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Well it's the first film I've seen to have a Vegan character as the lead! Blood Car is an odd but enjoyable film and whilst it is not by any means perfect it has some absolutely classic scenes that make you forget the duller sections.

However Blood Car is not a film I would recommend to everyone (and falls into the genre of Peter Jacksons earlier work). Alex Orr blatantly uses sex, gore and bad taste to drive large parts of the film and it almost felt that you were in the 80's again with the large amount of breasts being shown on the screen.

The plot is simple enough and nothing unusual given the horror genre this film fits into. Where it excels is at the start and end of the film which are also interestingly the more political monologues (or as close to as makes little odds).

The real problem I had was with the lead Mike Brune. Not as woeful an actor as I have seen his delivery was still hit or miss, making him drag some scenes down. This especially didn't help as the two female leads (Chlumsky and Rowlett) both excelled in their parts and were obviously enjoying the whole experience.

Things to look out for have to be the chalk-board in the schoolroom which changes for each new scene.

I'd have loved to give it a higher rating but when jokes fall flat you tend to remember and it made this an up and down comedy rather than living to its potential.

If not for some of the shocks, the borderline unapologetic porn shots and the incredibly brutal finale, this unbelievably low budget "farce" would ended at just one star.

The jokes mostly didn't work, but I saw where they were going with it. The gore scenes actually went a bit inventive with what they had to work with. And the heart the creators had showed. Despite all that, sadly, this isn't recommended.

I can't even admit this to the "needs to be remade with a budget," because I doubt the budget was so much the problem. I will hand it to the staff and crew for giving all they could. So kudos to you and maybe you came come back with something better. (This was from 2007 and I'm just too lazy to research anything they might have done since. Hope for the best for them, though!)

Sick-in-the-head, foul-mouthed, crude-humored comedy satire on the obsession of fuel about a quiet, scrawny, geeky vegan kindergarten schoolteacher, Archie Andrews(Mike Brune)who discovers by accident that his wheat-grass engine in fact works on blood. Through trial and error, Archie creates a metal fan chopper which he sets up in his trunk for animals with a long plastic tube that feeds blood to the engine..but soon Archie finds that people make his car's engine run longer. What ultimately motivates Archie to commit such atrocities like dumping the carcasses of a dead old woman neighbor, war vet with plastic limbs(..he actually beats the poor guy into the trunk with his own plastic leg), a bubbly hot brain-dead blond(..he goads her to his trunk by proclaiming that puppies are back there), and black gangster(..and a gas station owner who wishes to know why the black gangster was in Archie's trunk)in his trunk body smasher is the fact that profane and slutty Meat Stand operator(!)Denise(Katie Rowlett)will perform all kinds of sexual acts just to have the pleasures of riding in a car(..she has a superiority complex deriving from the idea that those who ride in cars are simply better than those who can not afford to). The relationship between Archie and Denise is a tool for an endless parade of homosexual gags..you'll find out as you watch it. Lorraine(..cutie Anna Chlumsky, of "My Girl" fame who is so short and nerdy, but so darn likable), the Vegan Stand operator(!)carries a torch for Archie even creating perverse artistic renderings between them. But, most of the film shows Archie escaping endless threats by government suits who wish to commandeer the vehicle so that his blood car can be studied and mass-produced for the marketplace since gas runs 33 dollars a gallon(..this warped comedy is set slightly in the future). Most of the comedy is dead pan using skinny, weakly Archie, who bores his poor students to tears reading from novels that mean nothing to their rather young ears, as this vessel of parody..he's often "showcased" in various sexual scenarios with Denise who may be "more" than she appears(hint:during their first sexual confrontation, she has him wearing his own shirt over his face). Chlumsky, who doesn't appear in that many film since her childhood days, is just adorable yet carries this wanton sexual desire for Archie that culminates in a less-than-enthusiastic(..for her, it is, but Archie, no)sexual episode on his bed(..not elaborated, so sorry for those who are curious about what Chlumsky might look like naked). Also, a running series of gore-gags concern the government agents who always seem to foul up either capturing Archie or his car, often ending up as fuel. For the most part, this film isn't for the easily offended, because most of the "funny" jokes and gags are really rather in poor taste. For instance, what the government agents do with all those who know Archie, so that they can erase his existence. SPOILER Or, the final gag where Archie, now perhaps President of the USA, holding an infant, does something with the newborn so that good ole America could still run those cars. While, the dialogue doesn't always tickle the funny-bone, there's enough outrageous moments of grue and blood splatter, along with the equal doses of wicked gags to sustain interest. But, this will undoubtedly ruffle a few feathers.

