clintstevens Strange? Hey, we're talkin' Clive Barker here. Pretty much typical horror/zombie/love story. I did watch the entire movie so it rates a 5, because it does have a certain a'peel'. The best that can be said for the flick is Jonas Armstrong has a fine rear end. If that offends you, no skin off my nose, just his.

atinder Book of Blood (2009) I actually forgot to post this last year, I SAW this over a year ago, or around this time last year.This movie for me, I like the bloody death near the start of the movie, which were really bloody and tad gory but after that, I just could get into first part of the movie.I stuck with it for the second part of the movie, were i really got into the movie, which i found it a lot more enjoyable.There were some really decent gory and Bloodly scene's in this movie and there were decent Ghost scenes in this movie.Nothing really creepy or scary but the movie it's self was very enjoyable 6 out of 10

mppie Let me get one this straight...I am not a fan of horror movies. I LOVE thrillers. Not horror. The only reason I watched this movie is because I am a fan of Jonas Armstrong. After watching this, all in all, it was NOT that bad. Of course, it could of been much better. First things first. The story. I know this is based off of a short story, but it seems like the writers wanted to make sure they didn't change anything. Because it was taken from a short story, there was plenty of room to develop a storyline around the paranormal activity. On that note, the character development was absolutely dreadful. Simon's was...OK...but everyone else's was HORRIBLE! Am I the only one who thought everyone in this movie came off as really perverted? Because, they did to me. Since we, as an audience, don't identify with the characters on any personal level, this movie lacks the emotional story that it could have had. Next, the love story. I don't even know if you could call in a "love story." The relationship between Simon and Mary is never fully explained and, like I said before: Since we, as an audience do not identify with the characters there is no emotional content there. Their relationship was so random! Couldn't they have just made her his employer and given him a younger girl? Or better yet, have no love story at all! Which brings me to the love scenes...please keep in mind that this is not a movie for youngsters. And since there was no emotional connection to the love story, those scenes were very awkward and came off as very perverted. Lastly, the SCARES. This, in my opinion, is the worst part of this movie. Every single "wanna-be-scare" in this movie is exactly the same. In you are writing a horror or thriller movie that is very repetitive in terms of suspense, you have the same thing happen, but under different circumstances and situations. Different things have to happen in order to keep the audience interested. Most movies like this, the scares star small and then get big or they start big, get small and get HUGE at the end. This movie...they start big and they stay big. There is nothing special about it. Now, you're probably wondering why I'm giving this a 7/10 after all of this criticism, but like I said earlier the movie was not THAT bad! Minus the emotional content and good scares. The acting was OK. I'll be honest, I think Jonas Armstrong saved this movie. All I'm saying is that is was an OK movie, but it could have been a lot better.

Vomitron_G This film pleasantly surprised me. Recent Clive Barker adaptations haven't really been masterpieces (though thankfully there always has been enough talent involved to make them interesting, at least). "The Plague" (2006) just wasn't much to write home about. "The Midnight Meat Train" (2008) was better, but it basically just tried to blow your socks off with extreme violence & bloodshed. And now, "Book of Blood" might just be the finest recent adaptation so far. It relies more on mood & atmosphere and all this is handled well. A duo of paranormal investigators - Mary Florescu (Sophie Ward), the professor & Reg Fuller (Paul Blair), the technician - moves into a reputed haunted house. Mary invites student Simon McNeal (Jonas Armstrong) to come along, for she believes him to have psychic abilities that might tap into the house's paranormal activities. But distrust soon rises between the threesome as they try to determine what's real and what's not in this house of hauntings.Granted, the story remains pretty thin throughout the film, but director John Harrison takes this as an opportunity to not only create an eerie mood and build tension, but also to work on the main characters. There's a disturbing sexual tension growing between mentor Mary & student Simon which escalates in some keen exposure of betrayal. Actress Sophie Ward is an awesome woman and left a great impression on me with her toned-down performance. Both the pro- & epilogue make the movie a bit oddly structured, but it helped to flesh out the story a bit (pardon the pun). The film oozes with that sort of old school British Gothic vibe, but it's much darker portrayed than usual, adding a great deal of atmosphere to the picture. It's a rather little film, don't expect to be blown away, but it's a well-made effort and a clean adaptation carrying on the spirit of Clive Barker's work splendidly. I have yet to see his other recent outing, "Dread" (2009), but I've heard decent things about it already.