Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anthony Hickox
Produced by	Dan Ireland Jack Lorenz Jefferson Richard
Written by	John Burgess Anthony Hickox
Starring	David Carradine Morgan Brittany Bruce Campbell Jim Metzler Maxwell Caulfield Deborah Foreman M. Emmet Walsh
Music by	Richard Stone
Edited by	Christopher Cibelli
Distributed by	Vestron Pictures
Release dates	1989 (1989)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.8 million

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat is a 1989 American western comedy horror film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring David Carradine, Bruce Campbell and Morgan Brittany. It was written by Hickox and John Burgess.

Filmed in and around Moab, Utah, in 1988, Sundown was Vestron Pictures' last film and it was never released to theaters. Its only public screenings were at film festivals in Seattle and Palm Springs, as well as a Cannes release in 1989. Released in 1991 on VHS and in 2008 on DVD, it has earned a cult following.^[1]

Synopsis

Under the leadership of their ancient and powerful leader Jozek Mardulak, a colony of vampires seek a peaceful life in the desolate desert town of Purgatory. Key to the transition is the town's artificial-bloodmaking facility and it is just not working. Mardulak summons the human designer of the plant, who brings his wife and two young daughters along for what he thinks will be a pleasant desert vacation. Soon, he and his family are caught up in a civil war as another vampire elder, who abhors the idea of vampires being anything other than predators, organizes a revolution, and a descendant of the Van Helsing family arrives intent on destroying all vampires.

Cast

David Carradine as Jozek Mardulak
Bruce Campbell as Robert Van Helsing
Morgan Brittany as Sarah Harrison
Jim Metzler as David Harrison
Maxwell Caulfield as Shane
Deborah Foreman as Sandy White
M. Emmet Walsh as Mort Bisby
John Ireland as Ethan Jefferson
Dana Ashbrook as Jack
John Hancock as Quinton Canada
Marion Eaton as Anna Trotsberg
Dabbs Greer as Otto Trotsberg
Bert Remsen as Milt Bisby
Sunshine Parker as Merle Bisby
Helena Carroll as Madge
Elizabeth Gracen as Alice
Christopher Bradley as Chaz
Kathy MacQuarrie Martin as Burgundy
Jack Eiseman as Nigel
George Buck Flower as Bailey
Erin Gourlay as Juliet Harrison
Vanessa Pierson as Gwendolyn Harrison

References

↑ On DVD: Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat — A Lost Campy Fave Rises from the Grave Film.com

External links

The films of Anthony Hickox

As director	Waxwork (1988) Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990) Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992) Full Eclipse (1993) Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) Payback (1995) Invasion of Privacy (1996) Prince Valiant (1997) Storm Catcher (1999) Jill Rips (2000) Contaminated Man (2000) Last Run (2001) Federal Protection (2002) Consequence (2003) Blast (2004) Submerged (2005) Knife Edge (2009)

As producer	Children of the Corn III (1995) Carnival of Souls (1998) Knife Edge (2009)

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Characters

Original novel	Count Dracula Abraham Van Helsing Jonathan Harker Mina Harker Lucy Westenra Arthur Holmwood Dr. John Seward Quincey Morris Renfield Brides

Other works	Adri Nital Alucard Count Alucard Count Orlok Count von Count Doctor Sun Eva Hamilton Slade Janus Postmortem Turac

Historical	Vlad Călugărul Vlad the Impaler Vlad II Dracul

Films

Universal series	Dracula (1931 English-language) Drácula (1931 Spanish-language) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Son of Dracula (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Hammer series	Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Dracula 2000	Dracula 2000 (2000) Dracula II: Ascension (2003) Dracula III: Legacy (2005)

Parodies	Mad Monster Party? (1967) Batman Fights Dracula (1967) Blacula (1972) Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) Blood for Dracula (1974) Vampira (1974) Son of Dracula (1974) Dracula in the Provinces (1975) Dracula and Son (1976) Love at First Bite (1979) The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) Fracchia contro Dracula (1985) The Monster Squad (1987) Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) Monster Mash (1995) Monster Mash (2000) Zora the Vampire (2000) Hotel Transylvania (2012) Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Other	Dracula's Death (1921) Nosferatu (1922) The Return of the Vampire (1943) Drakula İstanbul'da (1953) Blood of Dracula (1957) The Return of Dracula (1958) Batman Dracula (1964) Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) Dracula (1968) Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) Count Dracula (1970) Los Monstruos del Terror (1970) Cuadecuc, vampir (1971) Vampyros Lesbos (1971) Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1973) Count Dracula's Great Love (1974) Count Dracula (1977) Dracula's Dog (1978) Doctor Dracula (1978) Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Dracula (1979) Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979) Dracula's Widow (1988) To Die For (1989) Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Nadja (1994) Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000) Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) Dracula (2002) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Van Helsing (2004) Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) Dracula 3000 (2004) The Vulture's Eye (2004) Blade: Trinity (2004) The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse (2006) Dracula (2006) Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest (2008) The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) House of the Wolf Man (2009) Young Dracula (2011) Dracula Reborn (2012) Dracula 3D (2012) Saint Dracula 3D (2012) Dracula 2012 (2013) Dracula: The Dark Prince (2013) Dracula Untold (2014)

Television

Series	Draculas ring (1978) Cliffhangers (1979) Drak Pack (1980) Count Duckula (1988–1993) Dracula: The Series (1990–1991) Little Dracula (1991–1999) Ace Kilroy (2011-2012) Young Dracula (2006-2014) characters episodes Dracula (2013-2014) Penny Dreadful (2014-2016)

Episodes	"Treehouse of Horror IV" (1993) "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010) "Buffy vs. Dracula" (2000)