The Night Flier

Salutations fellow lovers of nightly creatures. I may have said this before, but my favorite spook creature is the vampire. So charming, so dark, so blood hungry. They can be ugly blood suckers that would rip out your throat without hesitation. Or they can be beautiful seducers that drain you of your life fluids and you wouldn't care. The other option is, both! At least that's what you get in this vampire flick. But you also get a vampire that not only can be a handsome charmer with a tendency to look monstrous. You get a blood sucker that can fly an airplane! Lets check out Stephen Kings, The Night Flier.

Based off of Stephen Kings book of the same name, The Night Flier follows the story of a serial killer who goes to tiny secluded airports and kills the night workers. The sensational story has caught the attention of a tabloid magazine. A reporter for the magazine, Richard Dees, is sent out to investigate this mysterious pilot. During his investigation he figures that the killer thinks that he is more than human, and that there is more to this case than meets the eyes. Soon Dees finds himself thrown into the dark bloody world of the vampire and the question remains, how far will he go for this story?

For a movie from 1997, its not so bad. I think that the only issue I really had with this movie was the lack of information on the Night Flier himself. They give us his name, but no real history of him. It would be nice to know how he became a vampire. Most vampire stories share that information. Not this one though. Of course I can see how that can draw a person in and make this creature less human. It also give that disconnection since the vampire is always moving. So, like the characters in the movie, you feel the same distance as they do when he comes into town.

Aside from some cheesy, campy scenes, this movie is pretty entertaining and I would recommend it. Yes, it doesn't have a lot of action, but its not about the action. At least not for this one. Its simply a game of cat and mouse between two characters. Its a movie that you sit back and relax with a glass of red wine...as you watch people get their throats ripped out and drained of their blood. By a vampire pilot...who wears a black and red cape. Note to self; do not get on an airplane if the pilot is wearing an old school vampire cape.