Review of Blood Ransom (2014) by Mark B — 10 Nov 2014

Here's the headline: This is how a vampire movie should be. Flaws? Yes, but it makes the film better.

Blood Ransom is a tense, vampire thriller that has as much existential philosophy as it does blood. And it has a LOT of blood. You would think a film with so much thought would be a hit with the art-house critics but a bomb with the movie goer. You would be exactly wrong.

While critical reviews seem to yawn at the film, fan reviews all seem to give it high marks and I agree. This is a good film.

What you get is a journey into the mind of Francis Dela Torre. Dela Torre creates a tense world where vampires love, feel, plot and are real characters.

The film is beautiful, especially considering tis is a low-budget film, and the casting is spot on. Caleb Hunt makes a creepy, yet compellingly "human", vampire and Jamie Harris steals the show.

Yes, the film has some flaws, as the mainstream critics point out. But it's worth it. It makes the film real, it makes the story compelling, the characters life like, and most of all, like the characters in the film, it gives you a choice. If you want a thinking movie-- you got that. If you want a monster movie-- you got that too. You can enjoy it either way. And I think that's what threw the critics off. It's good looking and has a brain.