Vampires: Los Muertos
2002 film by Tommy Lee Wallace
Vampires: Los Muertos is a 2002 American direct-to-video horror Western film written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and starring Jon Bon Jovi as a vampire hunter. A sequel to the 1998 film Vampires, it was produced by John Carpenter (who directed the original film). Vampires: Los Muertos introduces new characters, and the only reference to the previous film is the mention of Father Adam Guiteau from the original film, who has since died, as well as the legendary Béziers Cross, which was unsuccessfully used in the first film to perform a ritual that enables vampires to survive daylight. The film was followed by a sequel, Vampires: The Turning (2005).
Plot
A man on the streets searches for a prostitute, and when he finds one, he threatens her with a razor blade. Derek Bliss steps in and points an odd-looking gun at his left temple. The man backs away, and the prostitute thanks Derek and asks if she can do anything for him. He shoots her with three stakes, as she was a vampire. Derek drags her to an abandoned car lot and watches the body catch fire in the sunlight while filming it on camera.
When he gets back to his hotel room, the Van Helsing Group leader calls him and informs him that he has a new job.
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