Uriah43 Maryam d'Abo plays a female vampire name "Angelique" who is buried in a casket on the outskirts of Mexico City 100 years ago. When her coffin is opened she finds herself in a new age in which she is unaccustomed. "Vlad" (played by Ben Cross) is another vampire who has been looking for her during this entire time and (much to her dismay) finds her within a day or two of her awakening. Meanwhile, desperately needing blood, Angelique goes to a blood bank to make a withdrawal. While waiting, she faints from anemic shock and is taken to a local hospital. There she is given 4 pints of blood by "Dr. David Zuckerman" (Keith Szarbajka) who is fascinated by what he believes is a newly-discovered "virus" that is responsible for her condition. Somewhat recovered, she begins to fall in love with Dr. Zuckerman which angers "Vlad" when he finds out. As the film progresses Dr. Zuckerman grudgingly becomes aware of her vampire nature and has to deal with "Vlad" as well. At any rate, this movie had the potential to be a very good horror film. Unfortunately, rather than having a horror film with some isolated humor it was decided to make this a comedy with sporadic horror. And in my opinion it doesn't work out too well. For example, Ben Cross fit the role of an evil vampire almost perfectly--for a horror film. But rather than play to that strength he was painfully miscast in a comedy. Same thing with Maryam d'Abo. Now, that is not to say that there was no humor at all in this movie. Camille Saviola was exceptionally funny as the housemaid, "Rosa Mercedes". Likewise, Keith Szarbajka had his moments too. But it just wasn't enough. In short, this could have been an excellent vampire film. Or at least an average one. Instead the producers decided to make a low-level spoof. What a pity.

gdancer1 OK, I don't know who wrote that plot outline, but they had clearly NEVER seen the movie.Yes, a perfectly preserved mummy is discovered outside Mexico City and sent to a museum there. But it was not a "dead" vampire who was looking for "his" lost love. It was, rather, a female vampire who'd buried herself in an effort to escape her sire/lover, Vlad.She then discovers blood banks, TV, radio, recorded music and, finally that her attempt at escape didn't work, since Vlad had still been searching for her.Having said all that--I really think that my favorite line in the entire movie is when Vlad's 2 fledglings are standing at the back of the car that they are transporting him in which has just been stopped by a traffic cop. As the trunk opens, showing that its full of dirt, a hand shoots out of the dirt, grabbing the cop by the throat and dragging him down. The 2 fledglings are then standing there shaking their heads and one says to the other, "He just is not a morning person." Its a totally funny movie, with Ben Cross doing a great job as a psycho Vlad.

MissAnnThorpe I was actually shocked with how much I enjoyed this movie, most horror movie spoofs tend to be laughably dumb. Nightlife manages to escape that fate by actually having an original story. An old world vampire tries to adjust to the twenty first century and escape her psycho ex boyfriend who just happens to be Vlad the Impaler. The cast is great, Ben Cross does a wonderful job as Vlad he plays the character as straight as if it was a horror movie not a comedy. He's actually kinda scary and that makes the hilarious reactions from the other characters seem genuine and even funnier!I love this movie and highly recommend it for a great laugh!

Lo-Baby I saw this movie when it first came out on the USA network, and it really made an impression on me. Ben Cross was perfectly cast as Vlad (later, he was the perfect Barnabus Collins on the short-lived prime-time revival of Dark Shadows), and the supporting cast of "Nightlife" did a fine job as well (in particular, Maryam d'Abo and Keith Szarabajka).***POSSIBLE SLIGHT SPOILER*** I think my favorite thing about this movie was the way it was written. Not only was it written with a lot of humour, it's very intelligent as well. Dr. Zuckerman's solution to Angelique's need for blood was brilliant: She doesn't just need blood, she needs the rush that comes from taking blood from someone in an absolute panic. Dr. Zuckerman realizes that he needs to inject her with epinephrine (a drug similar to adrenaline used for asthma patients) to satisfy that craving as well.If you have the opportunity to see this movie, I highly recommend that you do so. Me? I'm going to buy it.9/10