Witchcraft VII: Judgment Hour

Year: 1995

Director: Michael Paul Girard

Written by: Peter Fleming

Threat: Vampire

Weapon of Choice: Stake

Based upon: Original

IMDb page: IMDb link

      Witchcraft VII

Other movies in this series:
Witchcraft
Witchcraft II: The Temptress
Witchcraft III: The Kiss of Death
Witchcraft IV
Witchcraft V: Dance with the Devil
Witchcraft VI: The Devil's Mistress
Witchcraft 8: Salem's Ghost
Witchcraft IX: Bitter Flesh
Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft
Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood

Rish Outfield's reviews
This one was about vampires and there was some clever dialogue, but of course, like all the other films in this shameful series, it was all about the nudity. tyranist and I rented this after watching such arty horror films such as Don't Look Now and Lisa and the Devil. A nice sorbet to clear the pallet, as Wayne Campbell used to say.
I don't remember much about this except that the ending meant less than nothing and amazingly, my favourite female character kept her clothes on.
Take that as you may.

The tyranist's thoughts
Typically these are bad, bad, bad and really this is no exception. I just happen to like vampire movies more than witch movies.
Will Spanner is back yet again and this time the threat is an international syndicate of vampires that has plans for the American blood supply. When a prostitute dies at a party and comes back to life on the table, the cops get a little weirded out and call Spanner in for help. Gradually they track down the killer. Pretty much just like all the rest of the movies in this series. Oh, and people have sex. As often as possible.
Really moving this series into vampirism helped it for me. I generally fill unfulfilled by these and don't want to ever see one again. This one didn't leave me as unfulfilled. The vampire thing does it for me I guess.
In all other respects, this is one hundred percent typical of the series. Maybe more. There is some bad dialogue and very mediocre acting. The plot doesn't always make sense especially since they have to find ways to insert sex scenes. The ending on this one is particularly bad, but I'll forgive them.

Total Skulls: 21

Sequel skull
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue skull
Bad execution
MTV Editing skull
OTS skullskull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex skullskull
Death associated with sex skullskull
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat skull
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer skull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene skull
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness skull
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes skull
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead skullskull
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim skull
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading skull
Blood fountain
Blood hits camera
Poor death effect skull
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending skull
What the hell? skull