Unbelievable Promise, Good Start, Fizzled

witster18

I took a shot on this one. I saw the name Schumacher, and said 'what the hay'.

I read the back of the cover so I had a pretty good idea of what was coming.

Blood Creek starts strong. They lay down the foundation for a pretty good storyline, and everything really seemed to be going in the right direction.

It was about 35-45 minutes into the film when I started to get that 'hidden gem feeling'. At that point, I really thought I had found something special. If you cut this thing off 45 minutes-in - you'd be ticked. No worries.

It is right when they unleashed the hell that is this immortal SS commander when this super-train of a sleeper gets derailed. The Villain is truly creepy, and really fits perfectly into the storyline. Reminded me of 'The Gimp' from pulp fiction - only with a cape.

For about 5 minutes after his introduction I was about to call in the movie buff troops and make a recommendation. Then the director took a vacation.

The second half of this film ruins the first half with awful CGI, and truly distasteful and unnecessary gore. It also seemed that they thought they needed to add some little bits to the plot(the third eye etc). They didn't. The acting derailed too.

This is the worst kind of failure. To go from so good to so bad in such a short time is nearly inconceivable. This movie kicked #%% for the first 45 minutes. Then some horse sticks his head through a window and that was the end of it. Ruined. How frustrating.

The really sad thing about this - is that somebody is going to remake this thing. It will probably be better than this, but this film had immense potential, and improving on the first 40 minutes won't happen. Can we get these people back together and just fix this thing. Blood Creek Take 2 - instead of part 2. The first 45minutes is one of the best sleeper horror films of the last 30 years. The last hour is painful.

54/100

You MIGHT like it if you liked: Midnight Meat Train, Dead Snow, or NightFlier(Sp?)

score 5/10

witster18 16 August 2010

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