Blaze of Gory

Blaze Of Gory covers a hell of a lot of material here. Some of the tales are great, while most of them are at least okay. Overall, it's a cool indie anthology that has enough gore to keep most entertained. We get everything from kidnappings to abortions to exorcisms to psycho killers. Most bases are covered, but there's always room for more depravity in these anthologies. Blaze Of Gory is one of the more unheard of anthologies. You might want to do yourself a favor and check it out, especially if your into any of the indie anthology entries being released as of late. Overall, the film definitely goes out in a Blaze Of Gory.

I had this film suggested to me as I love blood guts and gore in films, the more the better. Indie or Hollywood I love it. I was not disappointed. The short stories are gripping, an edge of your seat watching experience. The characters relatable, some damn right gave me the sleaze chills. Even now thinking of them. For the Gore lovers out there and indie horror film lovers this is a must.

OK let me begin by stating that I'm reviewing this movie in comparison to other independent micro-budget movies, and not movies in a different league with seemingly endless Hollywood budgets and and a 400+ workforce. For example this vs The Green Mile would throw up a different score/ outcome, however, for what this movie achieves on its budgetary restrictions and DIY approach to film making its competent and bloody good fun! In its genre and league it's a solid 10 in my opinion because...

You get nasty gore, babes (Emily Booth mmmmmm), and 1hr 50 mins that doesn't drag. It's entertainment!

This anthology movie throws different filmmakers into the collective mix and what you witness on the screen varies in cinematic style and quality. As I said, all competent, yet some segments seem to shine slightly brighter than the rest, like 'Snow' which is brutal yet photographed beautifully, and the obvious care and the love for the genre in this one is palpable.

Without spoiling anything plot-wise (yes, there is one, actually, a few) I'll just state that if you like films like V/H/S and The A, B, C's Of Death you'll find enjoyment in Blaze Of Gory.

I watch a lot of indie films, I love finding a new one from a director at a convention and that's where I picked this one up.

I watched each segment and treated them as separate films, this was wise as there isn't really a link to them, not that that was an issue but I think perhaps this should have been 2 volumes with a linking narrative .

That being said it didn't feel as long as it was. Each segment was directed by a diferent director and it shows as they all had a diferent style, some obviously more skilled than others but again this was low budget.

My favourite segment was Monster, a familiar face in the cast and the acting above par compared to the others, lighting and camera was also better in this story, it was gory and the fx were great.

My next favourite was Snow, a dark version of Snow White, this segment I wish had been longer as I quite liked it but felt the characters needed a bit more development.

The other stories were very hit and miss, the gore wasn't quite as gory as I would have expected. Saying it was unrated as well made me expect more.

Nevertheless, given the option to just watch a single story at a time I think this anthology has some rewatchability and I'm glad to have it in my collection.

Lots of violence towards women, some uneasy to watch scenes and of the no to low budget stuff that is out there this is not bad, a lot better than some but worse than others.

If you find it, check it out, but from the filmmakers directly, it's on Etsy, don't buy the overpriced ones on eBay from people blatantly trying to exploit the rarity of this what I guess was a very limited self release.

Anthology movies, especially horror ones are so overdone. There's literally dozens of these so this isn't exactly anything original. The film is strange and dark, disturbing imagery and slick characters filled with deceit and lust. Nice attempt but wished you guys planed together to make one film with one story.