Blood Ties (1991 film)
| Blood Ties | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Horror Thriller |
| Written by | Richard Shapiro |
| Directed by | Jim McBride |
| Starring |
Harley Venton Patrick Bauchau Jason London Michelle Johnson |
| Theme music composer | Brad Fiedel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Esther Shapiro Richard Shapiro |
| Producer(s) |
Gene Corman Louis G. Friedman (line producer) |
| Location(s) |
Long Beach, California Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | Affonso Beato |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Richard & Esther Shapiro Productions |
| Distributor | Fox |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | May 27, 1991 |
Blood Ties is a made-for-television film that was released in 1991. It is a story about a modern vampire family who hail from Carpathia. The family try to assimilate into American life in Long Beach, California, however, their lives are upset when a sinister group of hunters kill a member of their extended kin and threaten to come after them.
The film was directed by Jim McBride.
It is hinted that the Carpathian families are the people who inspired all the myths about vampires. In the film, they are descended from Lilith (first wife of Adam before Eve) and Asmodeus (King of the Nine Hells) and have inherited healing abilities as well as above average human strength.
They consider the word 'vampire' to be a racist term against their kind and have strict rules against breeding with anyone outside their race.
The Carpathian families are divided into a council of Elders, the more timid family members and their vicious young blood who taken on the form of a biker gang called the Shrikes.
The film opens in Loving County, Texas, where a teenage boy named Cody Puckett (Jason London) awakens one ominous night to find his parents staked and burned by a heretic vampire hunter group called the S.C.A.V., which stands for the Southern Coalition Against Vampirism. After shooting him with a crossbow, the vampire hunters allow Cody to escape, hoping he will lead them back to his extended family.
In Long Beach, California, journalist Harry Martin (Harley Venton) receives the details of the Texas killings, before heading out to hear the verdict of a court-case he has been covering. Assistant D.A. Amy Lorne (Kim Johnston Ulrich) is cornered in an elevator by the members of the Shrikes, a biker gang named after the "unpleasant little birds who impale their prey on thorn bushes," one of whom the A.D.A. is currently prosecuting.
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