Book of Blood (2008)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

John Harrison

Writers:

Clive Barker (short stories "On Jerusalem Street" and "The Book of Blood")
John Harrison (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 May 2009 (Turkey)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of so-called "highways" transporting souls in the afterlife. |

Plot Keywords:

Intersection | Paranormal | Occult | Diner | Potassium

Cast

Jonas Armstrong	...	Simon McNeal
Sophie Ward	...	Mary Florescu
Paul Blair	...	Reg Fuller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Romana Abercromby	...	Janie
Simon Bamford	...	Derek
Doug Bradley	...	Tollington
Gowan Calder	...	Janie's Mother
Graham Colquhoun	...	Simon's Father
James McAnerney	...	Doctor Nigel Blake
Joy McBrinn	...	Waitress
Charlie McFadden	...	Joanne
Marcus McLeod	...	Janie's Father
Jack North	...	Simon (age 11)
Siobhan Reilly	...	Cashier
Clive Russell	...	Wyburd
Andrew Scott-Ramsay	...	Male Student
Isla Stewart	...	Simon's Mother
Greig Taylor	...	Stevie McNeal
James Watson	...	Jimmy

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language.

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45437)

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company:

Matador Pictures

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mary Florescu: The dead have highways, running through the wasteland behind our lives, bearing an endless traffic of departed souls. They can be heard in the broken places of our world, through cracks made out of cruelty, violence, and depravity. They have sign posts, these highways, and crossroads and intersections. And it is at these intersections where the dead mingle, and sometimes spill over into our world.

Mess, with some good attempts.

Saw this movie on 7th of march at the fantasy film fest nights in Hamburg. What a mess of a film. Unbelievable Characters with unbelievable actions without any point. Dramatic situations change into scenes like this: "OK, something supernatural just happened here what i was working and waiting for all my life, which i have never expected to happen, and which scared the hell out of me, but hey, although its dangerous and i am wounded - ah, lets just have sex..." ??? The plot jumps from one "topic" to another and everything is getting so confused that you just don't get the goal of this movie. Was it about ghosts, childhood trauma, erotic fantasies or about voyeurs? All these Topics put together in one movie make all the good, dramatic aspects look just laughable. The climax was simply ridiculous too, so to sum it all up - it was a mess of a movie with some good attempts, shocking effects and some nice visuals, but complete absence of credibility. Not worth watching it.