Overview: From award-winning writer/director Jake West (MANCUNIAN MAN: THE LEGENDARY LIFE OF CLIFF TWEMLOW) comes his “four star” (Nerdly), “wickedly sharp and damned entertaining” (DVD Talk), “must-see cult classic” (LoveHorror) feature film debut, now in UHD for the first time ever: For skintight-black-clad bisexual vampire Lilith Silver (a knockout performance by Eileen Daly), being a professional hitwoman is all in a night’s work.

But when Lilith becomes hunted by the equally immortal Illuminati, she’ll unleash her own war of bullets, bloodlust and fanged brutality. Christopher Adamson (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN), Jonathan Coote (THE LAST HORROR MOVIE) and David Warbeck (THE BEYOND) in his final film appearance co-star in this “over-the-top romp sure to have Bela Lugosi rolling in his grave” (Variety), newly scanned in 4K from the original 16mm A/B/C rolls with an incredible 9+ hours of Special Features including Jake West’s new feature-length documentary on ‘90s British bloodsucker culture, VAMPIRES FOREVER.

4K Blu-ray Review: After the success of Interview with the Vampire in 1994, there were a number of attempts to modernize the common vampire legend, which includes a slew of failures, such as the likes of The Wisdom of Crocodiles and The Addiction. Razor Blade Smile is another attempt to do the same and while there are certainly a lot of things wrong with it, I actually found myself liking the film more and more as it went along - and, trust me, director Jake West has to be credited with a really good attempt at doing what the earlier films attempted.

Initially I thought this film would be a rip off of Blade, but actually it has its own style. The film begins in the 19th century, and we see a young woman turned into a vampire. Fast forward to present day and the woman is Lilith Silver, and she’s putting her vampire abilities to good use with a job as a hired killer. She gets given jobs to pick off various businessmen who all form a group known as The Illuminati and she gets some police attention too, before finding that the conspiracy goes much deeper.

The film directly addresses most of the common elements of the vampire legend and whilst some are in keeping with the classics, some others are glossed over or changed; and yet the film handles its own mythology very well. The way that vampire story is mixed with modern day is great and the lead character’s dress sense and whole association with the vampire subculture is not only educational but also amusing.

Eileen Daly is in the lead role and really sells her character with complete conviction, delivering her lines perfectly, and the screenplay is just perfect for her acting abilities. The film also boils down to a very good twist at the end, which makes more sense the more you think about it; on that you have my word. Overall, this film may not be totally perfect, but it doesn’t have to be, hence why it is a perfectly fun film to watch and the flaws are easy to forgive. [T.S.]

Special Features:
UHD:
Audio Commentary With Director Jake West And Production Designer Neil Jenkins
Archival Audio Commentary With Director Jake West And Actress Eileen Daly
4K Restoration Trailer

Blu-ray Disc 1:
Audio Commentary With Director Jake West And Production Designer Neil Jenkins
Archival Audio Commentary With Director Jake West And Actress Eileen Daly
VAMPIRES FOREVER – Documentary On 90’s British Vampire Culture (Jake West, 2025, 95 mins)

Blu-ray Disc 2:
Independents Day – A Look Back At RAZOR BLADE SMILE With Cast And Crew
Dressed To Kill – The Costumes Of RAZOR BLADE SMILE
Dark God Rising – The Continuing Comic Book Adventures Of Lilith Silver
Smiling Sharper – The Restoration Of RAZOR BLADE SMILE
Smiling At 25 – FrightFest 25th Anniversary Presentation Of The 4K Remaster
FrightFest ’24 Horror Hangout
Cannes ’97 Video Diary
Terror Tarot – Rue Morgue’s Laura Hokstad Does A Reading From The Screen-Used Tarot Deck
Slices Of Life – Archival Making-Of
Extended/Alternate Scenes
Blooper Reel
Still Gallery
Storyboard Gallery
4K Restoration Trailer
1997 Cannes Trailer
Original UK Theatrical Trailer
SyFy TV Spots
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT – 2000 Vampire Documentary Directed By Jake West For Film4
CLUB DEATH – 1993 Short Film With Optional Director Commentary By Jake West
Welcome To Club Death – Making-Of
Vampire Advert – About Jake West’s Ad Created For The 1993 Kodak Student Film Contest

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