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Theatrical release poster designed by John Alvin. |
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| Directed by | John Landis |
| Produced by | Leslie Belzberg Lee Rich |
| Written by | Michael Wolk |
| Starring | Anne Parillaud David Proval Rocco Sisto Chazz Palminteri Anthony LaPaglia Robert Loggia |
| Music by | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography | Mac Ahlberg |
| Editing by | Dale Beldin |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | September 25, 1992 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4,972,818 |
Innocent Blood is a 1992 American horror-crime film directed by John Landis. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a vampire who finds herself against a blood-sucking legion of mobsters after biting a notorious crime boss played by Robert Loggia.
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.
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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 fails to complete the job properly - by not 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) of undercover cop Joseph Gennaro (Anthony LaPaglia), Marie sets out to put things right.
Innocent Blood opened on September 25, 1992 and grossed $1,857,658 in its opening weekend, earning the #7 spot at the box office.[1] By the end of its run, the film had grossed merely $4,943,279 domestically. It has received mixed reviews and currently holds a 40% score on Rotten Tomatoes. [2]
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