Review by: zer0hal0
Date: 7th March 2008
Leif Jonker's Darkness: The Vampire Version has to be one of the most entertaining micro-
budget gory vampire films i have seen in a long fucking time. Leif Jonker and Gary Miller both pulls
together and man do they come up with some nice special effects though out this movie.
Darkness had hit the underground circuit back in 1993 and then ten years later, it is now one of
the most sickest gruesome indie films of all time to be created. It has even gone as far as getting
world wide attention like Evil Dead did back 1981. Sam Raimi, look out for independent director
Leif Jonker's movie Darkness: The Vampire Version.
The plot of the movies starts off with a guy cover in blood who is called John (Jake Euker) is
running for his life and just makes it alive to a gas station to desperately seek help from the lord
of the vampires Liven (Randall Aviks). In the gas station we have the gas attendant, an off duty
cop (Veronica Page Dennen) & a customer who is a friend of Johns and also his next door neighbor
called Tobe (Gary Miller). John warns everyone that there all going to die, which starts to freak
them out seeing he is covered in blood. Then he quickly grabs the cops gun and blows his brains
out, before you know it Liven appears from the shadows and rips the throat out of the women
who just pulled up to fill her car. Everyone in the gas station is in total shock due to what they
just seen happen in the store and looks outside to see a women screaming and gasping on her
own blood, before you know it John has just changed into a blood thirsty vampire though he still
has the cops gun in his hand. He jams the gun into the cop’s stomach and tells her is a cool
demonic voice "Its bleeding time baby" then pops a few rounds into her, and then he starts
chewing the shit out of her like a zombie. The gas attendant piss scared quickly grabs his shotgun
underneath the counter and looks over the counter and watches in horror, John is eating the cop
while she is twitching. So he pumps the shotgun and shoots the crazed vampire in the chest,
which kills him instantly. Liven hears the gunshot and begins to make his way in a slow creepy
entrance into the gas station and deal with the gas attendant the best way he knows how too,
Tobe is at the back of the store hiding behind the shelves out of site in hope not to be found.
After Liven leaves, Tobe quickly grabs the shotgun and rushes back home as fast as he can by
foot. It’s now just about dawn and as soon he gets home he finds his mom and baby sister dead in
there trailer home. Tobe throws them into the car to rush them to the hospital, but he only gets a
few miles up the road and they both turn into vampires. So he pulls the car over and jumps out
screaming & crying while his baby sister & mom are screaming his name in a demonic voices. As
soon as the sun hits them, we hear screams of pain & Tobe crying out to his family in anger. Tobe
realizes who is behind all this and is set out to seek revenge on the lord of the vampires Liven.
Day by day Tobe becomes the vampire’s worst nightmare and brutally slaughters the vampires in
sadistic ways, if the shotgun is no good; he then uses a chainsaw or holy water. Along the way
he finds other teenagers who just got home from a rock concert and they too have lost there
family's & friends from a gang of vampires, they eventually team up and try there hardest to stay
alive and survive day by day from the vampire hordes.
Leif Jonker's Darkness: The Vampire Version has been digital remastered, from the old super 8
films to DVD. This movie was originally shot back in 1993 and the actors were either still in high
school or just finishing high school. It just shocks me to see a film so vile and shot to perfection
by a group of teenage kids, the DVD is jam packed with interviews from the actors in there late
20's or early 30's and you get to see behind the scene photos and a good number of audio
commentaries and so much gore i mean more. This is definitely a gore hounds film by far with
outstanding special effects that will simply blow you away, you get to see throats torn out,
slashing & hacking from machetes, shit loads of splattered blood right down to vampires melting to
death from sun light & gun fire. Darkness: The Vampire Version is an indie film with fuck all of a
budget, and is truly a gem. The 2 DVD pack will keep you busy all night until dawn, if you are a full
on gore hound well this movie is definitely made for the likes of us so i highly recommend you buy
this movie on DVD right now while you still can. You won’t be sorry that’s for sure, I'll even bet my
left nut you will love this film to death and look at independent cinema in a whole new way.
And who says blood thirsty vampires need fangs to feed, it’s much easier if they use a machete or
a knife.
