I recall this movie all the way back from the days of video rental stores, cause I have certainly seen the cover for this movie before:
Scotch fixes everything.
The Vineyard is directed by Jomes Hong, starring James Hong. James Hong is one of those actors who's in absolutely everything, I knew him when I was younger from Wayne's World, but then as I got older I saw him pop up in horror movies and Sci Fi movies. He has one of those faces that's very unique, and he has a very noticeable presence as well.
The Vineyard is a relatively tame late 80's horror movie. Basically, James Hong is capturing young people and torturing them, then planting them in his vineyard and drinking some of the wine after science has been done to it (see pic above) to remain young. We see his real age twice, like again above, and after he drinks the wine it restores him to his normal looking self. People come to the vineyard to see what's happening there, and they begin to uncover his secret while in the meantime he is hunting them to remain young.
Something about this was kinda just....I dunno, mild. Don't expect a lot, that's for sure. There's nudity, and the effects are pretty good, but something with the momentum left one wanting more, and none of the characters are very interesting. I just realized there's barely a lead character in this, and its not just because we spend a lot of time with Hong.
Probably super low budget, there's not like there's endless things to complain about, it just sorta is there and then it's not. I've always wanted to see it, so maybe I had built it up a bit in my head. I'll give it a 2.5.
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