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Stars: David Carradine, Bruce Campbell, Dana Ashbrook, Max Caulfield, Morgan Brittany, Jim Metzler, Deborah Foreman, M. Emmet Walsh, John Ireland, John Hancock | Written by Anthony Hickox, John Burgess | Directed by Anthony Hickox

Horror from the 80s can have a certain charm. They can be cheesy, funny, and most importantly fun. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat is a good example of just how fun, if cheesy, eighties horror can be.

When a group of vampires settle in a lonely American Town they wear sun cream and drink synthetic blood to survive. With some of the vampires not happy with the situation and the machine that processes the synthetic blood not working they soon need help from the living. When they arrive, as well as a descendant of Van Helsing, a tensions boil over in the small town.

For fans of cult movies, the case of Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat will catch their eye straight away.

The weekend is chalk full of new Specialty releases, though most will likely be low performers in terms of dollars at the box office. Entertainment One is opening Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen starrer Outcast with limited runs and will likely find tepid returns at the theatrical box office, though it may shine in the digital/on-demand space where it will also bow this weekend. Documentary Ballet 422 (Magnolia Pictures), meanwhile, has had solid buzz heading into the weekend and should score well in its niche market. Monterey Media is hoping to have traction with stars Wes Bentley, Vincent Piazza and Amber Tamblyn as it opens 3 Nights In The Desert in theaters and on-demand, while Freestyle Releasing is targeting the rom-com crowd for its debut, One Small Hitch. Other Specialty openers this weekend include First Run Features’ doc The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk And The End Of Apartheid In South Africa,...

Viewers who enjoyed Darren Gilshenan.s performance as the hopeless romantic and buffoonish Uncle Terry in ABC-tv.s The Moodys can look forward to watching the actor playing an array of characters, mostly villains.

Gilshenan gets to show the dark side of his acting repertoire in Foxtel.s miniseries Devil.s Playground, the ABC series Old School, the Seven Network.s The Killing Field and ABC2 comedy Maximum Choppage.

.I find it easy to slip into the skin of characters,. Gilshenan told If from the set of Matchbox Pictures. Maximum Choppage, in which he plays a former game show host who is the corrupt mayor of Cabramatta, whom he likens to a cross between Sir Les Patterson and Baby John Burgess. .Some villains are like a child who didn.t get any toys..

Gilshenan has worked steadily in theatre, TV and film since he graduated from Nida in 1988 but he...

In other major awards handed out at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Jono Oliver’s Home (Us) won the Spirit Of Freedom: Narrative prize and Nicolas Cuellar’s Cast The First Stone (Us) took corresponding documentary honours.The Short Film prize went to Live - Vivre (Guadeloupe-Martinique) from Mj Maharaki while the 2013 Biff Audience Award was presented to John Burgess’ One Small Hitch (Us).This year the festival showcases 108 films from

In other major awards handed out at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Jono Oliver’s Home (Us) won the Spirit Of Freedom: Narrative prize and Nicolas Cuellar’s Cast The First Stone (Us) took corresponding documentary honours.

The Short Film prize went to Live - Vivre (Guadeloupe/Martinique) from Mj Maharaki and the 2013 Biff Audience Award was presented to John Burgess’ One Small Hitch (Us).

This year the festival showcased 108 films from 32 countries, four features of which were world premieres. Every film was...