Cold & Dark2005

Name: Cold & Dark
Genre: Vampire, Body Horror, Psychological
Released: 2005-03-31
Rating: 4.7

“To Protect and Sever”

Directed by Andrew Goth

4.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 3.9TMDB 3.4

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Year

2005

Runtime

94 min

The premise

When Detective Mortimer Shade is somehow killed in a freezer, a parasite called a grail possesses his body, revives him, but he needs blood to stay alive. His partner John Dark accepts the new situation and together they become vigilantes, judging and killing the bad guys, with Shade sucking their blood with his claw. However, Dark notes that Shade is losing the rest of his humanity and becoming a monster, being aware and afraid of the danger Shade represents to mankind and trying to stop him.

Horror Vault's take

A London detective returns from the dead — but not entirely as himself. Revived by a blood-hungry parasite, he and his partner walk a razor's edge between dispensing brutal street justice and surrendering to something far more monstrous. The film puts a gritty, crime-thriller spin on vampire mythology, grounding its horror in the slow erosion of a man's soul. Loyalty, fear, and the question of when to pull the plug on a monster you once called a friend drive the tension to its breaking point.

Content: Graphic Violence, Blood And Gore, Body Horror