Innocent Blood (1992)

Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.

Director:

John Landis

Writer:

Michael Wolk

Stars:

Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anne Parillaud	...	Marie
David Proval	...	Lenny
Rocco Sisto	...	Gilly
Chazz Palminteri	...	Tony
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Joe Gennaro
Robert Loggia	...	Sallie (The Shark) Macelli
Tony Sirico	...	Jacko
Tony Lip	...	Frank
Kim Coates	...	Ray
Marshall Bell	...	Marsh
Leo Burmester	...	Dave Flinton
Rohn Thomas	...	Coroner
Angela Bassett	...	U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Luis Guzmán	...	Morales
Don Rickles	...	Emmanuel 'Manny' Bergman

Storyline

Marie has two appetites, sex and blood. Her career as a vampire is going along fine until two problems come up, she is interrupted while feeding on Sal (the shark) Macelli and she begins to develope a relationship with the policeman who has been trying to put Sal away. Sal wakes up in the morgue very confused and very thirsty. He goes back to his old haunts and begins to create an organized crime family of vampires while Marie and her policeman lover hunt him.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | sex with a vampire | cult film | mafia | black comedy | 

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Taglines:

Horror meets humor, humor meets dead-on special effects, and boy meets ghoul in "Innocent Blood".

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Horror | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for vampire violence, and for sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

A French Vampire in America

Filming Locations:

East Liberty Presbyterian Church - 116 S. Highland Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$4,972,818

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although this entire movie is about vampires, the word "vampire" itself is never actually used.

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Goofs

When Manny (in hospital) dies and becomes a vampire, his heart briefly stops, causing the EKG to sound an alarm before it starts beating again. He then wakes up and detaches the EKG leads, which ought to trigger another alarm but does not.

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Quotes

Marie: I take lives.
Joe: Ya well, if you were perfect you wouldn't still be single.

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Crazy Credits

The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons, vampires, places, buildings and products is intended or should be inferred.

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Connections

Features Horror of Dracula (1958)

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Soundtracks

I've Got You Under My Skin
Written by Cole Porter
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
By Arrangement with CEMA Special Markets

User Reviews

* *1/2 out of 4.

Glossy horror / comedy about sexy vampire Marie (Anne Parillaud) who only kills those that should be dead. While feeding on a local mobster (Robert Loggia) she is disrupted and forced to leave before she can finish him off. He returns to life and sets up shop turning the members of his criminal family into vampires. Adding to Marie's problems is her relationship with a police officer (Anthony La Paglia) out to nab Loggia. Loggia is terrific in a dynamic performance. He steals the whole show. Parillaud has some rather sexy moments. And the film does a good job of balancing the comedy and horror.

Rated R; Nudity, Sexual Situations, Graphic Violence and Profanity.