Reviewed by Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com
Directed By: Rick Bota
Written By: Neal Marshall Stevens & Tim Day
Starring: Kari Wuhrer (Amy Klein), Paul Rhys (Winter LeMarchand), Doug Bradley (Pinhead), Simon Kunz (Charles), Marc Warren (Joey), Georgina Rylance (Marla), Ionut Chermenski (Group Leader), Hugh Jorgin (Arrogant Reporter), Linda Marlowe (Betty), Mandalina Constantin (Anna), Ioana Abur (Katia), Constantin Barbulescu (The Landlord), Daniel Chirea (Amy’s Father), Maria Pintea (Young Amy), Mircea Constantinescu (Subway Cop)
We’re up to sequel number seven now and I got very nervous when I read that this one and the next movie were practically done at the same time. Watching this movie, I wish they had kept the formula they used for “Inferno” and “Deader” as this one left me thinking this was a missed opportunity. I read the script for this movie was originally “Deader” but Dimension kept it and added the Hellraiser formula in to...
Directed By: Rick Bota
Written By: Neal Marshall Stevens & Tim Day
Starring: Kari Wuhrer (Amy Klein), Paul Rhys (Winter LeMarchand), Doug Bradley (Pinhead), Simon Kunz (Charles), Marc Warren (Joey), Georgina Rylance (Marla), Ionut Chermenski (Group Leader), Hugh Jorgin (Arrogant Reporter), Linda Marlowe (Betty), Mandalina Constantin (Anna), Ioana Abur (Katia), Constantin Barbulescu (The Landlord), Daniel Chirea (Amy’s Father), Maria Pintea (Young Amy), Mircea Constantinescu (Subway Cop)
We’re up to sequel number seven now and I got very nervous when I read that this one and the next movie were practically done at the same time. Watching this movie, I wish they had kept the formula they used for “Inferno” and “Deader” as this one left me thinking this was a missed opportunity. I read the script for this movie was originally “Deader” but Dimension kept it and added the Hellraiser formula in to...
- 11/20/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Director: Faye Jackson. Review: Adam Wing. Just what the world needs, another vampire movie. Before you reach for the silver bullets though - consider this. There’s very little chance of bumping into a pale-faced, love-struck teen-idol in Strigoi. Romanian folklore dictates that strigoi are the troubled souls of dead rising from the grave. Occasionally they are living people with magical properties, including invisibility and the ability to transform into animals. Others like to drain the vitality of victims through bloodsucking - that would be your regular household variety then. Strigoi is a vampire movie that defies categorisation, it’s set in Romania for a start. Vlad Cozma (Catalin Paraschiv) is a young man returning to his grandfather's village from Italy. Inexplicably, frying chicken in a fast food joint wasn’t job satisfaction enough for a guy with a degree in medicine. With barely a foot through the door, Vlad...
- 8/8/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
*full disclosure: a screener of this film was provided by Breaking Glass Pictures.
Director/writer: Faye Jackson.
Who can create a vampire film better than Romanians? After all, this is where the vampire legend began with Vlad the Impaler's legendary bloodlust. In Strigoi there is a Vlad of another kind. This failed medical student has a fear of gore and when he returns to his grandfather's home he finds a town full of blood thirsty creatures. They are not only after tasty victims but justice. The strigoi return from their graves to right their wrongful deaths and in Strigoi they create much of the tension and mystery in the film.
Strigoi was filmed in Romania and many of the actors are Romanian themselves (Variety). One of the interesting elements of this film is seeing the unique culture of this Ukranian country. Apparently a lot of Romanians smoke and drink, while watching over the recently deceased.
Director/writer: Faye Jackson.
Who can create a vampire film better than Romanians? After all, this is where the vampire legend began with Vlad the Impaler's legendary bloodlust. In Strigoi there is a Vlad of another kind. This failed medical student has a fear of gore and when he returns to his grandfather's home he finds a town full of blood thirsty creatures. They are not only after tasty victims but justice. The strigoi return from their graves to right their wrongful deaths and in Strigoi they create much of the tension and mystery in the film.
Strigoi was filmed in Romania and many of the actors are Romanian themselves (Variety). One of the interesting elements of this film is seeing the unique culture of this Ukranian country. Apparently a lot of Romanians smoke and drink, while watching over the recently deceased.
- 7/18/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Written and directed by Faye Jackson
Featuring Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttmann, Vlad Jipa, Catalin Paraschiv
www.strigoimovie.com
Review by rochefort
In the opening scene of Strigoi, directed by Faye Jackson (Lump), ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried angry-mob-style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks...
An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of...
Featuring Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttmann, Vlad Jipa, Catalin Paraschiv
www.strigoimovie.com
Review by rochefort
In the opening scene of Strigoi, directed by Faye Jackson (Lump), ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried angry-mob-style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks...
An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of...
- 11/4/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Director: Faye Jackson Writer(s): Faye Jackson Starring: Constantin Barbulescu, Camelia Maxim, Catalin Paraschiv Vampires seem to be the new black these days, with multiple prime time television shows featuring vampires and an onslaught of vampire movies; but what differentiates Strigoi from all of the other vampire-related entertainment out there is that there is nothing sexy or seductive about Strigoi. Written and directed by Faye Jackson, Strigoi focuses more on another common trait of vampire tales – the metaphor – and in Strigoi the metaphor appears to be political (bloodsucking communist landowners). Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) has returned home to Romania, after living in Italy for a while. While living with his grandfather, Vlad stumbles upon a mysterious death that has been ruled accidental but reeks of foul play – it also seems someone forged Vlad’s name on the autopsy report. Curious about apparent cover-up, Vlad commences an investigation. The obvious bad...
- 10/21/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
St. Moritz Productions jut released this brand new movie poster from the upcoming horror comedy “Strigoi” written and directed by Faye Jackson (Resurrecting Bill, Lump) and starring Constantin Barbulescu (BloodRayne, Hellraiser: Deader), Camelia Maxim (Ils), Catalin Paraschiv (Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes, Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave), Rudi Rosenfeld (Madhouse, The Midas Touch) and Dan Popa. The principle photography took place in Romania. Synopsis: When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Strigoi”.
- 1/18/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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