''Blood Ransom'' is a 2014 independent American thriller vampire romance film directed by Francis dela Torre and starring

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and

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. Blood Ransom was filmed in California in MayJune 2012.

Plot

A young woman named crystal falls in love with a criminal, Roman. Roman lures her into a life of "sin". One day she wakes up and realizes that Roman has turned her into a monster. She decides to escape from Roman with Jeremiah, who works as Roman's driver through a kidnapping plot that goes wrong. Jeremiah and Crystal subsequently begin a love affair and devise a plan that can make her human again. But Roman sends his henchman, Bill, to hunt them down. Crystal is now faced with a choice: she can kill Jeremiah to live, or follow an impossible plan that can turn her soul human again, so that she can be with the man with whom she has fallen in love.

Cast

as Crystal *

as Jeremiah *

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as Roman * Jamie Harris as Bill *Darion Basco as Daniel *

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as Detective Hobbs *

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as Anna * Emily Skinner as Emily Hudson *Suzette Ranillo as Tita Paz *

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as Mr. Manningham *

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as Father Mena *Dion Basco as Oliver *Sam J. Warner as Arnie *Natalina Maggio as Ianne *Clayton Rohner as Rich White Guy *Melody Butiu as Angel *Carol Jones as Nora *Alli Cripe as Sasha *Faleolo Alailima as Bouncer *Adam Gifford as Max *Barclay DeVeau as Detective Kuber

Critical reception

Despite generally negative reviews—with the

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panning the film as "amateurish and clumsy" and the

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calling its story "underdeveloped"—critics complimented the cinematography and applauded "the best efforts of

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hard-working cast".

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gave the film a mixed review, finding the plot less than coherent, but stating that the film "often feels older than it is" and that it "hearkens back to when the properties of vampirism had room to shimmer under the eye—when the creatures were less predictable, instead of codified for video-game precision".

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described Curtis as miscast, but noted that " would be interesting to see her in a role of more down-to-earth dimensions". On the other hand, the Los Angeles Times wrote that "the film plays like a vanity project" for Curtis.

References

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Plot

Cast

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See also

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