Bloodride

With Norwegian movies and shows it's really a hit or miss, especially the dialogue can seem too rehearsed. I really enjoyed this one, although many episodes are more thriller/psychological than horror but still right up in my alley. I really appreciate that they chose to cast colored, talented actresses like Sanna in ep 5 which is rare in Norwegian productions. I hope to see her in many more shows as she's truly a great actress!

After reading some reviews here I was a bit surprised of the low ratings. I actually really enjoyed this serie and found it hard to stop watching. Yes there is a lot of blood and deaths but every episode has such a surprising element in it.

I've always found great enjoyment with the anthology drama both in print and on the screen, for the format often makes some great stories with unexpected twists. So when this Norwegian anthology TV show came on Netflix, I eagerly started to watch it. But quite frankly, I was disappointed. The fault simply lies with the scripts. Many of the stories have twists you'll most likely find very predictable, especially if you have seen plenty of anthologies beforehand as I had. But even the stories that are less predictable suffer from pacing that is very slow and will have you eventually urging the episode to just get on with it. I will give that the makers of this series managed to generate acceptable production values despite having a budget much lower that what you would get for an American television series. And it's not the worst anthology I have seen (that dubious honor goes to the Canadian made for TV movie "Mania"). But I would only recommend this show if you are truly desperate for an anthology show and can't find anything better to watch.

The rating of Bloodride is currently at 6.7 at the moment. Surprisingly really low, with average episodes rating 6. Bloodride is actually pretty cool. It's not an extra, big budgeted nor have high quality writing. But it's still amusing, i really enjoyed watching it. And there's always a "twist" ending that was unexpected (at least for me). The story is "different" and simple, It's not super gory or intense. It's worth checking out. Definitely underrated, on IMDb level, Bloodride should at least get a 7.8

Naturally with being an anthology some stories are going to be more enjoyable than others, but it was a very solid overall enjoyable horror series. I think some horror stories work much better being shorter. So the series format of these works very well and none of the stories overstay their welcome.

Another reviewer said "Twilight Zone in colour" and the way they all learn a lesson during their episode, and then get on this bus. I can really see that. I found it all very enjoyable though.