Blood and Chocolate

Synopsis: Horror/werewolf movie in which some have seen parallels with Romeo and Juliet. In Bucharest, Vivian, an orphan, was raised by her aunt after losing her parents ten years before in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. His family belongs to a bloodline of werewolves and Vivian is promised to the leader of the pack, Gabriel. When the American cartoonist Aiden, who is researching werewolves for his publisher, meets Vivian, they immediately fall in love in love. However, the evil son of Gabriel, and Vivian’s cousin Rafe, poison Gabriel, forcing her to choose between her bonds with her family and her passion for Aiden.
Language: English
Country: Germany; Great Britain; Romania; United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2007
Duration: 98 mins

Director

Katja von Garnier

Producer

Hawk Koch; Richard Wright; Wolfgang Esenwein

Cinematographer

Brendan Galvin

Screenplay

Christopher Landon; Ehren Kruger

Music

Johnny Klimek; Reinhold Heil

Cast

General: "Think Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ but with fangs and fur and you have a broad but accurate idea". {IMDb User Comment accessed 5/2009).

Based on the romantic supernatural werewolf novel of the same name aimed at young adult readers by Annette Curtis Klause.

Shakespeare, "Blood and Chocolate". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av72171 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)

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