Night Owl (1993)

Director:

Jeffrey Arsenault

Writer:

Jeffrey Arsenault (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Come see how the living are seduced by the dead

Plot:

A vampire in the East Village picks up women, and while having sex with them kills them and drinks their blood. Meanwhile, a young Puerto Rican guy begins searching the Village for his sister, who is one of the vampire's victims.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Female Frontal Nudity | Male Frontal Nudity | Gore | Female Nudity

Cast

John Leguizamo	...	Angel
Lisa Napoli	...	Frances
David Roya	...	Dario
Ali Thomas	...	Anne
James Raftery	...	Jake
Holly Woodlawn	...	Barfly
Yul Vazquez	...	Tomas
Karen Wexler	...	Zohra
Screamin' Rachel	...	Herself
Mary Ann Skiba	...	Woman in Alley (as Skiba)
Charles Verde	...	Charlie
Michael Musto	...	Club M.C.
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kristen Connors
Andrew Marks	...	Newscaster (voice)
Caroline Munro	...	Herself
Suzen Murakoshi	...	Woman at Bar
Don Wallace	...	Dr. York (voice)

Also Known As:

Nite Owl (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Franco Productions

Trivia:

The actress credited as "Skiba", who appears as the homeless woman under the opening credits, was actually the film's make-up artist, Mary Ann Skiba.

Meaningless Streets

So what if your life is meaningless and crappy. You live in a crappy abandoned building, and you go to crappy clubs that feature someone like "Screaming' Rachel, and you have a meaningless job in a pizza parlor (although we never see you working). Life sucks, especially your, and especially because you suck - blood that is.

Yeah, you do have that extra problem of picking up girls to quench that thirst for blood. I do say this for you, though, you do manage to have sex before you kill them. Your life isn't a total waste.

Jeffrey Arsenault didn't do anything in his first film to make me want to see his later ones and, judging by the response on IMDb, no one else has seen them either. There just didn't seem to be much of a plot. Sullen guy picks up girls, picks up Angel's (John Leguizamo) sister, gets in a fight with Angel, falls in love, throws up a lot after eating meat and drinking his own blood, finally can't take it anymore and rapes his love and chops her up after drinking her blood, gets in another fight with Angel. God, this man's life is miserable!

It just sorta ends.

It is cool seeing Michael Musto, writer for the Village Voice and frequent guest on "Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann"