Books of Blood

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Books of Blood

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Trying to collect on a payment, a thug receives word of a special book that would pay off his clients' debts and sets off in search of it, where several of the fabled stories are told. The Good Stor(ies): None. The Bad Stor(ies): Jenna-Reeling over a past tragedy, a woman moves into her old home with her parents only for her nervous behavior to get on their nerves and threatening to have her kicked out. Fed up with their lifestyle and judgement, she heads out on her own but comes to find the people she chooses to stay with are harboring secrets of their own and can't be trusted. There isn't much to this one at first. The opening intro here gives us no clue about the girl or her problems, only that there is one and several casual throwaway lines don't help matters since nothing we get here makes any sense as to what problems she might have. The constant gags with the headphones drowning out the noise of the outside world do lead to some tense moments at times but even those are squandered on predictable jump-scares and white-noise static substituting for something else entirely. With no real scares involving her stay with the friendly couple she stays with resulting in a dreary pace that goes on way too long without much of anything happening, by the time it does the interest is gone and it just feels too little too late. Miles-Trying to move on with her life, a scientist comes across a man who claims to have supernatural powers enabling him to talk to the dead and allow her to talk with her dead son. After thinking he's the real deal, a revelation comes to pass that enables her to turn the table on him once and for all. This effort was absolutely dreadful and had very little to like about it. What that is constitutes the idea of her son coming back into her life through the mysterious stranger and his powers, which is a dark idea in concept but is so mishandled here that it doesn't really register at all. Their borderline incestual relationship comes out of nowhere and has very little build-up which makes it quite unnatural, while the lethargic pacing makes the scenes of her lecturing and studies about his condition just unbearably bland. The revelations made here cause all interest and care to drop out of this making the final outcome just come across as expected rather than cathartic, rendering this one just plain dull and nearly unwatchable. Bennett-Learning about the location of a fabled book, a man and his friend set out to the site of its owner. When he arrives and learns of its true purpose of existence, he realizes too late that his fate has been sealed and he's doomed himself into a different path than he expected. There's almost nothing to this one. The attempt to bridge all the stories is tedious and painfully inept, there's no suspense or scares at all and the cheesy gore effects are lame. Overall, the end result is just a pointless exercise that should've never been filmed with how badly and unusable this entry is. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Male Rear Nudity.

Sigh....I remember thinking to myself when I was about 20min into the first "story" how much this reminded me of those cheap, poorly done TV movies you see around Halloween. You know, those ones that pass off as "horror" but are so severely edited, or restricted by the TV censors that nothing in it is really remotely horrific or frightening. THIS is one of those films, and THEN after looking deeply I find out that it IS indeed a TV movie lol. I will have to be more diligent checking that out in the future. First anthology was absolutely ridiculous, so poorly written and acted I thought "WHAT IS THIS supposed to be about"? It was so fragmented, the second story was loosely based on the actual "Book of Blood" MOVIE that I saw a few years ago, you know, the REAL movie! The last anthology I couldn't have cared less at that point, a short, thrown together attempt at connecting all the stories. DO YOURSELF a favour and watch the actual MOVIE "Book of Blood"....leave this film for TV. The only treat in this "Halloween" film was getting to see Rafi Gavron's bottom, the rest of it was all trick.

This is the first time ive seen mysophonia referenced in a film. Both my husband and i experience it; him with mouth noises and me with water noises, and it was a realistic portrayal of how overwhelming it can be. This anthology was an unexpected find and I'm glad we gave it a go. The actings great, the stories are engaging and varied and it wasn't predictable. I know clive barkers books are visceral and complex and I certainly understand why some fans would feel short changed, but it's worth taking a look

If you've gone through all of the Shudder and Halloween titles you can find, every time something new pops up it usually incites two emotions- excitement and skepticism. Most of the modern horror is a complete let down. And with the rare exception (Snatch, Crash) most tie-in movies are even worse. This is a little gem, though. You won't be able to tie together the stories, and you wont' figure out what the book of blood is. This isn't very "horror" like, but it does have a little gore and some disturbing revelations. It's a bit different than most, but with just enough traditional Clive Barker elements to keep the viewer satisfied. If you're looking for something new this Halloween, look no further than Books of Blood.