Dry Blood

I never write reviews, but this film is so unique and well thought out that I think it deserves a second look. I'll agree that the acting is subpar, however the story and the chills more than make up the difference. The makeup work, for the horror elements, is superb and the imagery is frightening. I even watched this a second time, so my wife could see it, and found there are ample clues and hints to the ending - a lot of detail was given to the details.

Give it a watch because for what it is - a low budget indie horror - it really shines.

Trailer was cool. So I gave it a.look. I almost didn't make it through as it's so dull until about hour in. Acting is watchable for most part but also but cringeworthy in places. As a lover of gore and splatter the ending had me pleasantly surprised. Great mix of practical and cgi which for a low budget film was better than average. The acting became better in the year crazy moments and I found myself reminded of Ash in Evil Dead when he's covered in blood and laughing insanely. I'd have had a lot more happening during the first hour to maintain interest but the ending was fun.

A good attempt at a tired cabin in woods tale.

I have to give credit to small time filmmakers who despite a low budget go out on a wire and bring their story to life.

Acting = 4 (some good, some mediocre) Musical score = 4 (not bad for original music, great for vintage song) Editing = 6 (no major glitches) Cinematograph = 6 Script = 7 (a bit weak in places but still believable) Visual effects = 8.9 (yikes! Very realistic Storyline = 9 (kept me guessing and didn't disappoint)

All in all, I mildly recommend this movie. Some content is a little difficult to watch, but adds to the horror of the situation.

I came across this just randomly scrolling, and in typical me fashion, I gave it a chance. I'm not going to say it blew the doors off, but it was definitely worth a watch. It starts off really slow, and the acting is terrible, them two things alone almost took me out of it, but I'm happy I let the film play out. There's some great practical effects work in this, the gore is great, it's surprisingly shocking in a few scenes, and even the CGI was effective. The bad part of this is the story gets a little convoluted at the end, and the acting is dreadful (like I stated up above). Fortunately the run time is less than 85 minutes, so you can get through it pretty quick. The 7 is probably a little generous, but overall I had a good experience with it, so I have no issue putting it...

Acting was decent but obviously strained during emotional peaks. Special effects and death scenes were surprisingly good, though a bit too gory. Better directing could have built up the suspense better so some of the gore wouldn't have been needed. Story was a bit predictable but decent. It's definitely better than I expected for a low budget indie film. Perfectly fine for a lazy day movie marathon.