They pull their punches on the moments that could be gory, apparently trying to keep this dark little comedy on the quirky side, rather than veer into the grisly and lurid.
There is a bit of violence, but probably not as much as you might expect in a Rated R vampire movie. There are a few scenes of gore during the vampiric transformations and some blood drinking of animals and humans. There is a gun scene as well with a couple of people being shot.