Blood

If you're like me and you're done with the tired old horror flick template of jump scares that aren't scary, sewn closed mouths in mirrors, etc., and you find yourself riveted to your couch by the slow burn dread and horror of movies like Hereditary, the VVitch, the Ritual and so on, then Blood should be as good for you as it was for me. There are some truly creepy scenes, it's well written (mostly, more on that in a sec), and the characters are believable and interesting. My only complaint is the lack of explanation regarding the tree. That's just kind of left hanging... on the other hand, it, along with the post credits scene may be setting up a sequel??? If so, I'll be watching it.

Blood is about Owen, a young boy (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong), being watched on by his older sister Tyler (Skylar Morgan Jones) and his mom Jess (Michelle Monaghan). They just moved in the middle of nowhere where there is horror afoot. Until one night, their dog bites Owen in the middle of the night that gives him a virus where he needs to drink blood in order to survive. The mom is willing to sacrifice anything in her life to make Owen live happy again by giving him as much blood as possible.

Overall, I tried to stay positive throughout this movie because I liked the acting, but that was it. The acting only made me watch the film because it is pointless and pretty slow as well. I thought it would pick up in the ending because I yawned in the middle of the film, but the ending is not good as well that I felt bad for the characters. Would recommend to stay away from this film because it is slow, pointless, and boring.

The characters do not behave like morons. The behavior of people quite sensible for the situation. There is nothing explicitly expressed here, there is a strange problem with the child and the mother who, according to her, does everything to keep her son alive without considering the consequences. For a B-grade cinema, this is quite an interestingly developed plot of supporting characters. The biggest drawback is probably that it's not very scary. On the plus side, there is a slight suggestion at the end of the film that maybe we didn't quite see the same thing as the main character, but I think it's more of an attempt by the medical services to justify the phenomenon in general. As for me 6/10, not great not terrible, I do not regret that I watched it but do i recommend it? I don't know.

A separated mother and nurse called Jess (Michelle Monaghan), moves with her daughter Tyler (Skylar Morgan Jones) and young son Owen (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) back into her old farmhouse. Unfortunately ideal circumstances are not afoot in the creepy mansion. Shortly after settling in, Owen is bitten by the dog, resulting in a mysterious infection from the bite. Tensions rise with a horrific event that seems to be coming back !.. Fear is a place !.

The director of 'The Machinist' or the cult film 'Session 9', Brad Andenson, returns to the cinema, after a television period with this horror film, Blood (2022). A bloody and dark story of genre cinema starring Michelle Monaghan, (Mission Impossibe III), in which a mother's love surpasses all the limits of ethics and religious morality. Monaghan gives a good performance as Jess, a recently divorced young nurse who, after her separation to Skeet Ulrich , moves with her two children to her aunt's lonely farm. Events lead to terrible results when an evil is unleashed and there is an insatiable need for blood. According to director Anderson: "What attracted me to this story is that it was able to interpret the deeper aspect of the family drama, the torment that this mother is going through and her fight to keep her children safe, along with the more supernatural and dark subtext¨.

Intriguing film containing terror, drama, thrills, chills, suspense , plot twists and results to be entertaining, but a little slow. Brad Anderson is also the author of the script providing tense, eerie, and bloody scenes. The highlight of the film is the opressive atmosphere, including the vast, eerie rooms from hospital, housee, night exteriors and the sinister image of a single tree in this sort of muddy little swamp to me was really ghostly.

This displays a somber and appropriate photography for the spooky events that take place, well shot by cameraman Björn Charpentier. Likewise, a thrilling and suspenseful score by Matthew Rogers. The motion picture was professionally directed by Brad Anderson, though results to be a bit boring. Anderson won the award for best director at the Sitges festival. Anderson's first films were: 'Darien Gap' and 'Next Stop Wonderland', and following the successful ¨Session 9¨. He is a good filmmaker who has directed thought-provoking and thrilling films such as ¨Happy accidents¨ , ¨Transsiberian¨ with Woody Harrelson , ¨Stonehearst Asylum¨ with Kate Winslet, ¨The machinist¨ with Christian Bale , ¨Session 9¨ with Peter Mullan as a hazardous materials contractor who bids on a job to remove asbestos from a rundown insane asylum and ¨The call¨ starring Halle Berry. Rating: 5.5/10. It's an acceptable film with tension, suspenseful, and violent scenes .

When I saw Blood had Skeet Ulrich in it, I thought - okay this won't be a bad movie.

And I'm not saying that the film is bad. It had a good story idea, but just really fell flat for me, and dragged on way too long. It was highly predictable too, but I guess it is hard not to be with what is a 'vampire' film.

I'm not going to knock the acting, it was fine. The sets were fine, the directing was fine. It just didn't have me on the edge of my seat and I was struggling to watch it come the mid way mark.

I think it was just badly executed. It needed more action, it needed to have at least 28 minutes shaved off it.

The special effects makeup was quite poor as well, especially towards the end of the film.

I really don't know what else to say, apart from yeah it just left me feeling a bit blah.

Would I recommend Blood? Probably not. I really gained nothing from it.

It is really a very slow burn that really doesn't take you anywhere, besides what needs to be done.