Michael Ledo
This film is in no way a remake or sequel to the Terry West epic landmark film by the same name.In the city of angels, Gabriel (Gabriel De Santi) is mailed a key to a storage shed. Gabriel is interested in the shed as it holds a key to his real parentage. There are homeless people who live in some of the sheds and a mean owner named Arsen (Yasha Blackman), a second generation American who opted to keep his accent. Samira (Bree Essrig) is a chunky redhead who works there and takes an immediate liking to Gabriel who doesn't get along with the owner, hates life, and ignores his acting coach.There is also a naked woman (Cherie Daly) whose name is Jezebel that walks around like Mathilda May in "Lifeforce." Frequent "B" actress Bai Ling has a small role looking like the ho girlfriend of an NBA owner. Jillisa Lynn shows off her hammy legs, apparently on the same non-diet plan as Bree Essrig.The plot is straight forward and is explained about a third of the way through.The film could have been better. They went out of their way to create odd homeless characters and then did nothing entertaining with them. They needed to up the gore factor as the horror factor couldn't carry the film.In spite of any claim, this is not based on a true story, other than the fact people live in storage units.Okay as a desperation horror rental. Thank you writer/director Patrick Hasson for NOT making this a hand held camera film.Parental Guide: F-bomb. Nudity (Cherie Daly)
wendelvillar
I have seen the movie and I should say that I've wasted so much of my time. I was not even impressed by the act of the characters. Sad to say that! The story revolves around five friends who had a weekend getaway and a veteran who had a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a remote area near a lake. The turn of events showed the killing of those innocent individuals by a sick veteran except for one named Maria who survived and put an end to the bloodshed.The video quality is good except that directing and the script of the story needs some improvement. They should have included some breath gasping scenes for audience to feel the thrill. This is important when you want to produce a movie of some value. I also observed that the roles of the characters in this movie take away their intelligence, practical experience or common sense. I hate watching characters that are easily decimated without having a good fight or think of a way to escape an ordeal.My over-all impression is that this movie is some kind of a student project in school, or maybe, this could be a good stepping stone to develop a quality movie in the future.
rushknight
What we have here is what I like to call a "null-point film". Now typically when you go out to watch a film, or head to the store to rent one, you have something in mind for what you would like to see. If you rent a drama, you are probably looking for good acting mixed with touching real life scenarios. If you are looking for horror, you are probably hoping to see scary monsters and frightening circumstances.If you decide to watch ANY sort of movie in the horror genre with the word "blood" in the title, you are most likely expecting to see some gore.Surprisingly, this movie offers non of that. This is why I call it a null-point film. Everything I was expecting to see didn't happen. Oh sure lots of people died.. and each one of them died completely off-screen, with the killing blow happening off-camera. You hear bloody ripping noises and screaming, but see nothing. The special effects were limited entirely to red contact lenses and fake blood with something mixed in to look like intestines.I am normally a proponent of not overdoing your special effects. The rampant CGI in movies today is annoying at best and it's always good to see amateur film artists looking to avoid that sort of thing. However, in this film the creators got excessively conservative.Why would you make a slasher film with no slashing in it? Because honestly the plot, acting and atmosphere add next to nothing to the movie; slashing was really all that was left. It was the point, and for some reason it was avoided almost entirely.Hence, a non-movie.
Flow
Now, as it may not look like much, it's far from the worst thing out there. Blood Shed actually kept me in front of the screen, waiting to see what happens next. The cover fooled me to be honest, cause whenever I see something like it, usually turns out to be a really bad low budged movie, mostly with zombies. So, this is the worst thing the film had to offer, the cover!The characters were all nice, not too many, not too few, but just right. The main chick, is as hot as they get, not a botox filled blonde, but a nice redheaded rock duddette, who made the view so much more pleasant. The others fill in nice the plot, the character depth, the killings and suspense. It won't be too hard to figure it out, but somehow, it just manages to succeed as a horror. This is the kind of horror you wanna make on a low budget, if you plan on getting noticed and getting involved in future more complex projects. It's good for a lazy afternoon, for a already too bored night, or to pass some innocent time. Got to tell you, went in with no expectations, managed to make an impression on me. Not top notch of course, but a good B horror!Cheers!