Daughter of Darkness is a 1990 American made-for-television supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring Anthony Perkins, Mia Sara, Dezsõ Garas and Jack Coleman. It originally premiered on CBS on January 26, 1990.
| Daughter of Darkness | |
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| Genre | Horror[1] |
| Written by | Andrew Laskos[2] |
| Directed by | Stuart Gordon[2] |
| Starring | Anthony Perkins Mia Sara Robert Reynolds Dezsõ Garas Jack Coleman |
| Composer | Colin Towns[3] |
| Country of origin | United States[2] |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Andras Hamori[2] |
| Production location | Hungary |
| Cinematography | Iván Márk[2] |
| Editor | Andrew Horvitch[2] |
| Running time | 120 minutes[2] |
| Production company | King Phoenix Entertainment[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | January 26, 1990 |
Plot
editKatherine Thatcher (Mia Sara), a young woman trying to learn the identity of her father, is drawn into a Romanian vampire underworld. She is unaware that her father (Perkins) is a vampire. The vampire community is surprised to find that someone has been born from a union between a vampire and a woman and they seek to draw her into their plans.
Cast
edit- Anthony Perkins - Anton/Prince Constantine
- Mia Sara - Katherine Thatcher
- Robert Reynolds - Grigore
- Dezsõ Garas - Max
- Jack Coleman - Devlin
- Erika Bodnár - Nicole
- Ági Margittay - Ági Margitai
- Mari Kiss - Elena
Production
editThe film featured actors Anthony Perkins, Mia Sara and Jack Coleman.[4] Director Stuart Gordon originally scouted locations in Romania for the film but later chose to shoot on location in Hungary.[4][5]
Release
editDaughters of Darkness was shown on CBS on January 26, 1990.[4]
Reception
editJon Burlingame commented on the film in the Intelligencer Journal, noting the film's political elements, such as setting the film in Romania four months before democracy was brought to the country.[5] However, Burlingame said that the film eventually succumbed to "standard horror-film conventions" and that Anthony Perkins "is reduced to doing a bad Bela Lugosi imitation, albeit heroically."[5] Rick Kogan of the Chicago Tribune also commented on Perkins, stating he was beginning to "look and act as haggard and haunted as if he really had been living at the Bates Motel (don't even wonder how goofy his accent is here)."[6] Kogan found that Gordon's "expansive and clever horror-habits are muted and constrained by the small screen."[6]
References
edit- ^ Binion, Cavett. "Daughters of Darkness (1990)". AllMovie. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Daughters of Darkness (1990)". AllMovie. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ Sherman, Fraser A. (2015). Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 978-1476611013.
- ^ a b c "CBS sheds light on 'Daughter of Darkness'". The Journal News. January 21, 1990. p. 6.
- ^ a b c Burlingame, Jon (January 26, 1990). "Vampire movie has a political setting". Intelligencer Journal. p. B-6.
- ^ a b Kogan, Rick (January 26, 1990). "Gratuitous sexism, bigotry and violence tarnish CBS' 'Grand Slam'". Chicago Tribune. p. 5.
External links
edit- Daughter of Darkness at IMDb
- Daughter of Darkness at AllMovie
- Daughter of Darkness at Rotten Tomatoes
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