Scarecrow-88 Employees renovating an old hanger, abandoned by the military after one of their own, Hank Campbell(Jon Christian), went on a killing spree leaving behind a monkey god talisman he found in a Caribbean jungle, decide to gather together for a little party, not knowing that a killer is lurking within. They are trapped because the hanger is under a security system which locks all doors and windows, with only the basement an avenue of escape(..and it's chained). Their entry into the place is a pass card, found snapped into, inside the stomach of a victim. Getting to the basement and breaking the chain will be top priority, but doing this will be difficult as the psychopath, dressed in jet fighter uniform and helmet, awaits each and every one of them, his/her methods of execution increasing in creativity and difficulty. What is driving this person to commit the murders..the talisman, found by newly employed Terri(Jennifer Lauren Grant)where Hank had left it, having been given to their intense boss Harry(Billy Drago), driven & dedicated to keeping his museum from going bankrupt without his brother's insistence on adding video games and other luxuries to lure clientèle to their fledgling business which is losing profit. Oh, and Hank, after spending 22 years in lock up and under psychiatric care, has been released..Microbudget slasher flick has nothing new to offer. The violence is carried out mostly off-screen or framed in a way not delivering the gory thrills one often seeks in this sub-genre. The film parades a female cast willing to display their tits, so that might provide some titillation where the violence is lacking. I could guess in advance who the killer was, and I'm pretty sure the majority will as well. Other than the supernatural blood relic angle, this flick is basically just another low budget slasher flick, shot using a camera which moves constantly. Drago provides some amusement in his minor role as another loon, this time an employer who really has a passion for keeping the museum in business, explaining his sob story to Grant's Terri about daddy's death in Vietnam, and the political idiots who sent him to an early grave...Drago, as usual, devours the scenery like a shark ripping into a seal.

webweasel2 There isn't really a whole lot one can do in making a horror movie that doesn't at least remind you of another horror movie you've seen. In that respect, Blood Relic is no different.There's not enough time spent showing how all these folks who know each other actually know each other, or why those who DON'T know the others are there in the first place.Some films talk too long about integral parts of the movie, but Blood Relic just slaps the main inanimate character in, expects you to believe it, and then tries half heartedly about halfway through to explain where it came from.A few gratuitous partial nudity shots for no apparent reason, some excess blood from small wounds and not enough from large ones, and a few other shortcomings detracted from the whole movie.My main complaint is that the characters aren't explained or developed at all. After each character's fatal meeting with the bad guy(s), you're generally left thinking "Awww, and I hardly even knew that one, either." I had no problem with the movie though. As someone who takes every opportunity available to watch what others routinely refer to as 'bad' movies, I'd give it a five (or even better) because it had a little of the horror, blood, screeching, running around senselessly, etc. that I've come to love in my movie fare.And another feature to this flick... Do you simply LOVE a freaky ending? I like unexpected twists, as long as they're plausible. The ending of Blood Relic is...Something you'll just have to see for yourself!

danthewrestlingmanorigin Everything you desire in an 80's slasher movie is here. And what elevates Blood Relic somewhat, is the unique location used, which certainly beats the cheap storage garage sets many low budget films use today. Also two of my personal favorites, Debbie Rochon, and Billy Drago are involved. Sadly Debbie is not the star, but her scenes are still beneficial to the film. And for my money, Billy Drago can be in the most lousy piece of trash film imaginable, and still deliver an engrossing villainous performance. The kill scenes were solid here, and the ladies shed there clothes often. Ingvordsen has finally got a grasp on what fans of this genre enjoy, after his watchable, yet almost pg level Bog Creatures. In the end this is an above average throwback, with a unique setting, and the required horror goodies.

moviemanic07 A cast of mostly anonymous teenagers hired to clean a aerospace museum experience bloody mayhem after one of them finds an occult talisman. This film is strongly adequate in most categories. The photography is professional. The direction is reasonably assured. The cast isn't too embarrassing, and generally all of the girls show some flesh. The aerospace museum location adds production value even though most of the mayhem happens in a more generic warehouse. The gore is adequate – though the make-up generally plays out in the aftermath of the attacks rather than in the violence itself. So what's the problem? It's just tired. Young, good-looking people being killed off one-by-one by a masked assailant. Been there, seen that. I needed an extra hook, and there wasn't one. The potential of an interesting "monster" was wasted. The talisman is a wasted device. It seems turns the wearer into a homicidal maniac. The characters are always simply running from the unknown human carrier than battling the demonic entity pulling the strings. It would have been more interesting if the filmmakers had taken the time to develop force behind talisman better, and let the characters try to figure a way to take it on directly. Not terrible, when you consider the low standards of the genre, but there are better films out there.