Brotherhood of Blood

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Brotherhood of Blood
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Directed by Michael Roesch
Peter Scheerer
Written by Michael Roesch
Peter Scheerer
Produced byJuergen Popp
Nicole Ackermann
Mark Burman
Wolfgang Herold
Starring Victoria Pratt
Sid Haig
Ken Foree
Distributed by Lionsgate
Ghost House Underground
Release dates
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Germany
LanguageEnglish

Brotherhood of Blood is a 2007 American-German horror film, starring Jason Connery, Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. The film had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007.

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For the release in the US and Canada, Sam Raimi's label Ghosthouse Underground has picked up the film. It was released on home video in North America through Lionsgate on October 14, 2008.

Plot

Brotherhood of Blood is a claustrophobic thriller about a team of vampire hunters who infiltrate a nest of undead to rescue one of their own.

Carrie Rieger tugs at her bonds. The young vampire huntress has to free herself. Guarded by vampires, chained in a dark cellar by the mighty vampire King Pashek, her time is running out. She knows an even greater threat than the vampires is coming relentlessly closer. Everything will be decided tonight.

Carrie has crossed a dangerous trail: Back from a faraway journey, a man slowly transforms into a vampire. He transforms further - into something that even the vampires fear; the mighty vampire demon Vlad Kossei.

The vampire sovereigns killed Kossei many hundreds of years ago, but now he has seemingly returned. In his new body, he will take revenge and destroy everything in his way. There is only one hunter who can stop him.

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