BLADE: HOUSE OF CHTHON (DVD Review) - 22/9/07

With Wesley Snipes not in the frame for this TV adaption; we get instead an assorted and very game cast, up for almost anything. "Blade: House Of Chthon" carries on the action after the trilogy finished with this feature-length Pilot Episode with an Unrated Extended Version that was too graphic for TV and running at 88 minutes or so. With a number of elements direct from the films this was fairly entertaining - But I'll reserve further judgement until I have seen the rest of the First (and only Season before cancellation) in it's entirety. I'm led to believe that the show covers a more in-depth look at characters duplicities and motivations. On this first showing I'm looking forward eagerly to seeing the rest!

Blade takes his fight back to the vampire hordes and finds to his dismay that the vampires are still experimenting with their DNA to enable them to be more like him. Plenty of stunts and action find Blade getting help from an unlikely ally in his battle amongst the great Houses of the Pureblood Vampire Lords.

Check out the excellent Featurette on this Region 1 (USA) DVD with the "Turning Blade" Documentary that has some very good background filming sequences on set. Spike/Newline ISBN # 0780657845.