Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat is a 1989 American western comedy horror film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring David Carradine, Bruce Campbell and Morgan Brittany. It was written by Hickox and John Burgess.

Filmed in and around Moab, Utah, in 1988, Sundown was Vestron Pictures' last film and it was never released to theaters. Its only public screenings were at film festivals in Seattle and Palm Springs, as well as a Cannes release in 1989. Released in 1991 on VHS and in 2008 on DVD, it has earned a cult following.

Synopsis
Under the leadership of their ancient and powerful leader Jozek Mardulak, a colony of vampires seek a peaceful life in the desolate desert town of Purgatory. Key to the transition is the town's artificial-bloodmaking facility and it is just not working. Mardulak summons the human designer of the plant, who brings his wife and two young daughters along for what he thinks will be a pleasant desert vacation. Soon, he and his family are caught up in a civil war as another vampire elder, who abhors the idea of vampires being anything other than predators, organizes a revolution, and a descendant of the Van Helsing family arrives intent on destroying all vampires.

Cast

 * David Carradine as Jozek Mardulak
 * Bruce Campbell as Robert Van Helsing
 * Morgan Brittany as Sarah Harrison
 * Jim Metzler as David Harrison
 * Maxwell Caulfield as Shane Harrison
 * Deborah Foreman as Sandy White
 * M. Emmet Walsh as Mort Bisby
 * John Ireland as Ethan Jefferson
 * Dana Ashbrook as Jack
 * John Hancock as Quinton Canada
 * Marion Eaton as Anna Trotsberg
 * Dabbs Greer as Otto Trotsberg
 * Bert Remsen as Milt Bisby
 * Sunshine Parker as Merle Bisby
 * Helena Carroll as Madge
 * Elizabeth Gracen as Alice
 * Christopher Bradley as Chaz
 * Kathy MacQuarrie Martin as Burgundy
 * Jack Eiseman as Nigel
 * George Buck Flower as Bailey
 * Erin Gourlay as Juliet Harrison
 * Vanessa Pierson as Gwendolyn Harrison

Production
Parts of the film were shot at Moab, Spanish Valley, Thompson Springs, Hittle Bottom and Arches National Park in Utah.