First Of all I would like to advise the future viewers to stay out of this movie. This movie is nothing but crap. The acting, the special effects, the direction etc all of them are nothing but crap. Not to mention that in a violent scene, the main character was laughing his hearts out. What a shame.

It seems that the director is more fond of x rated scenes than the plot. And I bet the movie was shot by some kid with a camcorder.

Thumbs up for the story. Thumbs down for all others.

Don't waste your time on this. I don't understand why people make this kind of movies.

After watching this movie, I think you have to watch it more like a comedy than a horror movie. Although the scenes are not always logical and here and there the plot is a bit strange, it keeps you watching until the end. The question is intriguing, how far would you go, to keep your car running? How much would you pay? Even pay in blood? Although it is ridiculous and would never work, in this movie the car actually runs on blood. And although one can buy gas in this movie, albeit at astronomical prices, you see nobody drive a car. They are still there, but nobody drives them. Not even the very wealthy probably. There is only one car running here, and it has an appetite. To appreciate this movie, turn off your brain, and enjoy it. I did. Don't try to use logic, because there isn't any. Although the end is quite harsh, the message is clear, we go to extremes to keep our beloved economy running at top speed, and the same is true for our cars of course...

This is, pure and simple, a movie for people that enjoy B movies. That said this is above the level of a Troma feature. Lots of gratuitous nudity, violence, and shock in this little horror flick that really borders more on macabre comedy.

As a previous poster mentioned, the female roles seemed much better written and acted than the lead. I kept hoping this mopey hippy would die at SOME point in the 1 hour and 16 minutes, but alas he did not. The lead wasn't necessarily a bad actor, it just seemed like the writing on it wasn't entirely fleshed out and when he wasn't interacting with the 2 ladies in the film it was very hit or miss on the boring scale.

The themes and politics of the flick seem like they can appeal to all. Yeah, there's the insta-bash on working class "truckers," but you also get a fairly direct illustration of how conceited the "save the world" vegan hippy fellow is when he's wasting education time at his job as a teacher preaching political garbage like the kyoto treaty to kindergartners as well as ignoring the rest of humanity outside his narrow-minded goals.

All-in-all, watch this if you like horror and/or absurdist macabre comedies. For a first flick, a great effort, hopefully a little refinement will make this director someone to notice.

Blood Car is set in the near future where the price of fuel are at an astronomical high, the majority of people cannot afford to fill their cars up & as such the streets are empty. Only the super rich can afford the high cost of fuel but kindergarten teacher Archie Andrews (Mike Brune) has been working on an engine that can powered by wheat-grass with little success, while drinking some Vodka he breaks the bottle & cuts his hand & lets blood drip onto his invention which begins to work perfectly. Archie realises that instead of wheat-grass his engine needs human blood, at first he cuts himself but it's not enough & as the power he gains from just having a car increases he becomes more desperate & eventually uses a dead body. However Archie needs more fuel & resorts to killing people to power his car which is getting him lots of attention from attractive girls & the US government who want the blood engine for themselves in order to solve the countries fuel crisis...

