Film Review – Kiss of the Damned

Vampire movies have had it rough lately, what with the “Twilight” saga
managing to regress fearsome, sensual creatures into dour Teen Beat
centerfolds, complete with shimmering skin. “Kiss of the Damned” isn’t a
rebuttal to the world of Edward Cullen, but it does a fine job
reminding audiences that bloodsuckers are far more amorous and
reprehensible than popular culture suggests. Stylish and seductive,
“Kiss of the Damned” is more of a macabre snapshot than a cohesive
picture, capturing a specific throb of sexuality that helps to ignore
frustratingly slack storytelling from writer/director Xan Cassavetes,
daughter of famed filmmaker John Cassavetes.
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