A
woman named Marie (Anne Parillaud) is a
vampire and has to live every night by
being one down in Pittsburgh and is
hungry for blood but she runs into the
mob boss named Sal Macelli (Rob Loggia)
as he wants her to be one of his women
but however, she bites him on the neck
but fails to kill him as she tries to
escape after one of his men witnesses
this.
Sal is suddenly different and has deadly
powers now to keep on doing his nasty
deeds as well as turning his men into
vampires too and to try to take over the
town of Pittsburgh.
Marie falls for an undercover cop named
Joe Gennaro (Anthony LaPaglia) as he is
unsure of her but must use her to put a
stop to the mob.
However, the mob of vampires keep on
piling up for them and Joe's biggest fear
of all is to try and stay alive since Sal
is onto him after knowing the information
he has on him while going undercover as a
mobster.
This film stands
out very nicely using both comedy and
horror into one with some funny dialogues
too. It's almost like a spoof on the Godfather
type of flick but a horror version of it.
It's very interesting seeing a mob boss
still doing his deeds as usual although
he changed into a vampire and turning his
men into them as well.
There are nice effects in the film with
plenty of action and goofiness too along
with some good romance between the two
leads in the film.
The acting is
terrifically done. Leading French actress
Anne
Parillaud came across terrifically
with her accent and words as a vampiress
in the film acting quiet and then getting
into her vampiress rage when attacking.
Robert Loggia played a perfect shark
mobster in the film having a sense of
humor yet acting nasty and cruel about
it. He also does well with his actions
when he becomes a vampire.
Anthony LaPaglia has terrific energy
as an undercover cop in the film proving
to be a worthy character actor.
Don Rickles also stood out well with
his concerned and nervous actions on what
happened to his boss.
David Proval played a nice bad ass
mobster assistant with great nasty
attitude and rugged looks too.
We have a special appearance by Rocco
Sisto who had a nice wussy behavior
to his part.
There's also an effective cameo by Sam
Raimi as a Roma meats man as he did
well by acting goofy.
Anne Parillaud is
fully naked from top to bottom with her
first scene in her room with candles
around her.
She also unrobes in a hotel exposing her
butt as well as later on with her breasts
fully revealed on a bed.
There are many topless strippers dancing
in a bar.
Some necks are
chomped to death with blood splurting out
A vampire crumbles in the sunlight
John Landis still
has that magic touch using both wit and
terror combining it into one.
During the opening credits we have nice
camera shots looking over the city of New
Jersey at night.
Robert Loggia makes a great
impression down in a cellar next to a
table holding a toaster as well as acting
menacing with it by bashing it on
supporting actor Rocco Sisto's
head as he does well with his frightened
words when Loggia gets nasty
with him with his shouting actions.
There's a good scene with supporting
actor Chazz Palminteri trying to
make out with Anne Parillaud in
his car as well as a great shot on her
with her vampiress eyes and chomping away
at his neck.
There's a good scene with Loggia and
Parillaud having a discussion in
a limo.
We also get a gasping and startled
expression on Parillaud when she
discovers what Loggia is serving
from some leftovers he's got as she does
well by acting hesitant with it.
Good blocking with Loggia coming
on strongly towards Parillaud in
a bathroom and being forceful to her.
Along with a good shot on her wrapping
her legs around him and then biting his
neck viciously.
There's a good shot on Anthony
LaPaglia looking around on a roof of
a building looking at a woman's high heel
on the ground and then a great jumping
moment with Parillaud jumping up
from her hiding spot with her vampiress
features.
We have another perfect shot with
LaPaglia looking around in a
cathedral with candles around as well as
a camera swooping around him with him
ducking a couple times.
We have a good comedic moment with Parillaid
pinning LaPaglia to the
ground and tells her she's under arrest.
There's nice vicious and comedic actions
with Loggia when he starts
viciously eating raw meat as well as
having Don Rickles trying to
talk to him and having worried
expressions.
A good shot on Loggia slowly
walking towards Rickles with his
hungry words towards him as well as Rickles
looking nervous backing up.
There's a nice shot on supporting actress
Elaine Kagan walking down a
staircase trembling and holding a knife
but it looks corny at the same time.
We have a nice shot on Loggia with
a nice evil grin and grabbing
LaPaglia by the neck and holding him
up.
We see a nice fast action performance by Parillaid
pushing LaPaglia to a bed
in a hotel room and trying to come on to
him as well as perfect shots on their
lustful scene together.
There's a good camera shot panning in on Rickles
lying in a hospital bed and then opening
his vampire eyes and slowly getting up
and a good shot on him walking up to bit
part actress Marina Durell as a
nurse. Plus we have a great suffering
reaction by Rickles when the
sunlight hits him along with Durell freaking
out with her wide eyes and screaming
nicely.
There's also a great shot on bit part
actress Linnea Quigley as a
nurse holding an arm that was burned off
with her eyes crossed screaming as all
this blends in wit the comedy and horror
at the same time marvellously.
We have a nice comedic presence by Loggins
waking up in a meat freezer storage room
with his hilarious dialogue towards David
Proval and then asks him to come
closer and a nice shot on Loggins
attacking him and then viciously tells
the rest not to move.
We have a great perfect shot on Loggins
staring viciously at some strippers
commenting them on being good to eat.
A nice shot on Proval showing a
devilish grin which looked truly
intimidating.
There's a good shot on Luiz Guzman
and Gil Cates Jr poting their
guns with Loggins jumping to the
ground in between them and then grabbing
their wrists.
A good moment with Loggins
walking up to Parillaud and
asking her what she turned him into on
top of a building.
Ira Newborn compsed
some nice jazz trumpet playing making it
sound almost like a 007
type of feel to it along with the action
music too which was very neccessary.
Marie:
[distorted voice] Stay away from
me, or I'll kill you!
[after
becoming a vampire]
Sal Macelli: I can hear an angel
fart.
Marie:
You dress like a pimp and talk like a
goon. What makes you news?
Sal
Macelli (Staring viciously
at some strippers): You girls look
good enough to eat!!!
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