Blood Tracks - Sentieri di sangue

Blood Tracks main crime was a complete lack of any interesting characters or lead character of interest. Supporting this the kills weren't really interesting and most of the horror was done in the dark which made it very hard to really care.

The acting wasn't much better with many of the actors sounding like they are reading their lines verbatim a lot of the time. So bad, this is true B territory. Then there is the script, jeepers. No explanation provided for anything, the whole script is pure trash. A women stabs her hubby to death because he was picking some coins up off the floor so they become mutants living in a factory then kill anyone that comes near them.

Other issues with the plot like why didn't the locals know anything about these killer hermits living practically right next to them. What we do actually get is a fair amount of blood, quite a few kills, some moody music and a very nice assortment of t&a. All of which went to waste because no interesting characters were available.

In the snowy hinterlands of what is presumably the U. S. Rocky Mountains (but is in reality Sweden), a drunken father bullishly intimidates and threatens his wife and children. The wife retaliates by knifing and leaving him with the kids in tow. Many years later, a film crew looking for an atmospheric location stumbles upon an abandoned factory, which is the hidden home for the wife and children, now living like wild animals, with scabby, yellow faces and bug eyes.

The film crew includes a real-life heavy metal rock band, Easy Action, brought on location with a group of models to shoot a music video. When an avalanche isolates the crew from civilization, the scary-looking family in the factory goes on the hunt.

For a simple stalk-'n-slash type gore movie, BLOOD TRACKS is pretty good. In 1985, it probably stood out amid the FRIDAY THE 13TH clones that proliferated. Though BLOOD TRACKS resembles THE HILLS HAVE EYES and DEATHLINE, in this case the social-outcast mutants are not cannibalistic but kill only to keep knowledge of their existence a secret. At least that's how it seems at first.

The makers of BLOOD TRACKS tried to make each successive murder sequence more elaborate and horrible than the last, so in the end whatever sympathy one has for the outcast family is long gone. The film crew members are not just killed, they are dismembered or burned alive in sophisticated traps. The murderous family acts so witless and undisciplined, though, these spectacles seem far beyond their abilities.

Despite the large number of inconsistencies and coincidences that pile up by the movie's end, BLOOD TRACKS is diverting enough to deserve a slightly dismembered thumbs-up.

This is the first Swedish horror movie I have seen and if I see any more I hope they are better than this. A rock group who are filming a video clip are destroyed by a group of animalistic hermits who have heretofore lived undisturbed in an abandoned factory. A "Structure Condemned Do Not Enter" sign is on the outside of the building so naturally they ignore it and barge in. This belongs in the subgenre of horror films that centre around rock groups - other titles include Song of the Succubus, Terror on Tour, Rocktober Blood, Trick or Treat, Monster Dog, Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare and Black Roses. The songs are by a group I've never heard of called Easy Action.

Swedish slasher movie set in Colorado about an 80's big haired rock band Easy Action recording a music video high up in the mountains. Not only is there an avalanche putting their lives at risk but also a family of cannibals. However, despite these dangers the boys are only interested in getting naked with the girls accompanying them. And they do this quite a lot. The obvious comparison here is The Hills Have Eyes, just not in the same league. Solid Gold were played by then real poodle haired band Easy Action, who may have been famous in their native Sweden but I'd never heard of them. I found this film to be pretty lame with dislikeable characters and not much gore. However I did watch it on low grade VHS, which had been cut by 23 seconds (BBFC), so an uncut viewing of better quality may gain an extra point. But I'm certainly in no rush to seek it out!

A dumb, by the numbers slasher film in which a rock band called Easy Action and some models go to a mountain cabin where they film a music video. Unknown to this carefree and free-living group, a homicidal mother and her like-minded offspring are out to kill whoever happens to cross their path. Starring real life rockers including Shotgun Messiah's Zinny Zan, and Europe guitarist Kee Marcello, and featuring sex, nudity and gore. Blood Tracks is very cheesy, cheap and silly, and best watched under the influence of whatever your particular vice may be. It was directed by Mats Helge and Derek Ford from a screenplay co-written with Anna Wolf. The movie is set in Colorado but was filmed in Sweden. Co-director and British exploitation filmmaker Derek Ford (Corruption; Don't Open Till Christmas; Attack of the Killer Computer) has a brief cameo role.