Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

BaronBl00d Why is Ernest Dickerson a Master of Horror? Because he directed Surviving the Game and Demon Knight? Hmmm. Definitely not one of the better moments of the series, yet not a total waste of time nor talent. Two youths, bored and one in particular having issues with the break-up of his family, decide to visit a morgue at night for laughs. Laughs is not what they find but rather vampires. Both get bitten eventually, and what we have here is a story about vampirism from the bitten's perspective. Been there - seen it before. The first fifteen minutes or so are very creepy and eerie. Dickerson, despite my sarcasm, has talent, but the story completely falls apart toward the middle and I couldn't even find it by the end. The acting is all acceptable. Yes, Michael Ironsides is in it. Yes, he looks very creepy. He also is given very little to do. Truth be told: I was very disappointed with this episode.

ctomvelu-1 THE V WORD sees two teens breaking into a funeral home to get a look at a bully who has died. They get far more than they bargained for, as there is a vampire inhabiting the funeral home and he is perpetually thirsty. Michael Ironside is the vampire, and his method of drinking blood is to tear a large gash in the victim's throat first. Plenty of nasty corpses on display, plenty of gashed throats, but the story loses steam in the second half. It got so boring, in fact, I turned it off before the grand finale. Throat slashing is always fun to watch, but too much of it tends to spoil the broth, as it were. And I hate to say it, but Ironside reminded me more of a ghoul than a vampire. Ghouls have never floated my boat.

Paul Andrews Masters of Horror: The V Word starts late one night in the American town of Collingswood as Justin (Branden Nadon) convinces his best friend Kerry (Arjay Smith) that it would be fun to drop in on his cousin James who works at a funeral home & look at a 'real' dead body, hell that sounds like a whole load of fun to me. Once there they break in & are shocked to discover James body, they are then brutally attacked by guy (Michael Ironside) who tears Kerry's throat out as Justin manages to escape through a window. Later that night Justin hears a knock on his front door & is surprised to see Kerry standing there covered in blood, Kerry dies in front of Justin & returns as a Vampire. Will their friendship be enough to save Justin from ending up with the same fate?This Canadian American co-production was episode 3 from season 2 of the Masters of Horror TV series, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson this is an alright Masters of Horror episode but nothing overly special. The script by the show's regular producer Mick Garris is the first time this show tackled the overused theme of Vampirism, it starts off quite promisingly but soon descends in a sickly sentimental drama about two friends & their unusual relationship a bit like The Lost Boys (1987) only not as good. I must admit I liked the way Michael Ironside portrayed the initial Vampire as some faceless, brutal, primitive killer with no emotion or regard for mind games but during the second half of The V Word drops this initial impression of him & goes into standard villain mode complete with bad dialogue. I didn't like how the two main teenage leads were written & the way they're character's developed either, do people really call each other 'dudes' these days? At 60 odd minutes this feels strangely boring at times & a tad dull as well, it just doesn't have much pace & the lacklustre storytelling doesn't help matters. This is alright I suppose but overall it's a touch forgettable.Director Dickerson does OK, I think a lot of it's a little dark at times & it's not scary or exciting either. There are a few homages to other Vampire & horror films including the original Dracula (1931), Salem's Lot (1979) & Night of the Living dead (1968). There are a few good moments though mostly courtesy of some more top notch special make-up effects by the boys at KNB effects, there are a couple of torn out blood spurting throats, someone has their eyes punctured with a needle, a bloody leg, a scene when Kerry tries to drink some water after he had been bitten & the water literally pour out of his ripped open throat & a gory decapitation by medical saw.Technically this is well made with good production values although it's a little flat & bland to look at without much in the way of style. The acting is alright, I never really cared for anyone to be honest & it totally wastes the fantastic Michael Ironside.The V Word is a perfectly watchable 60 odd minutes with some good gore but there wasn't much here that stood out, I don't know but while this isn't the worst Masters of Horror episode it's certainly not the best either. Still worth a watch especially if your a fan of the series or horror in general.

preppy-3 Two teenagers (Brandon Nadon and Arjay Smith) go to a funeral home one night to visit a cousin. They find the place completely deserted and dark...but then things start rearranging themselves, they discover blood on the floor...and one of the bodies starts moving...That's all good--but that's only the first half hour. It then turns into a strange and bloody vampirish story. Supposedly they need blood to live...but have no fangs. Also their wounds never heal. And sunlight can kill them. And they can see themselves in mirrors. This movie plays fast and loose with the vampire legend. After a while I wasn't sure WHAT they could do! It's also never explained how they became this way. It's saved by good direction and likable performances by Smith and especially Nardon--but it gets confused and dreary. Not terrible but I was wondering WHAT the point was.