| | | A Werewolf Tale from the Producers of Underworld.
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Spanish, Subtitled, French, Dubbed & Subtitled
Ten years ago, in the remore mountains of Colorado, a young girl watched helplessly as her family was murdered by a pack of angry men for the secret they carried in their blood. She survived by running into the woods, and changing into something the hunters could never find...a wolf.Now, though she lives half a world away, Vivian Gandilion (Agnes Bruckner) is still running. Directed by Katja von Garnier (Bandits), the film is written and executive produced by Ehren Kruger (The Ring) and based on the best-selling novel by Annette Curtis Klause.
"A scary thriller...one you can sink your teeth into." Jeffrey Lyons, NBC's Reel Talk
"...a more realistic, grounded version of Underworld." Jesse Hassenger, FilmCritic.com
"...an imaginative and visually lush picture firmly rooted in the tradition of gothic romance..." Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Editor's Note
IN THEATERS JANUARY 26, 2007 This fantasy tale follows a werewolf (played by Agnes Bruckner) whose pursuit of a lover becomes complicated when she has to fend off the unwanted attentions of a rival for her affections.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 9/23/2008 |
| Running Time: 98 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 18956 | | UPC: 00043396189560 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen/Standard 2.35:1/1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew | Agnes Bruckner | | Hugh Dancy | | Katja Riemann | | Olivier Martinez | | Annette Curtis Klause - Based On Novel By | | Brendan Galvin - Cinematographer | | Christopher Landon - Screenplay | | Ehren Kruger - Executive Producer | | Ehren Kruger - Screenplay | | Emma E. Hickox - Editor | | Johnny Klimek - Original Music By | | Katja von Garnier - Director | | Kevin Phipps - Production Designer | | Martin Walsh - Editor | | Reinhold Heil - Original Music By | | Tom Rosenberg - Producer | | Vraciu Eduard Daniel, et. al. - Art Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | About.com 9 of 10
Viv is a 19-year-old werewolf living in Bucharest with her supernatural clan, known as "loup garoux". Her days are spent in the chocolate shop where she works, and her nights are spent hanging out at a nightclub where the hot-blooded gather...When she meets a sensitive mortal artist and falls in love with him, she must choose between her human side and her animal nature...While I won't say Blood and Chocolate is an out-and-out dog, it's not likely to get many genre fans' tails a-wagging...I'm actually a pretty lax critic when it comes to highly fanciful horror (hey, I even liked Wes Craven's Cursed!), but Blood and Chocolate was just too bland for my taste (think: a neutered Underworld without the vampires, action, and heavy CGI). - Staci Wilson
Salon.com 8 of 10
Katja von Garnier's "Blood and Chocolate" offers the kind of B-movie pleasures -- albeit elegant B-movie pleasures -- that are hard to come by these days...The IMDb boards are buzzing with people who have read the young-adult novel (by Annette Curtis Klause) on which the movie is based, decrying the numerous liberties co-writers Ehren Kruger ("Skeleton Key") and Christopher Landon have taken with the story. That's always an issue when beloved books -- or even just OK ones -- are turned into movies. But never having read the book, I found "Blood and Chocolate" to be a lovely surprise, an imaginative and visually lush picture firmly rooted in the tradition of gothic romance and elegiac horror films about misunderstood monsters. - Stephanie Zacharek
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