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Blood Glacier (2013)

Written by: Benjamin Hessler

Directed by: Marvin Kren

Cast: Gerhard Liebman (Janek), Edita Malovcic (Tanja), Brigitte Kren (Ministerin Bodicek), Hille Beseler (Birte), Peter Knaack (Falk), Santos (Tinnie), Felix Romer (Harald), Wolfgang Pampel (Bert Kakauer)

I don’t want to lead anyone astray on what this film is about. Just from reading the plot before I watched it, I gathered that it could be labeled as eco horror, which for the most part, I guess it is. Here we go though, putting labels on stuff, when all the old classic throwback horror from the 1950’s of mutated whatevers caused by radiation or some other ecological sin man created was just a scary movie. That’s how I prefer to look at it.

This is an Austrian film, and it takes place at a remote mountain research station in the Swiss Alps. There’s...

The film comes from director Marvin Kren who is best known for Rammbock Berlin Undead which we gave a 4.5 out of 5. While we did not enjoy Blood Glacier as much as Rammbock Berlin Undead its still worth the watch. Directed by Marvin Kren and stars Gerhard Liebmann Edita Malovcic Hille Beseler Peter Knaack Felix Romer Briggitte Kren Wolfgang Pampel Murathan Muslu Michael Fuith Adina Vetter and Coco Huemer.

“A Slice of Horror Reminiscent of John Carpenter’s The Thing!”, screams the poster for Blood Glacier. No kidding! This looks good though and I really like the title (much better than the snooze original title The Station).

Blood Glacier opens in Select Theaters and Available on Video on Demand May 2nd

Four technicians and scientists at an alpine research station discover a glacier of blood high in the mountains. Testing the red liquid oozing from the ice, they discover a new alien organism with the astonishing capability of transforming the local wildlife into horrific hybrids and monster mutations. With the Minister of the Environment hiking to the station for an official visit, many frightening questions must be answered if the confrontational team are to survive and cope with the giant wood lice, the beetle-foxes, crossbred flying predators and much, much worse…

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IFC Films will release Blood Glacier in select theaters and VOD on May 2 2014. In the film scientists working in the Austrian Alps discover that a glacier is leaking a liquid that appears to be affecting local wildlife. The film comes from director Marvin Kren who is best known for Rammbock Berlin Undead which we gave a 4.5 out of 5. Lets hope that Kren can deliver another great horror film. The was film was released in Austria in 2013 under the title Blutgletscher the later The Station. Directed by Marvin Kren and stars Gerhard Liebmann Edita Malovcic Hille Beseler Peter Knaack Felix Romer Briggitte Kren Wolfgang Pampel Murathan Muslu Michael Fuith Adina Vetter and Coco Huemer.