Blood Car (2007)

Too much of everything

Purely Joyful Movie!

As Good As It Gets

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Simple ideas can sometimes lead to brilliance. Take Eraserhead, a very easy film to understand turned into a masterpiece of simple, and modest film-making. The film Primer, one of the most simple story-lines ever conceived became a must-see because of the elementary approachability and simple style it used. And with the amazing title, Blood Car, we are once again given a film that uses a simple approach to put smiles on the masses eager faces.Eh, to get to the flick, that ramble above wasn't very funny and neither was this movie. The flick revolved around a rather unlikeable poindexter who is trying to make an engine that runs on wheatgrass. Oh yeah, the gas prices are around 30 bucks so no one besides rich people drive cars anymore. Getting back on point, the dork eventually finds out that blood makes his lil engine run, and he eventually gets laid by some hot meat lovin' chick, and he ends up killing people so he can get laid more and be successful. Eh, there's some more tidbits here and there, but there's no reason to get into it.I had slightly high hopes for this flick. And once again, I'm let down. These son of a bitches out there making these posters are doing some damn good jobs. Pig Hunt and Ink are two other flicks I was tricked into watching because of their cool posters. Bully to that! The flick ain't all bad as there's some nudity, some okay acting, a couple scenes of splattery blood, and maybe a giggle or two. But the humor in this flick is tacked on much too much. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who dig this type of college/try too hard/nerd humor, but it's not my cup of tea. Check it out if you're bored, easily amused, or have a vendetta against oil companies. Bah humbug!

This is, pure and simple, a movie for people that enjoy B movies. That said this is above the level of a Troma feature. Lots of gratuitous nudity, violence, and shock in this little horror flick that really borders more on macabre comedy.As a previous poster mentioned, the female roles seemed much better written and acted than the lead. I kept hoping this mopey hippy would die at SOME point in the 1 hour and 16 minutes, but alas he did not. The lead wasn't necessarily a bad actor, it just seemed like the writing on it wasn't entirely fleshed out and when he wasn't interacting with the 2 ladies in the film it was very hit or miss on the boring scale.The themes and politics of the flick seem like they can appeal to all. Yeah, there's the insta-bash on working class "truckers," but you also get a fairly direct illustration of how conceited the "save the world" vegan hippy fellow is when he's wasting education time at his job as a teacher preaching political garbage like the kyoto treaty to kindergartners as well as ignoring the rest of humanity outside his narrow-minded goals.All-in-all, watch this if you like horror and/or absurdist macabre comedies. For a first flick, a great effort, hopefully a little refinement will make this director someone to notice.

Do you worry about the price of fuel? If the price continues to rise, only the richest dudes will drive cars. Cars will regain their rightful place as 'babe' wagons. In this eco-friendly age where wheatgrass is the new cool, clean-cut kindergarten nerd Archie hangs up his teacher hat and goes home to work on a new invention – a car powered by the green slime itself.Archie stops for supplies at the vegan store where a prim and proper bespectacled girl sells him wheatgrass while sketching artistic pornography ("your cum tastes like tofu") under the counter. Across the yard at the meat stall is a more predatory chick whose intentions are more openly high octane kinky sex. As they compete for his affection, Archie accidentally discovers that blood added to wheatgrass makes the engine work a treat. He even dispenses with the wheatgrass. Archie is a vegan, so killing small animals causes him great emotional anguish. Even more when they won't stay still. But having bagged a few quadrupeds there is even more anguish when he realise the car wants human blood or nothing.Blood Car is a crisply-made, ultra low-budget movie that has been compared to the Troma films or those of Russ Meyer and John Waters. Low-tech special effects, bouncing bosoms, and hilariously tongue-in-cheek. For the first hour, I was spellbound by its audacity, the thumbing at convention, and never knowing where it was going next. The sight of Archie on a bike, wielding an axe and chasing two FBI men, reminded me of the luckless cyclist hero-nerd from Peter Jackson's early movie, Braindead. But then it struck me. Blood Car was made by talented people who knew their trash movies. And good lighting. And good cinematography. But it was also a mish-mash of many styles. It lacks consistency. Acting is (at best) caricature. And for all the gore, sex and violence it still lacks bite. Political satire here entertains rather than protests. Blood Car's limits are tamely within those defined by the Meyer and Waters it emulates. It had no real axe to grind against Hollywood as does Troma. It reeks of clever students showing off.But although I was ultimately disappointed, I was still entertained for over an hour. It was the low-brainer I needed after an overly-serious and slightly soul-destroying morning. Like the girl who flashes her tits at Archie to get a lift, and is then lured into the boot to see the puppies, I had been happily hooked. It would sound mean to say I'd been had. Even if it's true. And, like me, I bet you want to look in the boot . . .

This is one of the funniest movies I have EVER seen!!! Granted it's low budget, the whole concept of the movie is ridiculous but Katie Rowlett was hilarious in the movie."Why don't you go home and write a Haiku about my box!" I had to pause the movie because I was laughing so hard.The ending was kind of weak but overall its one of those great B movies where you say.... I wouldn't change ANYTHING about that movie. Great movie all around.It's obviously not for everyone but for those millions of us out there that love silly comedy horror movies like Army of Darkness style then you will love this movie.It's not often you laugh so hard at a scene where a guy tries to kill a puppy with a BB GUN!!! We all know thats totally going to work....LOL Watch it. Laugh at it. That's it. You are getting what you ask for in this movie. Blood Car. Ridiculous. Hilarious. Blood. Car.