slayer start in the south american rain forest where captain hawk ( casper van dien ) and his men be attack by a bunch of vampire and they barely manage to escape with their life . jump forward six month later and hawk be call to see colonel weaver ( lynda carter ) who inform him there have be other report sighting of vampire and that his ex wife and her goddaughter dr. laurie williams ( jennifer odell ) have go out there on an expedition to study beetle and worry she ask hawk to take a squad of soldier back to south america and officially provide back up to captain grief ( kevin grevioux ) and his men while at the same time unofficially look for laurie and not get kill by the vampire who have decide to venture out of the cave and into the civilised world . edit and write and direct by kevin vanhook this be yet another poorly make sci fi channel original which just isn not very good in any respect . the humourless script have nothing go for it as far a i could see and it one of those modern vampire film which decide to pick and choose the traditional vampire film lore rule it want to use like these vampire can be kill with stake through the heart and have fang but at the same time can freely walk around in sunlight and they do not sleep in coffin . the film move along at a reasonable pace but it all very dull and bland and lifeless . the story be poor and just rather stupid and the character be terrible and the dialogue be forgettable and there very little here to recommend . slayer also try to have some sort of ecological message a the head vampire claim they be only start to kill human being because of their systematic destruction of the rain forest where they have live in secret for century and unfortunately there no conviction there and be more like a throwaway line to fill the time than a serious statement . there isn not enough exploitation content and be a rather unsatisfying way to spend 90 minute of your time . the maker do not even do anything with the jungle setting and hell i do not expect predator ( 1987 ) but i hop for a bit more than this . director vanhook have make several horror film all of which i have see have be equally poor and i be sorry but he do nothing here and turn in a throughly forgettable look and feeling film . there no atmosphere or tension and a for genuine scare forget about it . the gore be restrain and there be some bitten neck and a bit of spray blood but it nothing we haven not see before or have much impact . there also a huge vampire monster creature at the end but it doesn not look that impressive and it get itself kill far too easily . with a supposed budget of about $ 2 and 000 and 000 this actually have a decent sized amount of money spend on it but it still a rubbish film and it reasonably well make but nothing special or memorable . the act suck and i be sorry but that the way i saw it . slayer be yet another poor and stupid and boring make for tv sci fi channel rubbish that i simply can not recommend . not to be confuse with the rather fine one time british video nasty gore film the slayer ( 1982 ) which be 100 time good than this so track that down and watch that instead .