Innocent Blood (1992)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

John Landis

Writer (WGA):

Michael Wolk (written by)

Release Date:

25 September 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

The legendary director that brought you "National Lampoon's Animal House", "The Blues Brothers", "An American Werewolf in London", "Trading Places", and "Coming to America" brings you the dark comedy horror film from the undead.

Plot:

Marie has two appetites, sex and blood. Her career as a vampire is going along fine until two problems come up...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Gangster | Female Vampire | Morgue | Sex

Cast

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

Also Known As:

A French Vampire in America

Runtime:

112 min | Argentina:115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 (R rated version) | Germany:18 (unrated version) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Iceland:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The sign that says 'Shadyside Florist' during the car crash scene was repainted with 'Shackleford and Maxwell's' and is now on a florist shop several blocks uphill from where the crash was filmed.

Quotes:

Sal Macelli: Prepare yourself for a little bit of Heaven.
[presents a dish of mussels and garlic]
Marie: Non for me thanks.
Sal Macelli: Hey, mangia, mangia. You're a good looking broad but I gotta tell you, a little meat on the bones it never goes out of style. Mussels and garlic, from Munafo's for Christ's sake, come on.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bloodsucking Cinema (2007) (TV)

Nothing Like Some Good 'Italian Food!'

I've always found this a "guilty pleasure," an extremely entertaining profane-gross-funny film about a female vampire who likes "Italian food," meaning she likes to kill members of the Mafia!!

I am a bit partial in favor of this movie, anyway, because I am fan of Anne Parillaud. She starred in two of my favorite films: Map Of The Human Heart and Frankie Starlight. To me, she's always great to look at listen to, especially with a comedy here. This is about as good as she's ever looked. I also enjoyed her narration. Also, with director John Landis, you almost always get a very entertaining movie.

The special effects in here are fun to watch and the general off-the-wall humor is great. If you appreciate dark humor, you'll like this movie. The filmmakers also did not go overlong on the action scenes. The film is almost a put-on about vampire movies.

The negatives are too much profanity, too much for a comedy. It sometimes gets ridiculous. Robert Loggia plays most of the profane characters I've ever heard on film, yet is very funny at times. The gore is overdone in parts, too, but nowadays - even watching television (i.e. CSI) - we're used to that now. My other complaint is why this DVD is not on widescreen. Why is it only offered in pan-and-scan?

If you don't mind blood, guts and foul language, this is a hilarious film.