Blood Rage is a Thanksgiving Feast
BLOOD RAGE was directed by John Grissmer, written by Bruce Rubin, and stars Louise Lasser, Mark Soper (and Mark Soper), Julie Gordon. As kids, Todd is institutionalized for a murder whilst his twin goes free. 10 years later, on Thanksgiving, Todd escapes and a killing spree begins in his neighborhood. But since Todd and Terry are twins...it's hard to know which is which, which is the killer, and which is the innocent brother (spoiler alert: you find out in the first 4 minutes).
If you thought your arguments at the dinner table on Thanksgiving were killer...you ain't seen nothin' yet! Blood Rage is here and it is absolutely bananas! This isn't one of those feel good, happy ending holiday films. It's definitely a messy, cheesy, stupid, insanely bloody, and ridiculously over-the-top slasher film. I'm not even going to go into the bad, because this entire film is definitely B-movie bad! The acting is almost tragically bad, the editing (if you can call it that) is horrendous, the script is just terrible, the cinematography...I mean, at least we see everything? It's almost like the director told the camera man to hold it front and center so we can see the people in the movie...and that's it!
For the goods? The kills are definitely hilarious to watch. The budget of this movie definitely shows, but it looks as though they spent most of it on the blood and gore, of which there is copious amounts. Some of these kills are downright overkill. The effects of each kill are really well done, too. I loved watching people get hacked up only to have blood squirting out of a limb. It was so stupid the amounts of violence, that I couldn't help but laugh at it! The location of an apartment complex surrounded by woods was actually pretty well done. It felt isolated but don't get me wrong, this movie isn’t scary at all, not even the location felt scary. The other thing I really liked was the score, that classic, cheesy, 80's synth music made me feel right at home.
This movie is most definitely a giant B-movie, something you'd see in the drive-in and ignore it in favor of making out with whoever you're with in the 70’s and 80’s. The other thing that was absolutely insane in it was Ted Raimi, portraying a condom salesman...like, what? I nearly died when I saw him in the film, selling condoms to people...at a drive-in! The stupid fun, the gore, the simplicity, it definitely makes this movie a cult classic. It has a ton of wacky, silly moments and that makes it a winner in my books. You can ignore all the shortcomings in favor of all the silly stuff that happens. This movie is a staple in my collection, something I bust out with a ‘you gotta see this!’ around Thanksgiving. Give it a watch, you won’t be disappointed!
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