Kiss of the Damned

Name: Kiss of the Damned
Genre: Horror
Released: May 3, 2013
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 48

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: May 3, 2013 | R

Summary: Beautiful vampire Djuna (Josephine de La Baume) tries to resist but eventually gives in to the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo (Milo Ventimiglia). When her troublemaker sister Mimi (Roxane Mesquida) unexpectedly comes to visit, Djuna’s love story is threatened, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.Beautiful vampire Djuna (Josephine de La Baume) tries to resist but eventually gives in to the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo (Milo Ventimiglia). When her troublemaker sister Mimi (Roxane Mesquida) unexpectedly comes to visit, Djuna’s love story is threatened, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered. [Magnolia Pictures]… Expand

Director: Alexandra Cassavetes

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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The Playlist Drew Taylor

Mar 11, 2013

If Kiss of the Damned has one thing, it's an identifiable groove, one that is sustained and very, very infectious. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Feb 22, 2013

Saucily thumbing its nose at the insipid teen love of the "Twilight" franchise, Kiss reimagines its bloodsuckers as horny, supercilious Eurotrash with addiction issues, sucking the life blood from naive American thrill-seekers. Read full review

Noel Murray

May 1, 2013

Like a lot of the retro-horror films that have popped up on the art-house and festival circuits over the past several years, Xan Cassavetes’ Kiss Of The Damned is more about mood and texture than plot. Read full review

Eric Hynes

Apr 30, 2013

Cassavetes adopts a grammar that occasionally slides into parody but mostly comes across as committed style. Kiss of the Damned contributes little new to the genre save a taste for alluringly tactile sex scenes and an avoidance of gore. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Apr 27, 2013

Xan Cassavetes cops to nothing more significant than being more keen on Vampyros Lesbos than anyone else from her clan of famous cinephiles. Read full review

Neil Young

Feb 22, 2013

Paying slavish homage to culty genre predecessors from the sixties, seventies and eighties, this steamy tale of a hunky screenwriter, his ethereal blood-sucking paramour and her bad-girl sister can't quite decide whether to be seductively stylish or knowingly cheesy. Read full review

Rex Reed

Apr 30, 2013

Well photographed, lurid enough to cause concern for the teen market it aims to captivate, and with enough blood to refurbish an abattoir, Kiss of the Damned creates an eerie, foreboding anxiety that comes uneasily close to terror. Too bad they seem to be making it up as they go along. Read full review

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A_So_Horror_Fan

Jun 5, 2015

“Kiss Of The Damned” carries us back to the golden age of vampire tales when we held a romantic and dark desire for the creature of the night. This film is what I would imagine reading one of those supernatural themed Harlequin-eque romance novels would be like. The director explored the“Kiss Of The Damned” carries us back to the golden age of vampire tales when we held a romantic and dark desire for the creature of the night. This film is what I would imagine reading one of those supernatural themed Harlequin-eque romance novels would be like. The director explored the more passionate side of daily life and love affair between a vulnerable but strong woman and a man desperate to love her in every way. It was down right gothic and sweet. The film didn’t bother getting too graphic or soft-core with the heightened sexuality of the relationships depicted in the movie but it was adult enough to be sheer supernatural eye candy. This movie is a great date movie for that vampire loving partner or person you want to kick it with. The story was compelling in true dramatic style that expresses the lives we expect vampires to enjoy. Just note that this is not a “horror” movie nor do I believe the director ever intended it to be one.

“Kiss Of The Vampire” is a film that flows more as an emotional heart-song with moments that rise to melodrama before sliding darkly down into melancholy. There is plenty of blood soaked sequences that express the true nature and conflict that lives within the vampire but it does not push the themes to the level of grindhouse or exploitation. The movie will not be for everyone and if you enter the tale looking for high octane exuberance, of ravenous creatures as monsters, with bodies writhing in guts and gore- then you will not be satisfied. However if you remember the classic view of the more romantic creature of more gothic tales of the vampire then this movie gives you the heat, passion and- yes -the bloodstains as well.… Expand

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DCEdmonds

Nov 13, 2014

"Kiss of the Damned" 10 Scale Rating: 5.5 (Mediocre) ...

The Good: Lacking in execution, but not a bad idea. Milo Ventimiglia gives it his all and honestly puts in a solid performance. The conversations and dialogue is good and interesting ... obviously ripped off of "True Blood", but"Kiss of the Damned" 10 Scale Rating: 5.5 (Mediocre) ...

The Good: Lacking in execution, but not a bad idea. Milo Ventimiglia gives it his all and honestly puts in a solid performance. The conversations and dialogue is good and interesting ... obviously ripped off of "True Blood", but interesting all the same. Eerie soundtrack that sets the tone well.

The Bad: Suffers from bad acting at parts. Several very VERY cardboard performances from key players. Extremely slow and feels longer than the 1:37 run time. It doesn't really bring much new to the genre and tends to copy from other films/TV shows. The ending leaves a lot to be desired and does not cash in on the buildup at all.… Expand

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BrianMcCritic

Jul 26, 2013

Filmed well Kiss of the Damned plays like The Roommate meet vampires. This film becomes rather boring with a love story about as believable as Twilight. There is not much to this film the acting is ok by some and poor from others. I was expecting a romantic/erotic horror film that can beFilmed well Kiss of the Damned plays like The Roommate meet vampires. This film becomes rather boring with a love story about as believable as Twilight. There is not much to this film the acting is ok by some and poor from others. I was expecting a romantic/erotic horror film that can be well made especially with vampires unfortunately we get a forced romance mixed with decent, but standard vampire kills. D… Expand

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