I stumbled upon the 2020 movie "The Bloody Man" here in 2022 by sheer random luck. And seeing it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I had to sit down and watch it. And I have to say that the movie's cover/poster was definitely also something that caught my attention.
Well, if I had known that "The Bloody Man" was more of a family horror movie, and not an outright horror movie, then perhaps I wouldn't have been thus thrilled to get to watch it. This movie is not a scary movie, not even by a long shot. This is a type of 'horror' movie that even children can sit down and watch with the rest of the family.
The storyline in "The Bloody Man" was pretty straight forward, so writers Daniel Benedict and Casi Clark didn't exactly bring anything new or revolutionary to the table. In fact, they didn't really bring much of anything to the table. Sure, the movie can be watched, but this movie is generic and predictable. And the narrative was somewhat slow and uneventful actually.
The movie would have been a more enjoyable experience if they had actually found a wholesome cast that were able to put on believable and convincing performances. Now, I am not saying that all members of the cast were putting on wooden, rigid performances, but a great deal were doing exactly that. And those wooden performances were overshadowing the other performances, dragging them down with them. A shame really.
"The Bloody Man" was a swing and a miss in terms of entertaining me. Had I perhaps known it to be a family horror movie, then I could have sat down with that particular mindset, and done so together with my family as well. So no, "The Bloody Man" didn't provide me with much of any entertainment.
My rating of "The Bloody Man" lands on a three out of ten stars.
