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Director:
Writers:
Charles Adair (screenplay) and
Dan O'Bannon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
31 July 1997 (Italy) more
Tagline:
It's in the blood
Plot:
A man travels to an island with his girlfriend in search of his relatives but he finds maybe more than what he wanted to know. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Decent but could have been so much better more (55 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gillian Ferrabee | ... | Eva Van Daam / Her Twin Brother / John's Twin Sister | |
| Pascal Gruselle | ... | Vermeer | |
| Roy Dupuis | ... | John Strauss | |
| Kristin Lehman | ... | Kathleen Strauss | |
| John Harold Cail | ... | Ferryman | |
| Joanna Noyes | ... | Byrde Gordon | |
| Felicia Shulman | ... | Yolanda | |
| Janine Theriault | ... | Alice Gordon | |
| Michelle Brunet | ... | Ramona | |
| David Deveau | ... | Ben | |
| Spencer Evans | ... | Squeakie | |
| Rutger Hauer | ... | Dr. Marlowe | |
| Carmen Ferland | ... | Mrs. Shea (as Carmen Ferlan) | |
| Leni Parker | ... | Baby Laura | |
| Lisa Bronwyn Moore | ... | Toot (as Lisa Bronwyn-Moore) |
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Also Known As:
Hemoglobin (UK)
The Descendant (USA) (TV title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some strong sexuality and violence.
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Runtime:
Greece:94 min | USA:89 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Spain:18 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)
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Factual errors: In the prologue, the "King of Holland" is mentioned in relation to the year 1652. Holland was part of the Dutch Republic from 1581 through 1795, and had no king. more
Quotes:
Byrde Gordon:
Wow. Looks like I'm making some guests for the hotel.
[pauses]
Byrde Gordon:
And, with any luck, a burial pot too.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Dark Heritage (1989) more
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This is an average horror flick that really should be better than it is. The initial screenplay adapts Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear" and was by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. The film sports a beautiful location (Grand Manan Island, Canada) that maintains that same creepy boating town vibe as their earlier DEAD & BURIED, but gets bogged thanks to flat direction from Peter Svatek. Dupuis, who also has the O'Bannon penned SCREAMERS on his resume (his mom must be proud), looks a tad out of place, more like a TWILIGHT reject with his pale skin, flowing hair and bad fashion sense. Hauer is decent in the film and actually survives. Oddly enough, half of the cast also popped up in THE SWEET HEREAFTER the same year. The film does earn points for having harm come to several children through out. Svatek must have some kind of fetish because he moved on to TV movies like BABY FOR SALE (2004) and STOLEN BABIES, STOLEN LIVES (2008).