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The
Blood Shed
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If John Waters had
decided to make a no-budget slasher movie back in the early 1980s, it
might look something like The Blood Shed. Heretic
Films delivers another horror comedy that stands out from the
majority of films in the genre by combining psychotically silly
characters and colorful imagery with a script that takes a couple of
unexpected turns. The budget was clearly not in the millions, but
most of the acting was actually pretty good for this kind of movie and
it was filmed relatively well considering it is truly an independent
film. Although I would not recommend this movie to people who
don't enjoy no-budget movies, I would recommend it to fans of Troma-style
horror comedy.
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The story is about an inbred family of kooky cannibal rednecks who just
can't seem to get along with their suburban neighbors. Murder,
torture and poor social skills are simply part of their daily
life. Allan Rowe
Kelly takes on the triple role of writer, director and actor playing
the part of the psychotic adult child Beefteena Bullion who, like many
young girls, just wants to be a beautiful supermodel.
Although he has achieved a certain amount of fame as the best overweight
transvestite you could get to star in your indi horror film, his role as
the intentionally insanely annoying Beefteena is really his first that
seems to give good reason to compare him to the late actor / actress
Divine. The characters that make up the Bullion family are not
intended to be people you can relate to and on that level, the film definitely
succeeds. Throughout the entire film, you feel somewhat uneasy
peering into the life of this creepy clan. You can, however,
relate somewhat to the uneasy feeling shared by all of the 'normal'
people who come in contact with the Bullion family, even though some of
those characters would seem crazy in the context of another film.
Although the production quality is below the level of most indi films
that you could buy at standard retail stores, the film is put together
better than most no-budget, online-only releases. If you can enjoy
a film with no-budget production quality and you like creepy, horror
comedies, I would recommend that you give The Blood Shed a
chance.
Gore-o-meter
rating: 2.5 out of 5 (Pretty
good amount of blood and gore)
Skin-o-meter:
0 out of 5
(No skin here)
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