Bleed

"Bleed" is the sort of film you might find in a cheap, paper case tucked way in the "Discount" section of a dollar store, and even then I would't say it'd be worth the price. Any basic description I've seen for this film makes it sound like a typical, low-budget "hunting ghosts in haunted building' film, which is most certainly isn't. This film attempts to take that idea and recreate it using a forced, confusing story line that leaves it's viewer bored and hungry for something better.

The film starts with a typical horror movie trope, as most do. The "Couple moving to new place to start a new life" is a story you may have heard before. From there on it then drags you into a story that is seemingly unique but that feels poorly written and rushed. What was, I assume, meant to be something new and unique in a genre filled with familiar ideas turned into a steaming, messy pile of poor acting, forced story, and endless disappointment.

All in all I'm surprised anybody actually looked at this, said it was good for release, and then actually released it to the unsuspecting public. It's cruel, really.

I can handle a horror movie that doesn't end up being scary as long as it is a decent attempt at film making and tells a good story. This was just a complete mess....that's all I can say. Horrible script, abysmal acting, and a complete waste of time.

After sitting down and watching what I thought would be a much better movie, I get why this has a low score.

Everything about it is so cliched, and I mean everything.

From the bad brother and perfect sister, why is it in every cheap horror film, the bad sibling is always doing drugs, really can't they think of something original like just because they are bad it doesn't mean they are drink and drug addicts.

To the badly done ghosts and the usual haunted place.

Sometimes even though a movie will one or more these traits in a movie, they can still be good.

But I think the problem with this film is the script.

They tried to hard to out everything in a movie without realising that it would just over load of the wrong kind.

I watched this free on Tubi and still it wasn't worth a watch.

Three stars.

I've seen something familiar quite recent, in The Drownsman, and they both are at the same level from my point of view.

It has an OK plot, good acting, good dialogue, does manage to get better with time but the end really falls flat. Like a pulse that will never get back, not even with a 360 shock! It stood there and showed the credits straight away! Only good thing about it to be honest.

But if you are a horror die fan, I will recommend it to pass some time and add another to the list, it is better than the usual productions out there yet it fails on the simple stuff. Like a better ending, a better conclusion, something to give closure and satisfaction to the viewer. Avoiding all the possible clichés might have helped too! Aw well, at least this one tried.

Cheers!

They put their small budget to good use with this film, they managed to get a pretty believable cast (apart from the free spirited brother who comes off a little too strong), and everything looked really nice. They also did a fairly good job of setting everything up, they really lay a lot out in the first hour.

The main problem the movie has it that it just kind of gets a little too crazy in the finale, a lot of stuff starts happening and it's kind of hard to follow. They start rapidly wrapping up the stories in the film and it's really easy to miss some stuff if you look away for even just a second. It felt like they took their time building up the story but then only had a few days to wrap everything up.

I enjoyed it, just felt like they could have slowed things down a bit instead of trying to cram so much into the finale. Not a bad watch though.

5.5/10