# Blood Ransom > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blood_Ransom > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blood_Ransom.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Ransom > Source revision: 1347964604 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ***Blood Ransom*** is a 2014 independent American [vampire](/source/Vampire_film) [romance](/source/Romance_film) [thriller](/source/Thriller_film) film written and directed by Francis Dela Torre, and starring [Anne Curtis](/source/Anne_Curtis) and [Alexander Dreymon](/source/Alexander_Dreymon). *Blood Ransom* was filmed in California between May & June 2012.[1] ## Plot Crystal, a young woman, falls in love with Roman, a criminal. 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 with. ## Cast - [Anne Curtis](/source/Anne_Curtis) as Crystal - [Alexander Dreymon](/source/Alexander_Dreymon) as Jeremiah - [Caleb Hunt](/source/Samuel_Hunt_(actor)) as Roman - [Jamie Harris](/source/Jamie_Harris_(actor)) as Bill - Darion Basco as Daniel - [Clifton Powell](/source/Clifton_Powell) as Detective Hobbs - [Vanessa Evigan](/source/Vanessa_Evigan) as Anna - [Emily Skinner](/source/Emily_Skinner_(actress,_born_2002)) as Emily Hudson - Suzette Ranillo as Tita Paz - [Kevin Meaney](/source/Kevin_Meaney) as Mr. Manningham - [Jon Jon Briones](/source/Jon_Jon_Briones) 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 ## Reception Despite generally negative reviews—with the [Sacramento *News & Review*](/source/News_%26_Review) panning the film as "amateurish and clumsy"[2] and the *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)* calling its story "underdeveloped"[3]—critics commented the cinematography[4][5] and applauded "the best efforts of [the film's] hard-working cast".[5] *[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)* 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".[6] *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* described Curtis as miscast, but noted that "[i]t would be interesting to see her in a role of more down-to-earth dimensions".[5] On the other hand, the *Los Angeles Times* wrote that "the film plays like a vanity project" for Curtis.[3] ## See also - *[Subject: I Love You](/source/Subject:_I_Love_You)* ## References 1. ["Anne Back in Manila from Hollywood"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230426034146/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/26/12/anne-back-manila-hollywood-0). *[ABS-CBN News](/source/ABS-CBN_News_and_Current_Affairs)*. June 26, 2012. Archived from [the original](https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/26/12/anne-back-manila-hollywood-0) on April 26, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023. 1. Lane, Jim (6 November 2014). ["Blood Ransom"](https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/blood-ransom/15406779/). *[Sacramento News & Review](/source/News_%26_Review)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230426014006/https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/blood-ransom/15406779/) April 26, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 26, 2023. 1. Tsai, Martin (30 October 2014). ["Review: 'Blood Ransom' vampire tale is a bit anemic"](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-blood-ransom-review-20141031-story.html). *[L.A. Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230426023541/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-blood-ransom-review-20141031-story.html) April 26, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 26, 2023. 1. Scargill, Naila (28 March 2015). ["Blood Ransom"](https://www.exquisiteterror.com/blood-ransom). *Exquisite Terror*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230128224610/https://www.exquisiteterror.com/blood-ransom) 28 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 26, 2023. 1. Webster, Andy (30 October 2014). ["Blood Ransom"](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/movies/blood-ransom-writes-new-rules-for-the-undead.html). *[N.Y. Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. p. C7. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230426023311/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/movies/blood-ransom-writes-new-rules-for-the-undead.html) April 26, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 26, 2023. 1. Staeger, Rob (29 October 2014). ["Blood Ransom Boasts That Its Vampires Live by Different Rules"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230202011512/https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/10/29/blood-ransom-boasts-that-its-vampires-live-by-different-rules/). *[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)*. Archived from [the original](https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/10/29/blood-ransom-boasts-that-its-vampires-live-by-different-rules/) on 2 February 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023. ## External links - [Official site](https://www.bloodransommovie.com/) - [Blood Ransom](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2173248/) at IMDb --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Blood Ransom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Ransom) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Ransom?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.