Summer of Blood

Total auteur cinema, in the best, non-pretentious way possible. This is a film that never takes itself too seriously, yet throws down on some serious themes and ideas. A schlub who can't catch a break suddenly turns vampiric and kinda cool. Kinda. Not just Onur's performance, but every character, even the minors, are totally on it. They bounce off each other effortlessly. I'm normally bugged by neurotic characters, as they usually feel forced and rehearsed. Not Onur. His rhythms and surprisingly-apt observations come effortlessly, like he's abandoned the script for what he feels is true to the moment. It's honest to the core. Self-depricating and rude and hilarious. And there's blood and sex and internet dating. It's rough around the edges in the right ways. I have no idea how it was pulled off, but what feels like a colossal mess of ideas comes together so cohesively. It just clicks. It moves forward and doesn't really care if you can keep up. It may be the first film of the year that I really love.

And really, we're all afraid of becoming Michael Douglas.

I must have watched a completely different movie from the other reviewer, but I could not stand this film. The main character is so abominably unlikable and annoying that it's hard to see the point - sure, pretentious hipster wastrels are a reasonable target for satire, but you have to let us out of his insufferable orbit a bit or else we can't breathe. And when the movie's plot (such as it is) centers around this schlub's relationship with his girlfriend, an attractive, up-and-coming lawyer, it robs that plot of any motive power when we can't figure out why anyone, let alone her, would be with this guy. Agonizing to get through.

I have watched 3 movies of this director, i liked a lot all of them, my favorite is "Applesauce". I don't know why his movies were not more successful, although i can guess a thing or two.

In any case, don't expect a comedy/horror movie, this is more Woody Allen than, i don't know, Shaun of the dead. In fact, this is a big flaw of this movie, i would have rated it even higher if it hadn't turned into something like a comedy/horror movie. S. O. B should remain an offbeat comedy movie, first 30 minutes were hilarious, i loved this character. Make no mistake, this is an unlikeable and creepy character, selfish and many other negative things. Yet, it was a pleasure to watch him, basically self sabotaging his life.

After the "horror" element appears, it was still a fun ride but not as entertaining as the first 30 minutes.

Overall, this is raw and witty and real. There are many hilarious scenes and i enjoyed it a lot.

Great fun. Got not too much to add to the other reviews but I thought I would add a good one to balance out the humour failures from the 'auteur director expert' ones. I enjoyed the dialogue which appeared to be add libbing. OK nothing too original as far as plot was concerned but snappy dialogue and no holds barred on what a sad bunch of w anchors we men are. Considering what high ratings some of the god awful blockbusters get on IMDb this nice little indie deserves more appreciation and a wider audience. It may not be Brain Dead but I enjoyed it far more than Prometheus, which I watched last night on double speed. With its rent-a-plot full of holes and the cast of stereotypes. Will now get Onur Tukel's next movie Applesauce to watch.

This "Film" (and I use the term loosely) had absolutely nothing going for it, like someone else pointed out - it was pretentious mumble-core garbage, with terrible acting, no visible plot and obviously a shoestring budget to match.

The main character (and everyone else) just would NOT shut up, even to pause for breath, they raced through their forced lines like they could not wait to get this steaming pile of crap over and done with and collect their meager paycheck at the end of it all.

Don't waste your time or money on this trash.

I seriously want my hour and twenty-five minutes of life back after this one, and I suggest it be avoided at all costs!