Lights Camera Blood! (2015) User Reviews

Rabid babies from outer space

[nogodnomasters · 1/10 · 14 February 2018]

Mandalor (Alan MacKenzie) makes bad horror movies that can't sell. He snuffs a dancer while making a film and it sells so he makes more films using an "Egor" style side kick to get victims. The film was designed to be campy. It is filled with fake blood and gore. In spite of its attempts to be a campy masterpiece, it fails all around as it tries too hard without being genuinely funny.

Guide: No F-word, sex, or nudity. Chunky dancer in a bikini.

Loving homage to the master

[davidjzellis · 7/10 · 17 October 2016]

I recently picked up the DVD of lights Camera Blood I really enjoy seeking out obscure titles such as this. This is a very lo-fi loving homage to the godfather of gore Herschell Gordon Lewis while still maintaing its own original story and sense of style.

It boils to a down on his luck filmmaker trying to get more authentic death scenes and while I am sure you can fill in the blanks from what happens there. The cast really do suit the roles and give it there all, probably one of the strongest part of the movies. The gore really seemed like how HGL did it before a lot of modern make up techniques are now commonplace, improvise and I loved that aspect of the film for it.

I truly wish they had the budget to shoot this in 16mm to give it a bit more a authenticity and would be my one complaint about the film. Otherwise felt like it was straight out of the sixties and dare I say a downright kooky vibe!