A lesbian college couple becomes stranded in the middle of nowhere with a pack of orphaned Nazi zombie breeders hellbent on their demise.A lesbian college couple becomes stranded in the middle of nowhere with a pack of orphaned Nazi zombie breeders hellbent on their demise.A lesbian college couple becomes stranded in the middle of nowhere with a pack of orphaned Nazi zombie breeders hellbent on their demise.
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- TriviaLaina Grendle listened to music by Alice in Chains to get into character for her role as Sadie.
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Call me predictable, but I prefer my gore to be in colour.
With its heady concoction of lesbians, Nazis and zombies, Blood Soaked certainly has many of the ingredients necessary for a delightfully deranged cult movie in the making; sadly, a poor directorial decision midway means that the film never really fulfils its potential.
Things start off promisingly enough, with a gritty prologue that introduces its psychotic Nazi sisters Sadie (Laina Grendle) and Katie (Hayley Derryberry), before cutting to pretty freshman Piper (Heather Wilder) as she settles into her new college, quickly making a new friend in sexy sophomore Ashley. Director Peter Grendle lets the action flow at a relaxed pace, allowing the audience to get to know and like the protagonists. We don't mind, since we've already seen what's in store for them, and it looks like it'll be worth the wait.
Before long, Ashley reveals that she is a lesbian and convinces Piper that a little sexual experimentation might be just what she needs to help her get over her boyfriend, who is miles away, back in her home town. As Piper and Ashley canoodle in the desert, who should turn up but sickos Sadie and Katie, whose fascist sensibilities are offended by what they see. The scene is now set for some seriously exploitative action...
And then BAM!, just as the plot is about to head into much crazier and bloodier territory, with the abduction of Piper and the introduction of a zombie army, the fun is totally sucked out of proceedings with the inexplicable use of black and white cinematography, in conjunction with shaky hand-held camera-work and inadequate lighting, which turns the rest of the film into a muddled, murky, monochromatic mess. From this point on, it's hard to see what's happening, and even harder to care, the excess of shaky-cam and black blood making several potentially gruesome scenes extremely underwhelming.
Fed up with squinting at the screen trying to figure out what was happening, I was glad when the film finally finished—a shame, because, for a while there, I was having a good time.
Things start off promisingly enough, with a gritty prologue that introduces its psychotic Nazi sisters Sadie (Laina Grendle) and Katie (Hayley Derryberry), before cutting to pretty freshman Piper (Heather Wilder) as she settles into her new college, quickly making a new friend in sexy sophomore Ashley. Director Peter Grendle lets the action flow at a relaxed pace, allowing the audience to get to know and like the protagonists. We don't mind, since we've already seen what's in store for them, and it looks like it'll be worth the wait.
Before long, Ashley reveals that she is a lesbian and convinces Piper that a little sexual experimentation might be just what she needs to help her get over her boyfriend, who is miles away, back in her home town. As Piper and Ashley canoodle in the desert, who should turn up but sickos Sadie and Katie, whose fascist sensibilities are offended by what they see. The scene is now set for some seriously exploitative action...
And then BAM!, just as the plot is about to head into much crazier and bloodier territory, with the abduction of Piper and the introduction of a zombie army, the fun is totally sucked out of proceedings with the inexplicable use of black and white cinematography, in conjunction with shaky hand-held camera-work and inadequate lighting, which turns the rest of the film into a muddled, murky, monochromatic mess. From this point on, it's hard to see what's happening, and even harder to care, the excess of shaky-cam and black blood making several potentially gruesome scenes extremely underwhelming.
Fed up with squinting at the screen trying to figure out what was happening, I was glad when the film finally finished—a shame, because, for a while there, I was having a good time.
- BA_Harrison
- Jan 19, 2015
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