| Vampires | |
| Director: | Len Anthony |
| Producer: | Len Anthony |
| Starring: | Orly Benyar John Bly Jackie James Duane Jones Kit Jones Robin Michaels |
| Runtime: | 61 minutes |
| Language: | English |
Vampires, also known as Abandon, is a 1986 horror film directed by Len Anthony and starring Duane Jones, John Bly, Jackie James, Orly Benyar, Kit Jones, and Robin Michaels; it was the final film of Duane Jones. The cinematographer was Ernest Dickerson, who later worked with Spike Lee and directed some episodes of horror TV show The Walking Dead.[1]
The plot concerns mysterious events at a private girls' school in which the students' life-energy is drained by a mad scientist's machine. Subsequently the film was retitled Abandon and included in a double bill on VHS with Anthony's later film Fright House, under the title of the latter movie.[2] [3] It was released on DVD in 2016.[4]
HorrorNews.net called it "completely and utterly forgettable".[5] ComingSoon.net were equally critical, calling it a "bizarre, barely watchable direct-to-video mess".[6]