Kiss of the Damned (2012)

The vampire Djuna resists the advances of Paolo, but soon gives in to their passion. When her trouble-making sister unexpectedly comes to visit, Djuna's love is threatened, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.

Director:

Xan Cassavetes

Writer:

Xan Cassavetes

Stars:

Joséphine de La Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida

Cast

Credited cast:
Joséphine de La Baume	...	Djuna
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Paolo
Roxane Mesquida	...	Mimi
Anna Mouglalis	...	Xenia
Michael Rapaport	...	Ben
Riley Keough	...	Anne
Ching Valdes-Aran	...	Irene
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Juan Luis Acevedo	...	Dimitry
Jay Brannan	...	Hans
Jonathan Caouette	...	Anton
Tiarnie Coupland	...	Young Mimi
Megumi Haggerty	...	Teen
Caitlin Keats	...	Rebecca
Haley Kotch	...	Teen
Victor Kubicek	...	Alex

Storyline

The vampire Djuna resists the advances of Paolo, but soon gives in to their passion. When her trouble-making sister unexpectedly comes to visit, Djuna's love is threatened, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.

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Taglines:

Her Love Will Never Die.

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence, strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 May 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Neetute suudlus

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bersin Pictures, Deerjen Films, Verisimilitude

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

An excessively low IMDb rating.

At the time that I am writing this review, this movie has an abysmal rating on IMDb (less than five stars).

If IMDb were a room full of people with exceptional taste, I guess I would understand why. The movie is thoroughly derivative; it tries a little too hard. I get the feeling that it's supposed to be a 'Hunger' for the modern era, moody and atmospheric-- they've even traded the classical and operatic soundtrack for haze-scene and low key beats looped with synth harpsichord melodies -- and yes, sometimes it falls a bit short and comes off amateurish.

But IMDb is not a room full of people with taste, so I don't get it. There so many movies on this site with absolutely no redeeming value that have ridiculously high ratings. This movie, while not art, did try; it never came off heavy handed, overall it was approachable, and entertaining. I keep asking myself what about it is causing people to react so negatively; the only thing I can figure is that perhaps the vampire crowd are portrayed as too cultured or something, I don't know.

Ultimately I guess I'm writing this review for people like me, those who put a lot (perhaps too much) stock in IMDb ratings. As a fan of films like The Hunger and the whole 'artsy, excessively classy but tortured immortal' cliché I can honestly tell you that I didn't think this film was an utter waste of time (at least no more so than many other movies). It was a perfectly fine hour and a half spent on a rainy afternoon.

I find its current rating a bit unfair.