Innocent Blood

Innocent Blood Information

Innocent Blood is a 1992 American horror-crime film directed by John Landis. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a beautiful French vampire who finds herself pitted against a gang of vicious mobsters led by Robert Loggia who eventually becomes a vampire himself.

The film is set and was filmed in and around the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. The "Little Italy" of Pittsburgh, a portion of the Bloomfield, Pittsburgh neighborhood, clustered around Liberty Avenue, is recognizable in many of the film's outdoor urban scenes. Actors Tony Sirico and David Proval have supporting parts as gangsters, foreshadowing their roles in The Sopranos.

The film balances plenty of slickly directed thrills and gore with some moments of humor. Loggia's bewilderment at waking in the morgue to find a thermometer protruding from his stomach and the reaction of the wife of crooked lawyer Manny Bergman (Don Rickles) to the bizarre mayhem that ensues are good examples.

Plot

Marie (Anne Parillaud) is a very appealing modern-day vampire in Pittsburgh, with a moral code that limits her bloodsucking to the criminal elements of society. However, when she feasts on a vicious gang boss, Salvatore 'The Shark' Macelli (Robert Loggia), and is interrupted before finishing him off (by severing his spinal cord), he too becomes one of the undead and begins to pass his newfound powers on to his henchmen. With the help (and eventual love interest) of undercover cop Joseph Gennaro (Anthony LaPaglia), Marie sets out to put things right.

Cast

Anne Parillaud as Marie
Robert Loggia as Salvatore "The Shark" Macelli
Anthony LaPaglia as Joseph Gennaro
Don Rickles as Manny Bergman
David Proval as Lenny
Rocco Sisto as Gilly
Chazz Palminteri as Tony
Kim Coates as Ray
Marshall Bell as Marsh
Linnea Quigley as The Nurse
Tony Sirico as Jacko
Tony Lip as Frank
Luis Guzmán as Morales
Angela Bassett as U.S. Attorney Sinclair
Leo Burmester as Dave Finton
Frank Oz as Pathologist
Tom Savini as News Photographer
Sam Raimi as Roma Meats Man
Dario Argento as Paramedic

Reception

Innocent Blood opened on September 25, 1992 and grossed $1,857,658 in its opening weekend, earning the #7 spot at the box office. By the end of its run, the film had grossed merely $4,943,279 domestically. It has received mixed reviews and currently holds a 38% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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