that’s caught up in this insane situation. She comes on really strong, and then as we watch the movie, we see that she’s completely unraveled and must become a soldier and warrior." Actor Michael Chiklis signed on to play her co-star, "He’s different than any other cop that I’ve played; he’s perhaps the most damaged—he’s lost everything that mattered to him—his daughter—to these monsters. He’s really hurting and damaged, and wants to exact revenge on those responsible for his daughter’s death." Chiklis admitted, "My character is very much in a vigilante mode in this film. Yet in connecting with this girl ‘Sadie,’ there's this undercurrent of hope and even if he's beyond hope, as damaged as he is, he finds hope with her since she's even more damaged than him. Their mistrusting relationship turns into a strange partnership, to almost a relationship where there's this odd, for want of a better word, sort of love between them." Talking about the script, he remembered, "I really responded to the script, but meeting Sebastian was sort of the nail in the coffin as it were. He struck me as a guy who really loves the cinema and is knowledgeable about it. He really made me feel like he was going to make a very good picture." Chiklis, who had never appeared in a horror film, continued, "What really appealed to me is that the word ‘vampire’ is never used in the film. Sebastian made it clear that there was never going to be the biting of the neck shot—that conventional vampire movie thing. Instead, it's going to be something very unusual—what we’re going for is a true noir—and that appealed to me greatly." Actress Carla Gugino who plays the secondary villain is also Gutierrez’s girlfriend and has starred in a range of his other films, admitted, "It’s always exciting to be on any project where the director has a really strong vision. And with this movie, we have a phenomenal director of photography, John Toll, and an amazing group of actors, so there is a great level of collaboration." Also stating "I think this is an incredibly entertaining movie. It’s sexy, it’s thrilling and there is also a lot of pathos. There’s guilt and redemption—some very major issues in life are in this movie." When speaking of Academy Award-winning Cinematographer John Toll, Chiklis agreed, "John Toll is a legend. He’s perhaps one