It's the year 1850 and Lilith Silver (Eileen Daly) gets caught in the middle of a pistol duel and gets killed but is brought back to life by Sir Blake, one of the duellers, who guilt ridden of causing her death and so he makes her one of his own immortal kind. In present time Lilith Silver works as an assassin who kills members of the The Illuminati that are taking over businesses and the government. What she doesn't know is that the head of The Illuminati is the actual vampire that once gave her immortality.
Here's a different take on the vampire genre starring British actress Eileen Daly (Cradle of Fear) who plays the role of a hired killer. It was very hard to actually rate this movie since it's both good and bad.
First off to let you know what you're getting yourself into if deciding to watch Razor Blade Smile is that it's a very low budget flick and if a movie is low budget but still good I usually can stop thinking about that it looks crappy, that's unfortunately not the case here. Although even if the production values are very low it's still so entertaining on some levels that it somehow makes it work anyway or at least kinda work.
I guess in the end it all depends on what kind of person you are, what you've seen before and what you're willing to sit through.
It's a great story but the way it's delivered is questionable and a lot has to do with the very low budget and the crappy acting. Eileen Daly is actually somewhat fun to watch as Lilith Silver and even if the acting could've been much better it's still ok for what it is.
But then you have the other actors which are crap, especially the head of The Illuminati (Christopher Adamson) who gives an awful performance.
Apart from these things, Razor Blade Smile is actually a really entertaining movie if you can take it the right way. We get some gore and a lot of blood but the most interesting thing about this movie is the script which is really good, but unfortunately they didn't have the cash nor the actors to quite pull it off.
It's ok for what it is though and if you like vampires and can stand very low budget movies and horrible acting then by all means give it a shot.
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MOVIE YEAR: 1998
DIRECTOR: Jake West
WRITING CREDITS: Jake West
GENRE: Horror, Vampire
CAST: Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson, Jonathan Coote
COUNTRY: UK
RUNTIME: 101 min
RATING: 5/10
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