Innocent Blood

Innocent Blood

Credits
Title:	Innocent Blood
Director:	John Landis
Writers:	Michael Wolk
Producers:	Jonathan Sheinberg; Leslie Belzberg; Lee Rich; Michael Wolk
Composer:	Ira Newborn
Cinematography:	Mac Ahlberg
Editors:	Dale Beldin
Production
Production company:	Warner Bros.
Released:	September 25th, 1992
Rating:	R
Running time:	112 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Innocent Blood is an American feature film of the vampire fiction subgenre of horror. It was directed by John Landis with a screenplay written by Michael Wolk. It was produced by Warner Bros. and premiered in the United States on September 25th, 1992. The film stars Anne Parillaud as a French vampire who comes to the United States and gets embroiled in affairs of the mob working out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Co-starring in the film is Anthony LaPaglia as the love interest, Detective Joseph Gennaro, along with Robert Loggia as the central antagonist Salvatore "Sal the Shark" Macelli.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Anne Parillaud	Marie
David Proval	Lenny
Rocco Sisto	Gilly
Chazz Palminteri	Tony Silva
Anthony LaPaglia	Joe Gennaro
Robert Loggia	Sal "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
Tom Savini	News photographer
Gil Cates, Jr.	Dog Boy
Charlie Gomorra	Gorilla
Lamont Arnold	Morgue desk man
Yancey Arias	Coroner's assistant
Frank Oz	Pathologist
Pitty Jennings	Reporter
David Early	Reporter
Forrest J. Ackerman	Stolen car man
Elaine Kagan	Frannie Bergman
Michael Ritchie	Night watchman
Bernard Hocke	Motel clerk
Sam Raimi	Roma Meats man
Dario Argento	Paramedic
Marina Durell	Nurse
Harry Goins	Orderly
Steve Johnson	Orderly
Linnea Quigley	Nurse
Michael Wolk	Surgeon
Russ Cochran	Panhandler
Teri Weigel	Melody Lounge dancer
Lisa Ann Baker	Melody Lounge dancer
Christina Jiménez	Melody Lounge dancer
Christina Bowers	Melody Lounge dancer
Kim Currow	Melody Lounge dancer
Christina Diaz	Melody Lounge dancer
Kim Melton	Melody Lounge dancer
Robin Place	Melody Lounge dancer
Regina Poole	Melody Lounge dancer
Tracy Rolen	Melody Lounge dancer
Tammy Ulm	Melody Lounge dancer
Katrina Witt	Melody Lounge dancer
Mraibe Zolli	Melody Lounge dancer
Ron Roth	Gus
Vic Noto	Tommy
Jerry Lyden	Vinnie
Rick Avery	Cab driver
Bob Minor	Bus driver

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline for this film is "For generations the Mafia preyed on the innocent. Tonight someone is preying on them."
Principal shooting on Innocent Blood began on January 13th, 1992 and lasted until April 7th, 1992. The movie was shot on-location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Notable locations include the Amore Motel, the David McCullough Bridge, West End Overlook Park, and the East Liberty Presbyterian Church.
Filming on Innocent Blood began on the same day as principal shooting for Pet Sematary Two, which is also a horror film.
Innocent Blood was screened in the United Kingdom at the Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival on January 16th, 1993.
At its widest release, Innocent Blood was screened in 1,326 movie theaters. It had been in release for a total of fourteen weeks (98 days).
Innocent Blood grossed $1,857,658 over its opening weekend. It grossed $4,943,279 over its entire domestic run. The film did not have an international release. It came in at number 8 at the box office over its opening weekend and was beat out by The Last of the Mohicans (premiere) and Mr. Saturday Night (premiere), as well as Sneakers, Captain Ron, Singles, School Ties and Sarafina!, all of which had already been in release.
Innocent Blood was released on Blu-ray by Warner Bros. as part of the Warner Archive Collection on September 19th, 2017. It was also included in the Horror Thrillers: 4-Film Collection blu-ray along with Body Snatchers, The Hunger and Wolfen.
On the Internet Movie Database, Innocent Blood has a user score of 6.2 out of 10 based on more than 10,000 ratings.
On Metacritic, this film holds a Metascore of 44 out of 100 based on twenty critic reviews. It has a user score of 7.0 based on four user ratings.
On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Innocent Blood holds a 38% "Rotten" rating on the Tomatometer based on twenty-four reviews. It has an audience score of 45% based on more than 5,000 ratings.
On Letterboxd, Innocent Blood holds a weighted average of 3.06 out of 5 based on 4,468 ratings.
Director John Landis is also known for directing the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London. That film also deals with the "stranger in a strange land" trope in relation to monsters, except in Innocent Blood, the subject is a vampire rather than a werewolf. Despite this similarity in theme, Innocent Blood never gained the recognition that An American Werewolf in London has.
Actress Regan Kerwin, who plays one of the Melody Lounge dancers, is credited as Regina Poole in this film.