A mixed bag

Leofwine_draca

BRAM STOKER'S SHADOWBUILDER is a typical B-flick action/horror from 1998, with absolutely no relation to the somewhat mystical Bram Stoker short story of the same title. This one features dependable Michael Rooker as a demon-slaying priest who's on the track of a sinister shadow demon summoned up by an evil archbishop in the film's OTT opening sequence. The demon has designs on a suburban kid, and the whole second half of the movie is a large set-piece sequence in which assorted heroes strive to protect the boy from the supernatural nasty. Generally this is a mixed bag of a movie, with some nice stylistic touches and okay CGI effects helping; the cast isn't too shabby either. But the demon in human form is just a guy in a Halloween mask and there's too little storyline and too much average direction to really make this zing.

score 5/10

Leofwine_draca 24 September 2019

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5140125/