The studio pulled a whack of the budget during filming and the movie was hamstrung by that fact. Vampire$ got enough steam that John Carpenter turned it into a movie with James Woods (who looked nothing like Jack Crow, but handled the part well enough). Turns out, John Steakley ever only wrote Armor and Vampire$, and neither caught the attention of the world like they should have. He wrote some books that were enormously fun to read and after I went through the first two I eagerly awaited the next one. A buddy loaned me Armor when I was in college and another buddy introduced me to Vampire$ when I got my first real job after college. I was introduced to Steakley by two friends over the space of many years. The cover art for Vampire$ dropped the dollar sign, but trust me, it was part of the original title. Both of them are easy to find on Amazon and I regularly see them in used book stores, as well. The reference itself is actually Steakley’s internal reference to his other book, Armor. If you didn’t get it, it’s a reference to one of my favorite books, Vampire$, by John Steakley. Coupon redeemable anywhere Internets are sold
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