Blood Shed (2014)

Wonderful Movie

Good concept, poorly executed.

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

An Exercise In Nonsense

In the intro we see some Latin guy get killed by some Spanish-speaking something. We learn that a percentage of homeless in Los Angeles somehow live in storage units.A homeless guy with mental issues, named Gabriel, living in his car receives a key from his brother. His parents wanted him to have it. It's a key to a storage unit. At the storage facility he meets the mean boss who warns him that any violation of the regulations will get his property seized. Also there is the cute attendant who likes him.Earlier we met a homeless couple that lives there. The girl is pregnant. Suddenly a creepy lady appears who kills the guy and keeps the girl in a cage and is very interested in the baby.We meet some of the other tenants. An old mute guy who writes on a typewriter. Two hookers. A young kid and his hot mother (the lovely Vida Guerra who unfortunately gets little screen time).Gabriel finds a chest in his unit and some junk. The chest is locked. When he finally opens it there's a folder with old newspaper clippings about a missing woman and a child.The creature lady appears a couple of times and the tenants sort of know about her. She pushes her long black nails into people's heads and that's when we see some flashbacks.Turns out she was a girl somewhere in Latin America eager to make it to the US, so she hires some lady to do some witchcraft/santeria so she'll find a man to take her to America. And she does. But this guy is violent and nasty and kills her at some point while she is in advanced stages of her pregnancy. Actually the guy is the old guy with the typewriter.So Gabriel and survivors will have to confront the creature as we learn more about this woman and about Gabriel's identity.A horror movie about the homeless sure is uncommon. The question is whether that's something you'll want to see. But then again this movie isn't about the homeless you'll run into in LA, but rather a fairly young and attractive bunch. Problem is setting a movie in a storage facility is rather limiting and also not appealing. The movie does look very good though. There are problems with the audio, often sound effects get in the way of understanding what is being said. But as often happens with movies these day, not a lot is said. There's very little dialogue and so you can't really care about any of the characters. Gabriel makes a weak lead. That's a common problem with characters with mental problems. Things improve when the lovely attendant and her hot friend are on screen. The background story of the villain is pretty good, that's what this movie should have focused more rather than on the various storage facility tenants.They tried to do something different here but could have done more.

From the description I wasn't expecting anything from this movie, and I got less than that. I am usually a fan of bad horror movies as they are often an amusing way to pass time, however with this one that was not the case. The poor acting itself made it near impossible for me to watch, so trying to follow a story line (if there was one) was an unworthy headache. I really tried to find something about this movie to make it worth my time, but kept finding myself disappointed I spent my pocket change to rent this thing. I got it from redbox and will make sure I get it back before being charged another day for it. To sum it up, and say so politely, I found more amusement watching my cat groom himself.

A complete bullshit movie with no originality. Frankly speaking this movie doesn't even have a plot. Don't waste your time watching this. The poster came up like its evil dead or something like that, but trust me, noting but a complete haplessness awaits you after you've realized the movie has reached its finish line. Very very bad movie. Question to the movie team: What's the message here? Why did you make this movie? Why does the mother appear nude in front of her son??? A few boob scenes here and there and lousy acting everywhere. I don't know what made me watch this movie!!! Don't waste your time watching this, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!

Now, as it may not look like much, it's far from the worst thing out there. Blood Shed actually kept me in front of the screen, waiting to see what happens next. The cover fooled me to be honest, cause whenever I see something like it, usually turns out to be a really bad low budged movie, mostly with zombies. So, this is the worst thing the film had to offer, the cover!The characters were all nice, not too many, not too few, but just right. The main chick, is as hot as they get, not a botox filled blonde, but a nice redheaded rock duddette, who made the view so much more pleasant. The others fill in nice the plot, the character depth, the killings and suspense. It won't be too hard to figure it out, but somehow, it just manages to succeed as a horror. This is the kind of horror you wanna make on a low budget, if you plan on getting noticed and getting involved in future more complex projects. It's good for a lazy afternoon, for a already too bored night, or to pass some innocent time. Got to tell you, went in with no expectations, managed to make an impression on me. Not top notch of course, but a good B horror!Cheers!