Bogieville

I really enjoyed this film and the budget may have been low but the ingenuity and creative skills employed were a credit to all involved. The story was original the sound track perfection, makeup, special effects and the standard of acting was excellent. The horror was interspersed with poignant moments alongside wry humour, thoroughly enjoyable. The critics obviously don't appreciate the talent and effort that goes into indie films and should be ashamed at their bad judgement and lack of support to the industry. Script writers, film makers, crew and actors give their all to these projects and negative and downright unfair comments have a huge impact on the earning potential. Uncalled for.

So I had the pleasure of going to the UK premiere of Sean Cronin's independent British horror film Bogieville.

Now for me I am sold already as it's a vampire movie, I felt Bogieville did take a little well to get going at first it felt more like a drama than a horror movie but once the story had invested and progressed it started to get into it a lot more.

For me it was bloody camp and fun, ignore some of the accents but hats of to the British cast for trying to do a redneck accent , rather you than me.

The vampires looked fantastic , for me it had shades of hills have eyes meets daybreakers.

Overall this was a fun film and it's great to see British indie horror , independent cinema is well and truly alive, just want to thank Sean and the crew for an amazing night , met some lovely people .

Long live independent cinema.

Which is quite tough to achieve considering the fake teeth are really good. So no pun intended - and also let me make clear, that I actually like the director. I know that some people had issues with the direct way of him communicating - we are all different that way. Also him talking about the budget (around 300.000, which is not really nothing, but compared to movie budgets in general it is considered peanuts) ... makes you want to ... well give him and the rest of the people involved a pass.

All that said, the movie has a few interesting takes and ideas, but is far too long for its own good for sure. The actors try their best to help the situation and if you like (low budget) horror movies ... well maybe you might not mind all the flaws and fillers ... in dialog and otherwise.

And while the teeth are really good (make up too), they do get in the way of the sound - well the spoken words ... not that there is much wisdom to be shared ... but I reckon even God is not aware of this script (by the way the quote from the poster, that is also delivered in the movie ... well it feels forced ... but that would be the least of it all, if other areas would have worked better).

So again, I like the filmmaker and he won't be affected too much by my review anyway ... maybe the next one will be more to my liking and will get a higher rating too.

This is a very ambitious project. It provides thrills, scares, gore, really good teeth and a whole new twist on the vampire genre.

Its ambitious because it was probably made for a modest budget, but the effects alone bely that. From a technical point of view the prosthetics look amazing and the CG work is top notch.

But its also a hoot - in a good way, lots of nasty snarling bad guys chomping down on some wholesome neck. Mostly red neck actually as this is set in the deep South of the US.

Some stand out performances here too. It may not be the most fancy and accomplished vampire flick of all time, but if you are after a roller coaster of gore and lashings of pointy teeth - then this is for you.

I'm pretty forgiving for horror and science-fiction but this is just BAD. The acting is a just step above community theater and whoever wrote this needs to be flogged. Low budget horror can often be good. Vampire films like Near Dark can be very good. This had no interesting characters or a point.

I'd say its a complete waste of time to watch but even that would be high praise and that any streaming company would charge for this monstrosity is a crime. Okay here's a quick synopsis. 'Our' hero gets fired from his job. He heads over to see his girlfriend who works at a bar. She's actually pretty. So they need to leave town quickly. Behind in rent and all.

So off they go to find work, etc. They drive along until they hit someone or something. So they stop to try and find out what happened and to get help. Hey there is a trailer park up ahead.

This of course is Bogieville.