Review: Innocent Blood (1992)
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog…
This time I got a review about a film about vampires and
gangsters…
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 develop 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.
What do you get when you combine the legendary John Landis
with vampires and gangsters…? You get an amazing horror love letter to all the
classic crime films and a vampire film like no other.
This film is loaded with actors who made their careers playing
playing Mafia guys.
Robert Loggia plays the big boss Sal The Shark, who becomes the
mob boss from Hell when he gets turned into a member of the undead.
Comedian Don Rickles plays the mob lawyer who ends up
getting turned into a vampire and given the most brutal and disturbing ending
in the film.
Actress Anne Parillaud plays the hungry and sex starved
vampire Marie. Parillaud’s skinny frame makes her the perfect casting for the
desperate vampire out for an Italian meal.
Anthony Lapaglia plays Joe Gennare,an undercover police
officer who becomes Marie’s new love interest.
One of the most interesting aspects of the vampires in this
film is their eyes that glow. One of the most interesting scenes in the film is
where Marie is having sex with Joe. Her eyes glow and change colors with her
increasing excitement.
It was actually the one of a kind vampire eye fx that made
this film so unique. I never saw another film featuring eye FX like the ones in
this film. It was one of the reasons that this film stuck in my mind.
The sad thing about this film is that for the longest time
you couldn’t find it anywhere. After I
saw this film in the theatre over thirty years ago it just plain vanished. I
had spent years looking for a copy with no luck. Then a few years ago I found
it on amusingly Tubi TV. It was a happy day for me, and now a happy day for you
because you can now get the pleasure of seeing this wonderful vampire film.
With all my heart I can say that this film is AWESOMETACULAR!!!!!
Keep on Creepin’ , Horror Bob’s Blog…
