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Clocking in at under an hour, this anime feature is a perfect example of how a simple story is elevated to something more with perfect direction. Hiroyuki Kitakubo creates a gripping horror thriller through tense pacing and iconic imagery. BLOOD doesn’t take the vampire myth in a vastly new direction, but it uses our knowledge of the legend to keep us captivated in this world.

It’s 1966 and Saya (Youki Kudoh, MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA) is the last of the original vampire. The secret U.S. government organization called Red Shield has contracted her to rid the world of chiropterans, bat-like bloodsuckers that pose as humans to turns others. Her handler is an agent named David, who respects Saya as humanities only hope. A new chiropteran is rumored to be on a U.S. military base in Japan, so Saya goes undercover as a student. It’s Halloween and the school is hosting a dance for the students to get their minds off recent deaths. Sharon (Rebecca Forstadt), a young student at the school, looks at Saya with suspicion, while the school’s kind nurse Caroline (Saemi Nakamura, TV’s HEROES) will find herself trapped in the middle of this bloody mystery.
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