the dead pass on their stories carved in flesh to our world
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quote: "voodoo and blowjobs. ah, they grow up so fast these days"
Based on books written by Clive "Hellraiser" Barker and the hand of the master is eminent both in storyline and the overal classic style of the film. From the very first moment I had a strong deja-vu concerning story, style, visuals and even actors. Yet after watching it I can't say I've seen it before. Might've read the books?
The story takes place in a house which is a crossroad between our world and the highways of the dead. A student first tricks a professor into thinking the dead are rather violently communicating with him, but finally ends up as the "book of blood": his skin is continuously being carved through with the stories of the dead. A film well-executed in every way, prominently showing that good horror is not created by the goriest or most impressive CGI scenes. If only more of Hollywood would take notice.
Rating: 8
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This is a ghost story based on two short stories by Clive Barker. The world has ghost highways and on the crossroads of these highway's the ghosts leak to the real world, they want to tell their stories. In the movie a team of parapsychologists examines one of those crossroads. The crossroad is found by accident because a girl is taken care of by the ghosts because she didn't listen to them (it was a goth girl, having sex and seances at the crossroad, which happens to be her bedroom in the attic of a house) "Don't mock us" they write on a wall. A good advice if you see what they do to the girl.
One member of the team is a student who is clairvoyant. He sleeps in the bedroom where the girl died. This way the team hopes to prove that ghosts are real.
I really liked this movie. The mark of Barker is there. It is an epic ghost story, or that is at least how I experience it.
If Clive Barker is involved in a movie, Doug Bradley isn't far away either. Dough played Pinhead in the Hellraiser movies and has a small cameo appearance in Book of Blood :)
Rating : 9
One member of the team is a student who is clairvoyant. He sleeps in the bedroom where the girl died. This way the team hopes to prove that ghosts are real.
I really liked this movie. The mark of Barker is there. It is an epic ghost story, or that is at least how I experience it.
If Clive Barker is involved in a movie, Doug Bradley isn't far away either. Dough played Pinhead in the Hellraiser movies and has a small cameo appearance in Book of Blood :)
Rating : 9
description: Teenager, female teacher, ghosts, dead, body, writings, stories, relationship, nudity
(Geoffrey): (rating 5,5)
The starting movie (number 6) of total of the second day. If you have seen more ghost-horror movies, you will not find much new in this one. So there is a house with ghosts. In the past a girl got murdered, even further before, a cultist was contacting the dead. Now we have a teacher who teaches paranormal stuff and wants to believe...(sound almost like x-files) and she organizes a 'study trip to the house'. Well, here you have your cliche. Ever saw Rose Red? Very same principle, but now with a smaller team. The movie Rose Red had some real paranormal/psychic students. In this one, we have only one who joins. But is he paranormal/psyhic or not? The teacher is a attrive woman somewhere in her 30's and we have a jong troubles attractive boy/young man student. Both are single.....and have needs as well ;-)
So, what about the book of blood? Well, in the beginning you see the student being captured (looking like a zombie) with lots of writings (cuts actually) on his body. His capturer wants to know what happens. In return, he will kill the boy quickly and in stead of skin him alive. So the boy tells the story.
I have seen much worse ghost movies, specially the us ones. Probably fun to watch it sometimes in the evening. I got one good scare though, so that should be worth something ;-)
The CGI was fair, though I like the morphing between the real world and the ghost world. Perhaps a little bit old, but I still found it impressive.
(Geoffrey): (rating 5,5)
The starting movie (number 6) of total of the second day. If you have seen more ghost-horror movies, you will not find much new in this one. So there is a house with ghosts. In the past a girl got murdered, even further before, a cultist was contacting the dead. Now we have a teacher who teaches paranormal stuff and wants to believe...(sound almost like x-files) and she organizes a 'study trip to the house'. Well, here you have your cliche. Ever saw Rose Red? Very same principle, but now with a smaller team. The movie Rose Red had some real paranormal/psychic students. In this one, we have only one who joins. But is he paranormal/psyhic or not? The teacher is a attrive woman somewhere in her 30's and we have a jong troubles attractive boy/young man student. Both are single.....and have needs as well ;-)
So, what about the book of blood? Well, in the beginning you see the student being captured (looking like a zombie) with lots of writings (cuts actually) on his body. His capturer wants to know what happens. In return, he will kill the boy quickly and in stead of skin him alive. So the boy tells the story.
I have seen much worse ghost movies, specially the us ones. Probably fun to watch it sometimes in the evening. I got one good scare though, so that should be worth something ;-)
The CGI was fair, though I like the morphing between the real world and the ghost world. Perhaps a little bit old, but I still found it impressive.
Tonight's episode of PSI: clearvoyants in a haunted house
Links: AFFF / imdb
This film strikes me as one of those "short story to feature film" adaptations, where they really wouldn't need 100 minutes to tell the story. The result is a slow, kinda classic horror film that takes its time to build suspense and to time the shock effects. Good, but it feels like it doesn't have a lot of meat on the bones (to stay in the genre).
Given that the film takes this amount of time, I find it unforgivable that there is a huge gaping plot hole near the end of the film. I won't spoil it here, but they conveniently forget and deny the very thing they have tried so hard to set up.
Rating: 4
Links: AFFF / imdb
This film strikes me as one of those "short story to feature film" adaptations, where they really wouldn't need 100 minutes to tell the story. The result is a slow, kinda classic horror film that takes its time to build suspense and to time the shock effects. Good, but it feels like it doesn't have a lot of meat on the bones (to stay in the genre).
Given that the film takes this amount of time, I find it unforgivable that there is a huge gaping plot hole near the end of the film. I won't spoil it here, but they conveniently forget and deny the very thing they have tried so hard to set up.
Rating: 4