Review of Brotherhood of Blood (2007) by Richard G — 02 Sep 2009
After watching the trailers for the other 7 movies released in the Ghost House Underground series, I honestly think I picked the absolute turkey of the bunch. I know trailers don't show the whole picture and they're designed to look good and lure you in, but on the production values alone, they all look like masterpieces compared to any one second of Brotherhood of Blood. Even with my low expectations, given that it's a straight to DVD vampire flick, that level wasn't even on the horizon. It's one of those shaky single camera deals with a budget that could blow away on a windy day... very low production values (got that 'home-made' feel). Anyway, you know what, if it had a decent plot with some decent acting, could it be saved? No. The acting is shat across the board, including Sid Haig, save for the leading female who get's a pass but I suppose she's doing the best she can with the script. It doesn't do anyone any favours. You can almost smell the honey glaze, it's so hammy at times, with lines like "remember, never trust a vampire" (despite the group already being established as an experienced bunch of vampire hunters - why would someone feel the need to say that?). Also, the stock dramatic music never, never, ever lets up. So many times, what ever tension or drama that could have been salvaged, was lost do to this keyboard demo score. Oh well, music or no music, it's still steaming.
Just watched the trailer for this. I wish I'd seen it before renting this arse, you can tell it's a POS just from the 1 minute of fast edits.
[Halloween08].
This review of Brotherhood of Blood (2007) was written by Richard G on 02 Sep 2009.
Brotherhood of Blood has generally received negative reviews.
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