USA, 1992
112m
35mm film, Technicolor, 1.85:1
Dolby Stereo, English
An American comedy horror film directed by John Landis.
Plot Summary
Marie is a vampire who stalks crooks and mobsters. When she kills a violent mob boss, she puts herself in the greatest danger she’s ever faced.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: John Landis
© 1992 Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. presents a Lee Rich production. A Landis/Belzberg film. Distributed by Warner Bros.
Executive Producer: Jonathan Sheinberg
Produced by: Lee Rich, Leslie Belzberg
Associate Producer: Michael Wolk
Written by: Michael Wolk
Director of Photography: Mac Ahlberg
Film Editor: Dale Beldin
Music by: Ira Newborn
Production Mixer: Joseph Geisinger
Costumes Designed by: Deborah Nadoolman
Key Make-Up: Ron Berkeley
Key Hair Stylist: Alan E. Schubert
Special Make-up Effects by: Steve Johnson
Special Effects: Roy Arbogast, Bill Lee, John Milinac, Michael Arbogast, Richard Lopez
Special Visual Effects by: Syd Dutton, Bill Taylor
[Special Visual Effects]: Illusion Arts
Production Designer: Richard Sawyer
Casting: Sharon Howard-Field
Cast
Anne Parillaud (Marie)
Robert Loggia (Sal “The Shark” Macelli)
Anthony LaPaglia (Joe Gennaro)
David Proval (Lenny)
Chazz Palminteri (Tony)
Luis Guzman (Morales)
Elaine Kagan (Frannie Bergman)
Rocco Sisto (Gilly)
Leo Burmester (Flinton)
Kim Coates (Ray)
Tony Lip (Frank)
Angela Bassett (U.S. Attorney Sinclair)
Frank Oz (pathologist)
Tony Sirico (Jacko)
Marshall Bell (Marsh)
Don Rickles (Emmanuel Bergman)
Sam Raimi (Roma Meats man)
Rhon Thomas (coroner)
Tom Savini (news photographer)
Christopher Lee (Count Dracula)
Peter Cushing (Van Helsing)
Dan Quayle (Vice President of the United States)
Ike (German Shepherd)
Gil Cates Jr (dog boy)
Charlie Gomorra (gorilla)
Lamont Arnold (morgue desk man)
Yancey Arias (coroner’s assistant)
Pitty Jennings, David Early (reporters)
Forrest J. Ackerman (stolen car man)
Bela Lugosi (Count Dracula)
Michael Ritchie (night watchman)
Bernard Hocke (motel clerk)
Dario Argento (paramedic)
Alfred Hitchcock (man with cello case)
Marina Durell (nurse)
Robert Walker (Bruno)
Linnea Quigley (nurse)
Alternative Titles
Agno aima – Greece
Amore all’ultimo morso – Italy
Blod på tanden – Denmark
Bloeddorstige liefde – Netherlands
Bloody Marie – den förföriska vampyren – Finland (Swedish, television)
Bloody Marie – Eine Frau mit Biß – Germany
Bloody Marie – Viettelevä vampyyri – Finland (video)
Bloody Marie – Norway (video)
A French Vampire in America – Australia
Harapós nő – Hungary
Inocente Mordida – Brazil
Krvava Mary – Yugoslavia (Croatian)
Krwawa Maria – Poland
Masum Kan – Turkey
Não Há Pescoço Que Aguente – Portugal
Oskyldigt blod – Sweden
Sang fresca – Spain (Catalan)
Le sang des innocents – Canada (French)
Sânge nevinovat – Romania
Sangre fresca (Una chica insaciable) – Spain
Sangre inocente – Mexico
Transilvania, mi amor – Argentina, Mexico
Vampira a la francesa – Argentina (cable television)
Αγνό αίμα – Greece
Кровь невинных – Russia
Невина крв – Serbia
Невинна кров – Ukraine
Невинна кръв – Bulgaria
イノセント・ブラッド – Japan
इनोसेंट ब्लड – India (Hindi)
Links
Includes extracts from
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1958)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
References
Periodicals
- British Board of Film Classification: Monthly List of Cinema Films October 1992 p.2
- Cinefantastique vol.23 no.5 (February 1993) p.59 – review (Reviews by Dennis Fischer)
- Cinefantastique vol.23 no.6 (April 1993) p.53 – illustrated interview with John Landis (Guilty Director by Steve Biodrowski)
- Cinefantastique vol.23 no.6 (April 1993) pp.52-53 – illustrated review (Innocent Blood by Thomas Doherty)
- Empire no.49 (July 1993) p.42 – illustrated review (by Kim Newman)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.313 no.29 (27 July 1990) p.51 – article
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.318 no.17 (15 July 1991) pp.3, 18 – article (Landis moves in to helm ‘Blood’ by Andrea King)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.318 no.36 (9 August 1991) pp.7, 8 – article (Parillaud signs for Landis’ ‘Blood’ by Andrea King)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.323 no.50 (25 September 1992) pp.19 – illustrated interview with Robert Loggia (Loggia goes for jugular in role as evil vampire by James Ryan); 6, 32 – credits, review
- Positif no.385 (March 1993) pp.38-39 – illustrated credits, review (Actualite; Les Films by Olivier De Bruyn)
- Screen International no.807 (17 May 1991) p.32 – note
- Screen International no.830 (25 October 1991) p.25 – note
- Screen International no.845 (21 February 1992) p.13 – credits
- Screen International no.857 (15 May 1992) p.18 – credits
- Shivers no.79 (July 2000) p.54 – illustrated article (The Fright of Your Life by Jonathan Rigby)
- Sight and Sound vol.3 no.8 (August 1993) p.43 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (by Trevor Johnston)
- Sight and Sound vol.4 no.3 (March 1994) p.60 – video note
- Sight and Sound vol.5 no.3 (March 1995) p.62 – video note
- Starburst Special no.15: Monster (1993) pp.30-32, 38-40 – illustrated interview with John Landis (Innocent vampires and American werewolves by Pat Jankiewicz)
- Starburst no.175 (March 1993) pp.42-43, 45 – illustrated credits, review (Preview by Alan Jones)
- Variety 28 September 1992 p.78 – credits, review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.484
- British Gothic Cinema by Barry Forshaw p.147
- Dracula in the Dark: The Dracula Film Adaptations by James Craig Holte pp.89-90, 107-109 – note
- Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn pp.293-295
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.281
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.253
- Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.238-239
