Bloodlines
(2007/Horror)
Picture:
C Sound: C+ Extras: D Feature: D
In
another very, very, very lame attempt to jump on the neo-Texas Chain Saw bandwagon, Stephen Durham’s awful Bloodlines (2007) involves another
family of “freaks” and murders who like torture, butchery and may be
cannibalistic, figuratively if not literally.
Yawn!
This
hack-work is one of the poorest and lamest of all the bad such titles we have
seen lately and also too-easily fits into the cycle of snuff-like junk beginning
with a pregnant woman held hostage to be mutilated and who knows what
else. Ultimately, makers of these
projects are the most self-impressed and least talented. Avoid this one at all costs.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is badly shot by Director of Photography
Ricardo Jaques Gale and badly edited by David McClellan, who I note so they
take equal responsibility for this 92 minutes of my life lost. This is softer than it should be, but I sort
of expected it after the opening scene.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 sound is not always recorded well, but is barely
competent. Extras include trailers for
this and a few other THINKFilm releases and a bizarre audio commentary by
Durham that is just stunning in its obliviousness.
- Nicholas Sheffo