It's in the Blood

This movie is hard to follow because there are a lot of scenes in which it looks like a bad drug trip and it's confusing. The best quality in the film is that the actors are all extremely good actors, including the villain. The scenes between October and Iris are extremely touching. Seriously, I haven't seen that kind of love displayed so well on screen in a while. Which made the scenes with the villain all the more awful. If it weren't for the trippy stuff that made this movie hard to follow I may have enjoyed this movie. Then again, the scenes with the villain are pretty disturbing. I watched this movie because I'm a Lance Henricksen fan. He's a very talented actor and I'd love to see him in more movies. Or bring him back to TV! Anyone remember the show Millennium?

The unfolding of the story was presented in a refreshing, confusing, provocative manner. A style of storytelling and filming I have not experienced before. Lance Henriksen, as Russell, presents a heartfelt, authentic portrayal. Sean Elliot, as October, plays perfectly against this veteran actor. They are father and son. Scooter Downey and Sean Elliot are the authors of this deeply frightening film. Mr. Downey as director manipulates sound, lighting, the setting, the actors in such a way to impart a sense of dread and horror. We are drawn into their experience. We become disoriented, bewildered, and perhaps we cannot escape. It is almost like you can taste the emotion and fear.

I can tell you one thing about this weird horror, you love it or hate it and I still don't know what to think about it. It do has a few creepy moments but it also got a lot of talking between father and son. I'm sure that once seeing it you will argue what it's all about. Who are those creature(s). What happened to the family?

You have to watch very closely to get it all, it's full of flash backs but it also has moments of terror. Even the way that it was shot will leave some people wandering why it was shot that way. They used a lot of light and smoke in the wood to give some special(call it arty) shots.

The best way to see this psychological horror is just by watching it and not knowing what's it all about. The acting is superb so on that part it works, it even got a graphic gore shot of a leg, it's all there but for some this flick will leave you with a few questions.

Gore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Its somehow pleasantly atmospheric, the performances are better than ok, but the movie breaks about halfway through when the whole plot is exposed. the second half becomes painful to watch, and drags to a corny, unfulfilling end. i would 4.5 this based on lance henriksens performance, but given the choice id skip it altogether. not enough substance to fill out an already slim 80 minutes

Okay really I'm not sure what this movie was EVEN trying to achieve.

First of all it seems to have wasted the talents of Lance Henriksen.

Convoluted scenes of what? Flashbacks? Not really even sure what's going on.

Being hunted by some alien looking creature in the woods. Some rape scenes in a cabin. Some grisly amputation. All in some bizarre hit and miss attempt to try to find a plot. That about sums up what is going on here at the 2/3 of the way through point.

-1 Star For the very lack of plot line 2/3 of the way through the movie.

-1 Star For Pouring out alchohol that could be useful in many many kinds of situations. Totally made no sense at all.

Made it to the end of this mess and the end was not rewarding in the least. But at least the end made it END praise the LORD. This one definitely needed to END and END IT DID!

3/10