Co-written, co-produced & directed by Alex Orr this has a terrific premise that I am sure we can all relate to one way or another, in fact in Britain at the moment the price of fuel is so high it's ridiculous & it's going up all the time (although to be fair a lot of what we English pay at the petrol pump is Government imposed tax) with no sign of abating. The cost of fuel in Britain really is affecting people's lives, a lot of people simply can't afford to put fuel in their cars here & while the car graveyard situation seen in Blood Car is still far from reality (give it another two weeks at least) the basic story here will hit a nerve with most. So the story of rising fuel prices is obviously a political & social one the actually film itself isn't very good, Archie uses his blood car to have sex with a dirty, yet hot, woman with his addiction to fuel & his desperation to keep his car running fueling his need to kill & little else. There are some evil US government agents & an ending in which it's spelt out that because Archie controls this new engine & new type of fuel he is basically the most powerful man in the world & even becomes President! The whole premise is amusing & the parallel that you have to literally give blood to pay for fuel is understood but as a serious horror film Blood Car doesn't work, there are already other types of engines being made like electric ones, ones that run on alcohol & the like so the idea that petrol is our only source of fuel is wrong even now & at only just over seventy minutes long Blood Car still feels like it drags in places. Once you get past the initial premise then there's really nothing left here at all, I mean the character's are thin, the dialogue forgettable & not that much happens.

Blood Car looks alright, it was obviously shot on a low budget & some shots are poorly lit & shot but overall it's not that bad. The gore is retrained, a guy cuts his arm with a knife, lots of blood is seen spurting around & a guy has an axe in his stomach & not much else. There's some nudity too if you like that sort of thing. Blood Car is never scary or funny & plods along without ever being anything other than a one gag curiosity.

With a supposed budget of about $125,000 this was filmed in Atlanta in Georgia. The acting is alright, the babe that plays Denise the meat stand worker is hot by the way.

Blood Car obviously had lofty ambitions & has a neat little concept that I am sure most people will be able to relate to in one way or another but as a full length feature it's surprisingly empty with little incident before a political ending that is nothing more than a rant. I can't say I liked it that much but will give it credit for the idea.

It was the title that caught my attention at first, but after watching this horror-comedy-parody hybrid I'm pleased to say that it's a good movie as well.

Set some time in the future where gas prices have reached extreme levels, a well mannered school teacher called Archie is trying to discover an alternate fuel source. Not quite there, an accident causes him to discover the solution. Blood. And not just any type of blood, which he hilariously discovers, but human blood. This newfound addiction to driving around causes the well mannered teacher to obtain another addiction...murder, all while being chased by mysterious Men in Blacks and stuck between two ladies.

I went in with no expectations, and came out surprised, entertained, slightly shocked and impressed. The story is surprisingly entertaining all around, and despite it's low budget it's a well made movie that both doesn't take it self seriously, yet manages to stab you in the back in the end by throwing morality down the drain with a pretty shocking ending.

Give this movie a chance. Set your expectations down a few notch, realize this is low budget and you'll find a movie that is worth the time.

I thought this movie came off as a little amateurish, but the premise and the humor was quite interesting. The T and A and sex jokes would make a Troma films fan want to watch the first half of this film. My Complaints are NOT ENOUGH GORE!!! If there is a blender in the trunk that turns people into fuel, show a little bit more of the blender in action, and the government guys stalking the main character, are idiots.. terrible acting.. and the main thing was some inappropriate scenes (2) involving children and firearms towards the end... I love the horror genre, but watching suits shoot kids in the head, complete with blood and brains spray leaves a terrible taste in the mouth, even with Tabasco pop corn on my lap, it could have been implied without the actual gunshot and brain spray. ... would have been a 5 but instead a 4!

This movie is about Archie, a school teacher who is attempting to build a motor that runs on a natural fuel source. The movie takes place in the future where gas prices are at a ridiculous $30 dollars per gallon and driving is an expensive commodity. This film targets a lot of issues that we see are happening today. For example gas prices, alternate fuel sources, evil government plots etc. Archie by accident, discovers that blood is able to power his motor. Unfortunately only human blood is accepted by Archies car and once he powers his car Archie realizes the attention he gets from an attractive young woman. Her interest is in the car and she clearly expresses it. Archies fuel-finding task spawns a series of events that eventually leads to Archie being contacted by government agents that have been following his progress since the beginning of the movie. In the end the government makes use of Archies knowledge but with a very dark intention. A VERY dark intention!