But someone leaked word of the raid to Valek, the master of the nest. His body safely hidden in an unmarked grave, Valek sleeps through the carnage. When darkness falls, he rises to hunts the hunters, taking feline pleasure in each kill. Katrina carries Valek's bite. Crow doesn't know who betrayed his team, why or when the traitor will strike again.
Vampires feasts the eye.
The movie transforms rusted trucks into abstract art and rediscovers the epic in the clich s of glaring desert vistas and one-street towns. The setting evokes the mythic West of directors John Ford, Howard Hawks and Sam Peckinpah, echoing the mythic nature of vampires themselves. Carpenter's pacing pushes the parallels home. You know the confrontation between vampire and human slayers must come, but Valek takes his time. Hurry is for the human cattle Valek brushes aside like the larger than life John Wayne of Red River .