MOVIE OF THE DAY: INNOCENT BLOOD

Great choice, David. And that bit about Anne Parillaud's smile couldn't be any more true.

Fun premise executed horribly.

I just rewatched this for the first time in years on the instant queue. It's just too long. The nudity and the cameos make it worth while (Raimi and Argento especially).

Wished I enjoyed it as much as you, Dave, but alas, nothing doing. Has been good while, though. Perhaps haven't seen it in its entirety since the original home video release.

This movie is wonderful. It's a bit of a companion piece to An American Werewolf in London, though much more of a straight comedy. I compare it, in fact, to Polanski's Fearless Vampire Killers in that it mixes humor with horror and delivers that package with an unusual, off-beat story.

Anne Parrilaud is one of my all-time hugest crushes thanks to this movie.

I drafted it in the horror draft. Got some shit for that. But I stand by my choice. I agree that it might be the last really good Landis movie.

I believe the "deadpan atmosphere" David detected is actually Landis' complete lack of interest in the film.

 

It's really horrible. The 90's were a very rough time for Mr. Landis. A comedy director is only as good as his scripts, and the best in the world couldn't have spun gold out of the shit that were the scripts for Beverly Hills Cop 3, Oscar or Innocent Blood. Innocent Blood in particular has a dreadful script, torn between a lame mafia comedy and a lame horror comedy. The premise of a vampire mafia is pretty promising, but it goes nowhere with it. The only two moments that are worth your time are a delightful mortuary scene (with Frank Oz as the coroner) and Don Rickle's death scene. The make-up and effects for Don Rickle's demise are truly spectacular, where sunlight touches his body and he sizzles and fries like cooking steak.

 

Also, what a beautiful smile.

And she wears a Pittsburgh Penguins hat in the movie.