Blood & Donuts (1995)

Director:

Holly Dale

Writer:

Andrew Rai Berzins (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

There's a place between the living and the dead... and it's open 24 hours.

Plot:

A vampire falls for a woman working at a donut shop.

Plot Keywords:

Donut | Vampire | Toronto Ontario | Nipples Visible Through Clothing | Female Director

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Gordon Currie	...	Boya
Justin Louis	...	Earl
Helene Clarkson	...	Molly
Fiona Reid	...	Rita
Frank Moore	...	Pierce
Hadley Kay	...	Axel
David Cronenberg	...	Crime Boss
J. Winston Carroll	...	Bernie
Earl Pastko	...	Donut Shop Junkie
Sam Malkin	...	Hotel Clerk
Susan Kottman	...	Old Lady (as Susan Koffmann)
Charles Hayter	...	Old Wino

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:A (TV rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Sea of Tranquility, The Moon, Space

Company:

Feature Film Project, The

Quotes:

Boya Zsekely: Each time you turn your back, a few more... gone, makes you want to withdraw.
Molly: Yeah, well. Can't go through life afraid to connect 'cos the thing might end, right?
Boya Zsekely: Not might.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sleep In Late

Don't try to categorize as horror or comedy, but rather a character study.

After 25 years of slumber, a vampire is awakened by a golf ball crashing through his window and hitting him. What to do? Hang out at the local donut shop and fall in love...

So the film has vampires, mobsters, a cab driver trying to sound like Christopher Walken. People have been saying it's a horror film! NO! It's a comedy! No! Therein lies the problem people have with this film. They can't place it. So look a little more into this film and you'll see that it's basically a character study, and a rather touching one after it's been viewed. If one can put aside the supernatural element and mob storyline, it's about a few people trying to find their reason for living and how those are affected as they cross paths with each other. The element of the vampire's selfless act of self-sacrifice is both heartbreaking and immensely touching at the same time. All the other elements are there to make the story weird and of course entertaining. All in all it turns out to be quite a charming story when you understand the characters. Blood & Donuts is a unique find and one of my personal favorites. I've never seen anything quite like it!