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Blood Shed (2007)
R1 / NTSC DVD
Heretic Films / 2007
Writer/Director: Alan Rowe Kelly
Starring: Alan Rowe Kelly, Terry M. West, Joshua Nelson,
Susan Andrieson, Jerry Murdock, Zoe Daelman Chlanda &
Katherine O’Sullivan.
Review by Brian Harris
Meet The Bullions, they’re your typical backwoods, inbred
psychopathic cannibal freaks! The twisted clan consists of
Papa Elvis, Butternut, Hubcap, Sno Cakes, Gramma and, the
baby of the house, Beefteena! The Bullions are gearing up
for a rip-roarin’ good time as “little” Beefteena’s birthday
approaches and she decides to give her lifelong dream of
being a model a shot! Fashion never looked so good!
Folks, I’m a big fan of Alan Rowe Kelly, and his work, but
The Blood Shed really didn’t ring my bell. It’s bound to
happen though. I suppose my biggest problem with the movie
was the plot and story were almost non-existent, there
really just wasn’t much there. I constantly found myself
wondering where the film was going and by the time I got to
where it was going I kept wondering if there was anything
else.
The acting on display was decent; it appeared to me all the
actors handed in their best performances so I really can’t
complain too much. When you’re working on a shoestring
budget you just have to make due with what you have and
Kelly did a good job of it. The characters were all pretty
funny but Alan Rowe Kelly stole his own show as Beefteena
Bullion. I laughed myself silly and continued laughing
throughout the day after witnessing Kelly’s Beefteena
mugging for the fashion photographer’s set. One hilarious
performance and several goofy ones does not make a solid
movie though.
The Blood Shed is a trippy amalgamation of backwoods inbred
horror and John Waters camp and it effectively delivers that
camp by the coffin but I couldn’t get past that feeling of
pointlessness I often experience when watching a low budget
film that needed a bit more script work. |
