Drawing Blood (2005/I)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Directors:

Jeffrey Wolinski
Michael Wolinski

Writers:

Jeffrey Wolinski (writer)
Michael Wolinski (writer)

Release Date:

2005 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Serial Killer Jimmy Burns is home... Pray its not YOUR home.

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Sex | Female Nudity

Cast

Robert Z'Dar	...	James Burns
Joe Estevez	...	Chief O'Rielly
Bryan Irzyk	...	George Adams
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Alcorta	...	Repair Man
Adam Boor	...	Steve Stephens
Scot Bouillon	...	Bob Kolevich
Brent Douglas	...	Detective Watts
Marc Dunworth	...	Strolling Neighbor
Mark Fox	...	Construction Worker
Shaun Fox	...	Construction Worker 1
Michelle Gallione	...	Heather
Deanna Gritsonis	...	Crystal
Justin Gutwein	...	Construction Worker
Jayme Joyce	...	Office Worker
Erik Lindberg	...	Detective Delavan
Brendan Mackey	...	Office Worker
D. Alex Marshall	...	Young Jimmy Burns
Joshua Murphy	...	Officer Goreman
Silvia Preston	...	Rosa
Rocco Pucillo	...	Construction Worker
Jeremy Roach	...	Jimmy Burns
Rebecca Shea	...	Cathlene Adams
Josh Sykora	...	Paul
Megan Walsh	...	Helen Kolevich
Mianda Watts	...	Tracy
Jeffrey Wolinski	...	Construction Foreman
Michael Wolinski	...	Construction Worker 2

Directed by
Jeffrey Wolinski
Michael Wolinski

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jeffrey Wolinski		writer
Michael Wolinski		writer

Produced by
Shaun Fox	....	producer
Maria Nevell	....	associate producer
Jeffrey Wolinski	....	executive producer
Michael Wolinski	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jon Kostal

Cinematography by
Adam Devlin-Brown

Film Editing by
Rocco Pucillo

Casting by
Sarah E. Dyer

Makeup Department
Marc Dunworth	....	assistant makeup artist
Marc Dunworth	....	special makeup effects artist
Jayme Joyce	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Brendan Mackey	....	unit production manager

Art Department
Ryan Karey	....	art work

Sound Department
Michael Pavlisan	....	sound

Stunts
Mark Fox	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Pavlisan	....	still photographer

Other crew
Rebecca Cohrs	....	benefactor
Rick Cohrs	....	benefactor
Chad Crump	....	benefactor
Charles Crump	....	benefactor
Michele Crump	....	benefactor
Karen DeFelice	....	benefactor
Jan Fiorito	....	benefactor
Vince Fiorito	....	benefactor
Antoinette Guy	....	benefactor
Pat Johnson	....	benefactor
Andrew Lindgren	....	stand-in: Crystal
Michael Loeffler	....	benefactor
Brendan Mackey	....	script supervisor
Ingrid Mackey	....	benefactor
Tom Mackey	....	benefactor
Jack D. Marsadis	....	benefactor
Frank Mirandola	....	benefactor
Albert Sabatino	....	benefactor
Loretta C. Sengstock	....	benefactor
Donna Wolinski	....	benefactor
Mary Wolinski	....	benefactor
Mike Wolinski	....	benefactor

Thanks
Randy Benzie	....	special thanks
Michele Collett	....	special thanks
Jesus De Santiago	....	special thanks
George Escobarete	....	special thanks
Andrew Franczek	....	special thanks
Alexandra Kalyviaris	....	special thanks (as Alexandra Pucillo)
Joe Lococo	....	special thanks
Dave Marshall	....	special thanks
Kathy Marshall	....	special thanks
Kari Maxson	....	special thanks
Bob O'Malley	....	special thanks
Mike Poor	....	special thanks
Cheryl Roberge	....	special thanks
Herb Roberge	....	special thanks
Albert Sabatino	....	special thanks
Dana Sabatino	....	special thanks
Kevin Welch	....	special thanks
Christine Wolinski	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Tripod Films

Distributors

• Brain Damage Films (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Creative Light Worldwide (2005) (non-USA) (all media)
• Maxim Media International (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Maxim Media Marketing (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

The Corner House (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Tripod Films

Movie Connections:

Features The Dirty Immigrants: All for One (2004)

Soundtrack:

Tied Up

Bad.

I knew I was in for one cheesy, incompetently made film, when, in the opening sequence that supposedly takes place a good 25-30 years ago, the house used appears to be less than two years old. Believe me, I am not that stupid that I cannot recognize the architectural difference between a house built in the 60's or 70's and one built in the 2000's. Anyway, the film opens with a child being abused by his father in the basement of this house. Flash forward to some years later. The kid, Jimmy Burns, is all grown up now and heads back to his childhood house to seek revenge on his father. However, the house (which looks exactly like it did in the opening sequence) is now occupied by a young couple. The wife is going away for the weekend for business, leaving the husband alone. Unfortunately, Jimmy Burns breaks into the house and takes refuge in the basement, killing anyone who happens to stumble upon him, including a repairman and a couple of nosy neighbors.

The Good: I'm not sure. If you are going to twist my arm, I am going to have to say the twist at the end of the film, which was a nice, cruel touch. Oh...and the performance by Robert D'Zar, who plays the elder Jimmy Burns-the one responsible for abusing his son and turning him into a serial killer. Quite effective and he plays the part well.

The Bad: Where to begin, where to begin. First, I just can't get over the whole house thing. It is SOOO obvious that it is newly constructed house. OK...I'll shut up about it. The kills are extremely lame with horrible FX. Sorry, no way a champaign bottle is going to go into a skull and no way a dryer door will decapitate you. I don't know about you, but if a serial killer was hacking people up in my house, complete with some pretty aggressive chases around the place, I would probably notice something out of place. The acting is pretty bad from everyone involved (save D'Zar), particularly from the dude playing Detective Watts (Brent Douglas). Wow. Even worse, he has to act a scene along side D'Zar that illustrates just how horrible he is. There are no scares to be found here at all. The entire production looks cheap and lazy and there is nothing remotely interesting offered in the film that makes it keep your attention. It was hard to sit through because of the ineptness of the whole thing, though the ending somewhat offered it some redemption, but not enough to make me recommend it.

Avoid this film unless it is your mission to watch every low budget slasher film you can. There is nothing redeeming here, as the film does nothing more than offer an inept plot with boring characters, bad acting, and even worse special effects.

My Grade: F