User reviews

I've seen something familiar quite recent, in The Drownsman, and they both are at the same level from my point of view.

It has an OK plot, good acting, good dialogue, does manage to get better with time but the end really falls flat. Like a pulse that will never get back, not even with a 360 shock! It stood there and showed the credits straight away! Only good thing about it to be honest.

But if you are a horror die fan, I will recommend it to pass some time and add another to the list, it is better than the usual productions out there yet it fails on the simple stuff. Like a better ending, a better conclusion, something to give closure and satisfaction to the viewer. Avoiding all the possible clichés might have helped too! Aw well, at least this one tried.

Cheers!

I'm a big fan of low budget horror and this one clearly had enough backing behind it to not let its budget hamper its production values, but that is about all this movie has going for it! The characters have nothing to them and the plot jumps about with little sense or reason.

Sometimes when a movie has shallow characters and directionless writing it is at least saved by big original or daring in what it is trying to portray, not here. Instead we are given a generic plot and a bunch of clichés, just jumbled up so it doesn't even make a standard horror movie. It is boring and yet confused at the same time, I'm not even sure how that is possible!

Overall I can't recommend this movie, it's not like it's even 'so bad it's good', it's just bad because it has no real entertainment value and very little to say for itself. You would not be missing out to watch most any other low budget horror movie instead of this, seriously.

They put their small budget to good use with this film, they managed to get a pretty believable cast (apart from the free spirited brother who comes off a little too strong), and everything looked really nice. They also did a fairly good job of setting everything up, they really lay a lot out in the first hour.

The main problem the movie has it that it just kind of gets a little too crazy in the finale, a lot of stuff starts happening and it's kind of hard to follow. They start rapidly wrapping up the stories in the film and it's really easy to miss some stuff if you look away for even just a second. It felt like they took their time building up the story but then only had a few days to wrap everything up.

I enjoyed it, just felt like they could have slowed things down a bit instead of trying to cram so much into the finale. Not a bad watch though.

5.5/10

"Bleed" is the sort of film you might find in a cheap, paper case tucked way in the "Discount" section of a dollar store, and even then I would't say it'd be worth the price. Any basic description I've seen for this film makes it sound like a typical, low-budget "hunting ghosts in haunted building' film, which is most certainly isn't. This film attempts to take that idea and recreate it using a forced, confusing story line that leaves it's viewer bored and hungry for something better.

The film starts with a typical horror movie trope, as most do. The "Couple moving to new place to start a new life" is a story you may have heard before. From there on it then drags you into a story that is seemingly unique but that feels poorly written and rushed. What was, I assume, meant to be something new and unique in a genre filled with familiar ideas turned into a steaming, messy pile of poor acting, forced story, and endless disappointment.

All in all I'm surprised anybody actually looked at this, said it was good for release, and then actually released it to the unsuspecting public. It's cruel, really.

It is kinda all over the place. Also it isn't very entertaining.

I can handle a horror movie that doesn't end up being scary as long as it is a decent attempt at film making and tells a good story. This was just a complete mess....that's all I can say. Horrible script, abysmal acting, and a complete waste of time.

The story that Rhame tells is a crisp, modern horror tale that stays pretty close to classic horror story ideas. There is the "newcomers to rural America fear", a paranormal element that teases to the horrors to come, and an "abnormal" community of crazy cult people.

The characters are contemporary hipster-esque, well developed, and believable enough to be interesting. However they are not all too original, and the direction the story takes them in is slightly off-kilter. Some choices the characters make didn't quite make sense. Still they are far from the standard two-dimensional clichés normally associated with traditional horror movies.

"Bleed" has a tight, suspenseful energy that starts slow, and like the characters destiny, rolls into a tense, and bloody nightmare. The cinematography is great and stylized in a manner that offers a claustrophobic quality to the already dark nature of the story. The effects are a blend of well done typical CGI paranormal tricks and practical gory effects that offer blunt, visceral moments of carnage. "Bleed" is a B-level movie that creates an atmospheric, thrilling nightmare worth watching.