Children of the Night

"Be home before nightfall... and pray for dawn!"

Sep 6 1991 R 1h 32m
Horror

In the quiet little town of Allburg, friends Lucy and Cindy are on the verge of going away to college when they partake in a cleansing ritual by swimming in an abandoned church crypt. After Lucy accidentally drops her crucifix in the water, it drifts down and awakens the ancient vampire Czakyr, who becomes thirsty for Lucy's virgin blood.

Plot

Cindy and Lucy are eighteen and going away to college. As a ritual they must rid themselves of the dirt of their small home town (Allburg) by swimming in an abandoned church crypt. They jump in and begin talking about sex when Lucys crucifix falls into the water and drifts down to land on Czakyr's (an ancient vampire) head, apparently waking him up. Some time on-wards a school teacher from a nearby town, Mark, gets directed to Allburg to help Lucy and her grandmother, who are suspected to be in trouble. Lucy becomes the target of a town turned vampire because of her 'virgin blood'. Mark, Lucy and an old wino shack up in an abandoned building outside of town but eventually get lured back to Allburg by the locals. There, with a giant glowing cross spearing the front of their Toyota, they take the town on and battle Czakyr. They win and life is restored to its original normalcy.

Written by

Nicolas Falacci, William Hopkins, Tony Randel

Directed by

Tony Randel

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Fangoria Films

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,428
Average Rating
4.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA