Blood Deep

I had really hoped to come here with the announcement that the slasher sub-genre is NOT dead… That there still are enthusiast young directors with bright ideas and a passion for vicious gore or insane plot twists. "Blood Deep" surely looked like such a promising new horror project but, alas, it disappoints. The story revolves on a gang of childhood friends that come together for a reunion at the parental house of pivot character Kate. During a random hypnosis game, one of them suddenly confesses to a murder that was committed in the area over 20 years ago. The synopsis really appealed to me as it reminded me of classic films like "Stand By Me" or Stephen King's "It", only with a genuine slasher-twist! Unfortunately, Todd S. Kniss (cool name, though) makes the mistake of introducing too many characters and dedicates too much of his time on detailed but unnecessary character drawings. Creating a background or building up atmosphere is good, but "Blood Deep" eventually features too many pointless flashbacks and dead-end story lines. Then, when the long-awaited killing spree breaks loose, the story regretfully reverts to old clichés and predictable situations. Every character has his/her own repressed trauma or hidden teenage crush that comes to the surface during the reunion. The murder sequences are tame (sometimes even off-screen, God forbid!) and the whole film remains politically correct at all times, which was quite a letdown. Perhaps in order to attain wider audiences, Kniss put a lot of effort in stylish cinematography and a creative use of light. He definitely isn't a bad director, also since the entire cast deliver above-average performances and the choice of music is effectively creepy. Maybe "Blood Deep" was just wrongly promoted? With a slightly less gruesome sounding title and a more coherent plot, this could have been an acceptable psychological thriller.

On a totally unimportant side note: I saw this film at the Belgian horror festival and supportive actress Kelci B. Lowry came along to introduce it. Let me assure you she's one gorgeous looking angel with a smile that nearly makes you melt in your seat.

I didn't get this moviie at all. Too much jumping around and characters that have nothing to do with the story. No name actors, bad scenes that dont' make sense. Flash backs that don't make sense. I stopped this with 20 mins to go since I just couldn't watch anymore. This isn't horror, just stupid. Please watch something else and save yourself time. I figured out the "bad guy" and still can't figure out why he was doing this. Plot is just not there. Also, why all the shots of just someones hands or feet? Is this a fetish piece? The one couple role playing were thrown in for the obligatory boob shots which had nothing to do with the story.

This movie sucks, everything sucks but let's go in order starting from the plot because you rarely see such flat, obvious, soulless and even ugly crap, then going in order we find the acting that really makes you cry for how bad it is. But the nice thing about the film is that at least you don't understand absolutely anything so at the end of the film you don't even realize the disgust you've been subjected to because you don't understand absolutely anything about what happens even though everything is so stupid and meaningless as to transcend the crap and become just a mess without purpose and meaning, in conclusion the film is just a waste of time.

A waste of 2 hours is homecoming. The story,characters,directing are atrocious. To long of a movie and it's not scary at all. Don't waste your time.

Good acting and well shot, but the plot is too confusing to follow. This is a thriller/murder mystery with no real conclusion to speak of.