Van Pires: More Info

Van-Pires had 13 episodes on 1997 and 1998. I forgot about this show recently but I did know it and watch it. It was an utter travesty. Live-action mixed with low grade CGI. Four teens became robotic cars and fought against similar creatures that were a mix of vampires. The picture below said it was on Fox Kids but it wasn't, it aired syndicated. In my area of Miami, it aired on Sunday mornings, mostly ignored. t was produced by Abrahams/Gentile (New York), with CGI animation being produced under MSH (San Francisco).

Van-Pires also had portions of its soundtrack written and performed by John Entwistle of the band The Who. The bad guys were the Van-Pires and the good guys were the Moto-Vators. I say it was a travesty because of the acting and the writing (especially when it came to the live-action portions). You can find this one online as well!

Jason Hayes played the leader in red Axle, he went on to play Jason Collins, one half of twins in Malibu, CA and was also on City Guys. He now is Co-Creator/Producer of I Eat Weird Inc.

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Van Pires

This is a syndicated show that lasted 27 episodes from 1997 to 1998. It was a mix of live-action and early CGI. Van-Pires also had portions of its soundtrack written and performed by John Entwistle of the band The Who. It was about four teenagers who became robotic anthropomorphized cars, calling themselves the "Motor-Vators," they fought against the evil Van Pires. It was horribly acted and badly written much at the level of "Teenage Alien Fighters of Beverly Hills." It starred Jason Hayes of the other syndicated show "Malibu, CA."