When we think of horror films from1998 we may mention "Urban Legend," "The Faculty," or "Deep Rising." We had starlets like Famke Janssen (who was in two of those films) seducing us. Though the 1980s were the golden years of slasher and horror films, we often forget about the 90s. Straight to VHS came into being and horror films still opened fairly often in the movie theater. 1998 also saw our buddy Jeff Kirkendall as a young, strapping, gentleman of a film maker. Today we associate him with our other buddies, the Polonia Brothers. Today we look at Jeff Kirkendall's 1998 film, "Terror of the Master," available free on the streaming service of Fawesome .
Okay, as our film opens, the sultry Jennifer (Amy Naple) is chained in the basement of a vampire's abode. Clad in a nice black negligee, and trying to escape, sadly, she will fall victim to the toothy Christopher (Tony Turcic). Apparently many young babes have gone missing as Christopher does have needs. Info-Babe Drew (Maitely Weismann) has yet to make it big. Thus, she works part time in an antique store. One night a babe comes into the shop, leaves suddenly, and ends up in Christopher's basement. Very sad. Drew recognizes the babe when her station does a news report on her disappearance. She also gets a threatening call telling her to forget about seeing the babe in her shop...or else.
Now Drew, determined to graduate to important news features, instead of bake sales, investigates. Her depressed sister Amelia (Jennifer Birn) joins her. They get close to Christopher fast and this incurs the vampire's wrath. Uh oh...Christopher explains his backstory...and it goes back centuries. You'll see, no spoilers here, but it does tell us there is another vampire, Darden (James Carolus). These two have a bit of a rivalry...a rivalry that indicates both want the other dead...I mean really dead. Unfortunately for Amelia and Drew, they will be caught up in this battle while chained in Christopher's basement.
Will Drew survive to break the story of a lifetime? Will the sisters, now chained in the basement, escape as living beings...or undead beings? Can any nubile babe survive the lust rivalry of two horny and hungry vampires? Jeff Kirkendall succeeds in giving us a plot we want to see on the screen as opposed to making a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon." For some fun and campy thrills, see "Terror of the Master."
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