SLEEP (Seduction
Cinema) Horror. 80 minutes. NR. Gore, nudity. Stephen and Ian are two
mean drug lords engaged in an even meaner fight with their competitors. As
most drug pushers do, the two head out to pick up a few sluts to relieve a
little of their pent up tension. Even though they’re ugly bastards,
Stephen and Ian pick up to hotties who not only want some action, but are
not interested in doing drugs! Hey, they can get laid and not waste drugs
on the chickies. As usual though, if something seems too good, it usually
isn’t. After the four pair off, the women take command and bite Stephen
and Ian infecting them with a vampire like virus. The next morning, the
boys are feeling pretty sick, puking all over the place, and eventually
become entombed in a cocoon type thing. Sure enough, when Stephen and Ian
awake from their slumber, they hunger human blood. Turns out, the two
chickies are some kind of angels and infected the men in hopes of using
them to help destroy mankind. Of course, Stephen and Ian first decide to
take out their drug pushing rivals. After that fun, Stephen is approached
by a Satan like demon who wishes to use Stephen’s talents for other
purposes. But, will Ian go along with those plans?
If this movie were a fence,
I’d be straddling it. Mixed bag here. Things I liked; Pretty good gore
for a b-movie. Lots of blood, hacking, inventing killings, head chopping,
etc. The sound and lighting is great. Lots of action, ie, gun play,
fights, car stunts. Things I didn’t like; the acting hurts badly. I know
this comes with indie flics, but it was bad. In my eyes, the
writer/director (who also starred) tried to do too much with the story.
The concept was great and the story, for the most part, is well written.
However, things just seemed to get too big. With that said (or written), I
did enjoy this movie, but found myself a bit disappointed with some
aspects of it. This movie also takes a number of pokes at the established
religions out there with a few pointed conversations between the
characters. If I was a gambling man, I’d bet some dough that the makers
of this movie are metalheads. Why you ask? Well, the soundtrack is loaded
with hard death metal tunes and the different sets are often adorned with
metal bands’ posters (Kiss-Love Gun, Wasp). All in all, once I got use
to the acting, I did like this flic. Better yet, this baby was shot in and
around Southeastern Massachusetts! – Denis Sheehan
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