Brilliant, but eccentric scientist Dr. John Alcore (the always marvelous Christopher Plummer) hires nice guy virus expert and pharmaceutical genius Owen Urban (an engaging portrayal by Andrew Stevens) to help him with his groundbreaking experiments on genetic engineering and life extension at his clinic the Life Research Foundation. Owen discovers to his shock and dismay that Alcore and his associates have inadvertently become infected with a lethal new virus that has extremely dangerous side effects: folks with the bizarre blood disease have increased strength, an aversion to sunlight, and an insatiable appetite for human blood. In other words, they are basically vampires. Matters are further complicated when perky volunteer subject Paula (a fearlessly wild and crazed turn by the lovely Heather Thomas) becomes infected and goes murderously around the bend.
Ably directed with tremendous style and verve by David Blyth, with a fresh, witty and intelligent script by Alan Moyle which offers a clever, original and even pretty plausible "Coma"-style medical thriller take on the concept of vampirism, slick cinematography by Ludek Bogner, a snappy pace, a spooky, stirring synthesizer score by Jim Manzie, plenty of wickedly funny dialogue ("Yes, I'm a blood user, but I adore garlic and hate sleeping in coffins"), and an appropriately creepy and sinister tone, "Red Blooded American Girl" deserves praise for doing something refreshingly different and unconventional with your standard vampire premise. The cast in particular warrant kudos for their uniformly excellent acting; Kim Coates makes an especially strong impression as Alcore's pathetic, predatory jerk of an obnoxious assistant and ravishing French redhead hottie supreme Lydie Denier has a memorably sexy'n'sultry cameo as a young woman Dennis has his wicked way with after making love to her first. There are some cool kinky touches featured throughout as well, such as Dennis masturbating in a hot tub with a bag of blood and Paula gleefully caressing herself with a steak knife. Offbeat, intriguing and well worth a look.
Ably directed with tremendous style and verve by David Blyth, with a fresh, witty and intelligent script by Alan Moyle which offers a clever, original and even pretty plausible "Coma"-style medical thriller take on the concept of vampirism, slick cinematography by Ludek Bogner, a snappy pace, a spooky, stirring synthesizer score by Jim Manzie, plenty of wickedly funny dialogue ("Yes, I'm a blood user, but I adore garlic and hate sleeping in coffins"), and an appropriately creepy and sinister tone, "Red Blooded American Girl" deserves praise for doing something refreshingly different and unconventional with your standard vampire premise. The cast in particular warrant kudos for their uniformly excellent acting; Kim Coates makes an especially strong impression as Alcore's pathetic, predatory jerk of an obnoxious assistant and ravishing French redhead hottie supreme Lydie Denier has a memorably sexy'n'sultry cameo as a young woman Dennis has his wicked way with after making love to her first. There are some cool kinky touches featured throughout as well, such as Dennis masturbating in a hot tub with a bag of blood and Paula gleefully caressing herself with a steak knife. Offbeat, intriguing and well worth a look.