Date: 7th March 2008
Leif Jonker's Darkness: The Vampire Version has to be one of the most entertaining micro-
budget gory vampire films i have seen in a long fucking time. Leif Jonker and Gary Miller both pulls
together and man do they come up with some nice special effects though out this movie.
Darkness had hit the underground circuit back in 1993 and then ten years later, it is now one of
the most sickest gruesome indie films of all time to be created. It has even gone as far as getting
world wide attention like Evil Dead did back 1981. Sam Raimi, look out for independent director
Leif Jonker's movie Darkness: The Vampire Version.
The plot of the movies starts off with a guy cover in blood who is called John (Jake Euker) is
running for his life and just makes it alive to a gas station to desperately seek help from the lord
of the vampires Liven (Randall Aviks). In the gas station we have the gas attendant, an off duty
cop (Veronica Page Dennen) & a customer who is a friend of Johns and also his next door neighbor
called Tobe (Gary Miller). John warns everyone that there all going to die, which starts to freak
them out seeing he is covered in blood. Then he quickly grabs the cops gun and blows his brains
out, before you know it Liven appears from the shadows and rips the throat out of the women
who just pulled up to fill her car. Everyone in the gas station is in total shock due to what they
just seen happen in the store and looks outside to see a women screaming and gasping on her
own blood, before you know it John has just changed into a blood thirsty vampire though he still
has the cops gun in his hand. He jams the gun into the cop’s stomach and tells her is a cool
demonic voice "Its bleeding time baby" then pops a few rounds into her, and then he starts
chewing the shit out of her like a zombie. The gas attendant piss scared quickly grabs his shotgun
underneath the counter and looks over the counter and watches in horror, John is eating the cop
while she is twitching. So he pumps the shotgun and shoots the crazed vampire in the chest,
which kills him instantly. Liven hears the gunshot and begins to make his way in a slow creepy
entrance into the gas station and deal with the gas attendant the best way he knows how too,
Tobe is at the back of the store hiding behind the shelves out of site in hope not to be found.
After Liven leaves, Tobe quickly grabs the shotgun and rushes back home as fast as he can by
foot. It’s now just about dawn and as soon he gets home he finds his mom and baby sister dead in
there trailer home. Tobe throws them into the car to rush them to the hospital, but he only gets a
few miles up the road and they both turn into vampires. So he pulls the car over and jumps out
screaming & crying while his baby sister & mom are screaming his name in a demonic voices. As
soon as the sun hits them, we hear screams of pain & Tobe crying out to his family in anger. Tobe
realizes who is behind all this and is set out to seek revenge on the lord of the vampires Liven.
Day by day Tobe becomes the vampire’s worst nightmare and brutally slaughters the vampires in
sadistic ways, if the shotgun is no good; he then uses a chainsaw or holy water. Along the way
he finds other teenagers who just got home from a rock concert and they too have lost there
family's & friends from a gang of vampires, they eventually team up and try there hardest to stay
alive and survive day by day from the vampire hordes.
Leif Jonker's Darkness: The Vampire Version has been digital remastered, from the old super 8
films to DVD. This movie was originally shot back in 1993 and the actors were either still in high
school or just finishing high school. It just shocks me to see a film so vile and shot to perfection
by a group of teenage kids, the DVD is jam packed with interviews from the actors in there late
20's or early 30's and you get to see behind the scene photos and a good number of audio
commentaries and so much gore i mean more. This is definitely a gore hounds film by far with
outstanding special effects that will simply blow you away, you get to see throats torn out,
slashing & hacking from machetes, shit loads of splattered blood right down to vampires melting to
death from sun light & gun fire. Darkness: The Vampire Version is an indie film with fuck all of a
budget, and is truly a gem. The 2 DVD pack will keep you busy all night until dawn, if you are a full
on gore hound well this movie is definitely made for the likes of us so i highly recommend you buy
this movie on DVD right now while you still can. You won’t be sorry that’s for sure, I'll even bet my
left nut you will love this film to death and look at independent cinema in a whole new way.
And who says blood thirsty vampires need fangs to feed, it’s much easier if they use a machete or
a knife.
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Darkness: The Vampire Version
2 DVDS/APPROX. 84 MINS/1993/USA UNRATED
2 DVDS/APPROX. 84 MINS/1993/USA UNRATED
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