Blood Star

I enjoyed Blood Star really much..brought me back to early low budget days of Rodriquez and Tarantino!

The acting is good (especially the leads, the sheriff and the lead actress), locations are chosen well. The right location can create an entire atmosphere and elevate a simple story into something more immersive. Whether the film takes place in a small town or remote setting, the environment can feel just as much like a character as the people in the story.

The story represents the horror that is "lawmakers gone rouge" really well.

I heard that it's the first feature of the director with and excited to see more!

It's a road trip horror that would remind us of many classics from hills have eyes to wrong turn. With it's secluded dessert backdrop and the unique feature of villain it adds up to a great thriller. Despite the blood and gore it's a stark portrayal of the chain of abuse the unfortunate and unprivileged would have to endure. The evil lawman is a physical manifestation of prejudice. Bobby and Amy is an appreciation of women's struggle. Complimentary performances make this indie a success. Great audio effects and background music. Excellent visuals and special effects. It's a satisfying watch with no obvious errors.

I stumbled across this movie randomly, and I saw the IMDB score was decent. Overall, it's not bad

The movie makes-do with little. The cast is entirely unknown and limited, and most of the movie takes place on a desolate road. But the movie is suspenseful, the sheriff is repulsive, and the lead actress isn't hard to root for. The run time is just right. It's reminiscent of the movies Joy Ride and Wrecker .

There are several flaws though: the lead actress isn't a good actress. There are times when the camera focuses on her while she's in the car, and her attempts to act scared and/or panicky are not done well. The plot is good at the start when they focus on a cat-and-mouse game between the sheriff and the lead actress, but near the end, it goes a little left field, in a direction that I didn't like (I won't spoil and say more). Some convos between characters drag on a little too long (eg the lead actress and a certain diner worker)

5.5/10.

Whilst I was a little anxious about this film, as I had heard there were some rather gory bits, and that's not usually my genre, I really enjoyed the film. Shot beautifully in the LA desert, it delivered suspense in bucketloads.

There were also no gratuitous sex scenes which as a woman pleased me, as this day it seems to be the easy way to go for so many. An interesting psychological twist in the major flawed personality, fabulously acted by John Schwab. It was great to see the female eventually come out on top, despite a tough journey in every sense of the word!

To think this was shot in 10 days is incredible. Was the chat in the car with the Amy and Bobbie a little too long? - maybe....but you then understand why......in a frightening second! A relationship was being set up. Bobbie played by Britni Camacho was one strong woman.

Well shot, well acted and who doesn't love a 60s Mustang driving through the desert at full throttle!

Wait a minute this movie location looks similar to "The Last Stop in Yuma County". Because if I did research correctly, the location is New Mexico, The story/plot of the film is boring and less interesting, the characters were unforgettable, the Sheriff wanted to murder these victims so that he can hunt down the next victim and murders her, I feel like that's pretty much it for the plot/story. Is there intension, very few and minor wise but not for like hey is good movie and definitely recommend, nope nothing like that. The movie was okay. They did a good job with making the sheriff very psychopath. His acting was pretty impressive too. The cinematography was good. They could have done with a better female lead. The storyline was absurd and feels so unrealistic half of the time. I hate when I'm watching a movie and I'm thinking oh that's silly why not call 9-1-1, that just means the plot wasn't thought through properly. A good movie should make you empathise with the characters and feel their emotions. This one I was laughing most of the time despite it being a horror film.