Blood Runs Cold (2011)

Winona, a successful artist looking to get away from her stressful life. Her manager rents her a house in her home town where she runs in to an old boyfriend. They go back to the house, only to find out it is not as empty as they assumed.

Director:

Sonny Laguna

Writers:

Sonny Laguna, David Liljeblad

Stars:

Ralf Beck, Star Butterfly, Elin Hugoson

Cast

Credited cast:
Ralf Beck	...	James
Star Butterfly	...	Winona (voice)
Elin Hugoson	...	Liz
Hanna Oldenburg	...	Winona
Andreas Rylander	...	Carl
Patrick Saxe	...	Richard

Storyline

In the dead of winter, Winona returns to her hometown for a much-needed break from her stressful lifestyle, but the relaxing vacation quickly turns into a frantic fight for survival. After running into some old friends at a local bar, the group returns to Winona's cabin to continue their reunion, but soon find themselves face-to-face with death. Disguised behind an icy mask, a killer is lurking and will not stop until there are no survivors. Blood Runs Cold is a frostbitten slasher that turns the snow red with gore.

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Plot Keywords:

three word title | killer | winter | 

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Taglines:

Hell Just Froze Over

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Sweden

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 July 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

A halál jeges lehellete

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stockholm Syndrome Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the 35 shooting days the temperature were always around 15 to 20 below zero degrees Celsius.

User Reviews

A film of two halves

BLOOD RUNS COLD is an ultra low budget Swedish slasher flick, shot in English and made on an apparent budget of just $5000. That it looks as good as films made for ten or even a hundred times the budget is testament to the skill of the director and production team. Still, it's a pity that the quality of the writing doesn't match the quality of the film-making, as this turns out to be a predictable movie in the extreme in terms of its non-existent storyline.

It's also a film of two halves, with the first half by far the worst. Not much happens here, other than setting up an uninteresting heroine and various supporting characters who are little more than fodder for the killer. The good news is that things pick up - considerably - in the second half, which is a straightforward action-packed slasher flick with some remarkably gory death scenes and some fun stalk 'n' slash moments. The gore effects are very well done on the budget and the narrative as a whole is relatively enjoyable if you like slasher films. Just a shame that the first half was so slow.