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Kiss of the Damned ()


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A beautiful, lonely vampire falls in love with a screenwriter and transforms him into one of the undead, but their budding romance is threatened by her vivacious, troublemaking sister.

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Djuna (as Josephine De La Baume)
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Irene Polo
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Paolo
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Rebecca
Ashley Munns ...
Cashier
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Mimi
Dana O'Keefe ...
Dead College Student
Juan Mateo Mazara ...
Foreman
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Xenia
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Club Guy
Jon Newport ...
Club Friend
Maria Hassabi ...
Lydia
Luis Gispert ...
Omar
Jefferson Bjoraker ...
Jefferson
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Winter
Juan Luis Acevedo ...
Dmitri
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Hans
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Anton
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Emily
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Jack
Benjamin Logan ...
Cab Driver
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Ben Rider
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Ann
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Young Mimi
Olivia Lauletta ...
Young Djuna
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Teen (uncredited)
Haley Kotch ...
Teen (uncredited)
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Alex (uncredited)
Andrew Kufta ...
Extra (uncredited)
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Partygoer (uncredited)
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Tan Girl (uncredited)

Directed by

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Xan Cassavetes

Written by

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Xan Cassavetes ... (written by)

Produced by

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Adam S. Bersin ... executive producer
Athena Currey ... associate producer
Marcelo Gandola ... co-executive producer
Jen Gatien ... producer
Jesse Itzler ... executive producer
Jacob Jaffke ... co-producer
Dawn Cullen Jonas ... co-executive producer
John F. Lyons ... co-producer
Jonathan Montepare ... co-producer
Alex Orlovsky ... producer
Jacob Pechenik ... executive producer
Riaz Tyab ... executive producer
Jonathan Vinnik ... executive producer

Music by

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Steven Hufsteter

Cinematography by

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Tobias Datum

Editing by

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Taylor Gianotas
John F. Lyons

Editorial Department

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Aaron Crozier ... assistant editor
John Diesso ... on-line editor
Andrew Geary ... digital intermediate colorist
Trace Henderson ... post-production assistant
Darrell R. Smith ... supervising digital intermediate producer

Casting By

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Kerry Barden
Paul Schnee

Production Design by

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Chris Trujillo

Art Direction by

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Ian Salter

Set Decoration by

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Daniel R. Kersting

Costume Design by

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Audrey Louise Reynolds

Makeup Department

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Ozzy Alvarez ... special makeup effects department head
Ivy Ermert ... additional makeup artist
Denise Guerra ... additional hair stylist
Amanda Korfine ... makeup department head
Liliana Maggio ... hair department head (as Liliana Meyrick)
Christian Salazar ... additional hair stylist

Production Management

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Marcelo Gandola ... post-production manager
Jacob Jaffke ... unit production manager
Jonathan Montepare ... post-production supervisor
Lizz Morhaim ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Josh Newport ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Julie Besancon ... assistant props
Tim Bruno ... props
Amy Teitter ... property master
Alisha Wetherill ... on-set dresser

Sound Department

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Heather Fink ... additional sound mixer
Frank Gaeta ... re-recording mixer / sound designer / supervising sound editor
Casey Genton ... sound effects editor
Perry Levy ... adr recordist
Tim Limer ... sound recordist
Michael Sterkin ... sound mixer

Special Effects by

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Nick DeRosa ... special effects makeup (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Goncalo Cabaca ... visual effects artist
Jesus Diez Perez ... digital compositor: Method Studios London
Aleksandar Djordjevic ... compositing supervisor: Method Studios
Adam Gandola ... digital compositor
Matthew Hackett ... animator: Method NYC
Alice Kahn ... visual effects coordinator: Method Studios, New York
David Marte ... rotoscope supervisor: Method Studios
Andrew Pinson ... digital compositor: Method Studios
David Piombino ... digital compositor: Method Studios
Wendy Seddon ... digital compositor
Raven Sia ... visual effects producer
David Toepfer ... systems engineer: Method Studios

Stunts

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Roy Farfel ... stunt driver
Anthony Vincent ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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T.J. Alston ... gaffer
James B. Appleton ... additional grip
Bill Dixon ... best boy grip
Matt Klammer ... first assistant camera
Peter Milmoe ... best boy electric
Kelley Nesper ... electrician
John Shim ... key grip
Dante Skartoni ... additional grip
James Strosahl ... additional digital imaging technician
Brandon Sumner ... steadicam operator
Alisha Wetherill ... still photographer
Daniel Wong ... grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tamara Cepeda ... wardrobe supervisor
Ashley Munns ... assistant costume designer
Audrey Louise Reynolds ... costumer

Location Management

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Chris Carmody ... location manager
Kara Janeczko ... location scout

Music Department

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Taylor Gianotas ... music editor
Dina Juntila ... music supervisor
Demdike Stare ... composer: additional music

Additional Crew

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Stephanie Blackwood ... production coordinator
André Des Rochers ... production counsel
Mark Eiben ... production assistant
Anastasia Folorunso ... production assistant
Trace Henderson ... delivery coordinator
Daniel McCartney ... production accounting clerk
Ross Miller ... insurance broker
Mariana Santos-Kopelson ... production coordinator (as Mariana Santos)
Esra Saydam ... office production intern
Anita Surendran ... production counsel
Jeffrey M. Weber ... paperwork production assistant
Skylar A. Wilman ... insurance broker

Thanks

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Elizabeth Chomko ... special thanks (as Elizabeth Montepare)
Jay Montepare ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In the countryside near to New York, Djuna lives alone with her housemaid Irene in a manor that belongs to her friend Xenia. When she meets the screenwriter Paolo at a video rental store, they immediately fall in love with each other. However, Djuna discloses to Paolo that she is a vampire and while making love, she turns him into one. Paolo moves to her house and they happily live together. Out of the blue, her wicked and troublemaker sister Mimi appears to stay for a week with them, turning their lives upside-down. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines Her Love Will Never Die. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Kiss of the damned (Spain)
  • Nụ Hôn Của Quỷ (Vietnam)
  • Поцелуй проклятой (Russia)
  • Целувката на обречените (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Neetute suudlus (Estonia)
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Runtime
  • 97 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $2,723, 05 May 2013

Did You Know?

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Trivia Xan Cassavetes was inspired by vampire gothic horror movies from the 70s to do this film. See more »
Goofs Olivia Lauletta and Tiarnie Coupland, who play Djuna and Mimi in the mid-credits flashback to their childhoods, are miscredited with playing each other's roles (ie. Coupland as Djuna, Lauletta as Mimi). The IMDb credit list corrects this error. See more »
Movie Connections Features Algiers (1938). See more »
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