The Vineyard

The Vineyard is a 1989 American horror film directed by James Hong and William Rice, written by Hong, Douglas Kondo, James Marlowe and Harry Mok, and starring Hong, Michael Wong, Sherri Ball and Playboy Playmate Karen Witter. Plot Winemaker Dr. Elson Po fears that he is getting too old, so he kidnaps people and uses their blood to make his world-famous wine. Asking his god for eternal life, he drinks his wine and becomes young again. A group of young actors come to his mansion to audition for his purported "wine-making film" but the seven guests soon find out the secret of his wine and must escape. Cast James Hong as Dr. Elson Po Michael Wong as Jeremy Young Sherri Ball as Celeste Karl Heinz Teuber as Paul Edmonds Karen Witter as Jezebel Sean P. Donahue as Brian Whiteman Release The Vineyard was given a limited release theatrically in the United States by New World Pictures in 1989. The film was later released on DVD in the U.S. by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2001 and Image Entertainment in 2011, and was issued in the UK by Arrow Films in 2013.