Streaming Clive Barker’s Book of Blood Online
Mardi, septembre 7th, 2010 |
Streaming Clive Barker’s Book of Blood Online.
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I have to admit that I am truly disappointed with this film, especially coming not too behind “The Midnight Meat Train.” I had high hopes with this movie, though I knew, from the stories themselves, that the development of the film would be tricky. The actors play their parts, and they do a good job at what they were shown to do by the script. The special effects were all right, they were, as they should be, more creepy than out and out blood-bath violent. The scenes themselves were wonderful. The house was well designed, the cryptic nature of the house, the shadows and the light, worked well together. The wariness and the weariness of the actors due to the supernatural presence at the back of their minds was also interesting to see in the evolution of the story line.
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Here are the problems:
1) the constant repeating of how the dead have highways…I think this quote was said at least five times during the film. Alright. I get it. I understand that we are talking about more than just a simple haunting, we are talking about a nexus along the paths the dead travel upon. You do not have to repeat this quote again and again. Once or twice is good enough…
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2) the second problem is that the story lulls, there is a time when you are feeling bored out of your mind. Yes the characters need to be developed, no question about that, but to allow such a spacing between events, that is what brought my tension down to boredom. Again, I don’t want a blood bath a minute, but I want to see tightness in the plot.
3) this point is no fault of anyone in particular, but in the original story, there was a hint that something far, far more dreadful happened at the house then what was shown in the first part of the movie. That would be nice to explore, see the characters, for their own means, their own intentions, exploring the past in order to focus on their desires in the present.
4) due to the pacing, as mentioned above, when a good ten minutes could have been chopped away (no pun intended) in order to tighten the plot, by the time the culmination of the events at the house start to happen, really, really happen, I’m left with more of a “finally” feeling inside instead of the frightful euphoria we’re supposed to have when events come to culmination.
I really, really wanted to like this film. Maybe I went into this film with too much expectation. I love Clive Barker’s work, from his short stories to his novels. I have enjoyed many of the Clive Barker movies in the past, and I had high expectations for this one. I feel like I was let down. I feel like the powers that be wanted to just get this story over with so the premise of the stories from the book of blood could really begin (as we’ll see with “Dread”). This isn’t a film I’m going to throw away or sell. I’m keeping it simply because I adore Mr. Barker’s works. Still, unlike, say, Candyman and Lord of Illusions, this isn’t a film I’m going to be watching more than once in a blue moon. If you are like me and you love Mr. Barker’s work, get it, watch it, keep it. Just don’t think that it is going to be as powerful as many of Mr. Barker’s other works on film.
“The dead have highways, highways that spill over into our world…” This is the premise behind Book of Blood, Clive Barkers latest horror film based upon his short stories (Book of Blood and On Jerusalem Street).
The movie is not as fast paced as Clive’s last movie, The Midnight Meat Train (sadly with a poor opening - still sore Lionsgate, still sore!) a few months ago onto DVD. This one revolves around a house which is believed to be haunted since at least two deaths have occurred there. The house is the focal point for a Professor looking to make her mark in the world of the paranormal and acquires the help of a gifted young man named Simon whom she believes has a special gift that can allow the house to be “opened up” from its deathly slumber. The film continues where Simon has now become the focal point of the film, trying to open the house’s energy up for proof of the supernatural. SPOILER WARNING! - towards the middle of the movie, we learn that Simon has been playing Mary for a fool and faked the first ghostly experience, but not the second as he later tells.
He then comes back and demands to show Mary the truth - but the truth is … that we learn that it has been Mary all along who has opened up the house - and we see what that opening looks like as the ghosts of lost souls wander out, inscribing their stories on Simons pale skin. The story within the story (based upon Barkers On Jerusalem St.) features Simon who has now become a virtual book of blood and is being stalked by a Wyburd, a sociopath for hire who hears Simons story from his own mouth as he lays on Wyburds’ “carving table.”
The film stars such notable actors as Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood television series) playing Simon and Sophie Ward plays the driven professor who charges beyond all limits to unlock the secrets of the house. Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) also makes an appearance as Tollington, the first victim of the house.
As mentioned, this movie is not as fast paced as The Midnight Meat Train it does drag on in some parts, but does feature some very notable and quite effective scenes of gore and torture (including one notable scene where a girl is raped and skinned by a violent spirit quite soon within the movie). It opens with the subsequent telling of introducing the premise by means of telling the story of On Jerusalem Street and continues through into Barkers Book of Blood and then ends quite nicely (and bloody) with On Jerusalem Street again. There are several scenes of torture, blood, gore and scenes not of this world which will excite any fan of Barker and of intelligent horror.
Now, the movie does have some draw backs. It does draw on in some areas and does in points, have a less adequate ability of keeping the audiences interest until the very end. In short, it is a ghost story with a handful of gore, torture and blood (lots of) mixed in. This is NOT The Midnight Meat Train, this is NOT Hellraiser, but this is Clive Barkers’ Book of Blood and with that alone you are guaranteed a journey through the dark fantastic that you will not forget any time soon.
In the end, you are left with a feeling that you have just watched a movie that is unique, but not as quick paced and full of surprises as some of the other typical Hollywood horror films (i.e. Saw, Hostel, etc.). It is, I believe, an upgrade from today’s traditional horror film - The relationship between Simon and Mary also allows the film to work on another level as well. Overall, Book of Blood offers a ghost story with a twist and in turns delivers a movie that offers just that - but could use more of a developed story within parts. If you are looking for a movie filled with torture and gore (Hostel?) - This is not your movie. If you are looking for a movie that offers a bit more than blood and gore, but offers a concrete story behind it with some thought and some soul (pun intended), than perhaps you may find yourself at one of those intersections and decide to invest in watching this film inscribe itself upon you.
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