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Desert of Blood

USA 2008
produced by
Drew Brody, Scott DeFalco (executive), Suzanne Lyons (executive), Kate Robbins (executive), Andrew Ethan Stern (executive) for Encantado Films
directed by Don Henry
starring Justin Quinn, Brenda Romero, Tori White, Natalie J.Horton, Naím Thomas, Mike dusi, Annika Svedman, Flint Esquerra, Yvonne Rawn, Daniel Marquez, Josh Adamson, Armando Alarcon, Agustin Bunuel, Jonathan DePaz, Jackie Freed, Mirta Sarai Lopez, Chuck Spitler, Andrew Welsh, Thalia Ruiz, Scott DeFalco
written by Don Henry, music by Dean Harada, Jason Moss, special effects by Richard Miranda, visual effects by David Troy Smith

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Because her aunt Sarita (Yvonne Rawn) had just suffered a sroke, Maricela (Brenda Romero) visits her in her small-town-home in the Mexican desert with her best friends Samantha (Tori White) and Heather (Natalie J.Horton). The first night there, Maricela is almost raped but saved by handsome Luis Diego (Justin Quinn), whom she takes an instant liking to (and vice versa). What she doesn't know of course is that Luis Diego is the cause of her aunt's stroke, as 35 years ago he was her lover, but then he was turned into a vampire and buried alive ... until very recently.

Though being a vampire, Luis tries to lead a normal life (as normal as one can who can't even face the sun), for Maricela's sake, but when he's out on a date with her, he quickly realizes how impossible that is - on one hand because he cannot keep himself from sucking other people's blood every now and again, on the other because he still wants to avenge himself on those who have buried him alive all these years ago - especially father Hernandez (Flint Esquerra). Eventually, too, Luis' love for Maricela grows into hatred ...

In the meantime, Maricela's childhood friend Cris (Naím Thomas) has found out the truth about Luis, and he convinces Maricela and her two friends to track down and destroy Luis and his minions in the ghosttown he has put up camp. The plan goes horribly wrong though when Luis not only escapes but also kidnaps Maricela.

To avenge himself on the girl (and the world) who has wronged him, Luis wants to drink Maricela's blood and turn her into a vampire right before Sarita's very eyes - but Sarita has already died from the condition she was in. Luis is so enraged by that that he lets his guard slip long enough for Maricela to pull down the curtains and let the sunlight into the room, killing the vampire for good ...

In the end, of course, Maricela gets the guy, Cris, and they live happily ever after ... but then again, what about Father Hernandez, whom Luis has turned into a bloodsucker?

 

Ok, there is plenty wrong with this film: The plot is not exactly original, Justin Quinn as the vampiric lead fails to bring any kind of charisma to his role and the vampire fangs he sports every now and again look ridiculous, and there are plenty of cardboard characters the film could have done without.

That said, Desert of Blood has quite a few saving graces: The Mexican settings make for a nice change and are put to good use, Tori White as a shallow urbanite makes a good comic relief, and the showdown in the ghosttown is rather hilarious (and intentionally so).

Despite all that, Desert of Blood is far from perfect, it's just a bit above your run-of-the-mill vampire film of which there have been way too many over the years.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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