Note to the director; from experience, you don’t need to have “screener copy” written across the whole film. You only need it to pop in and out about every 1/2 hour or so for about 30 seconds. No one is going to make copies of your film and sell them on e-bay or steal your film if you have your info. pop up every once in a while. Here’s the thing; this film is not half bad, but do you really think I’m going to get into this film with a bunch of writing written across the picture. It takes away from the whole effect of the film.
Anyway, besides that; Blood Oath is about a killer in the woods. Yup it’s something we’ve all seen before, and Blood Oath is no different. It’s a film that without doubt can compare to the likes of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Wrong Turn and Friday the 13th for that matter. The film has a bit a back-story, which is a positive thing these days, we learn the killer origin. In a nutshell the film is about a group of kids who go camping to investigate the urban legend bought about by the killings that occur within the woods. Of course people get killed, it turns into a whole blood fest and so on and so forth.
So what does Blood Oath have to offer us that all the other independent horror films don’t? Well; the film is full of great shots and editing. It’s obvious that the film makers know what their doing. The film has a perfect flow to it. So I have no complaints there. Most independent horror films are always choppy, this one flows great, and the shots are almost close to perfect. However the story and just about everything else is something we’ve all seen before. Some pointless nudity, girls who can’t scream without a smile on their faces, and of course a lot of mediocre to bad acting.
Speaking of acting, This film had a two great cameo appearances, both of which we’re short lived unfortunately, they include the beautiful and talented Tiffany Shepis and a great actress I’ve had the pleasure of working with on non-horror projects as funny as it may sound; the lovely and talented Tina Krause. Every other actor in the film was pretty much a cast full of unknowns, all of whole did a decent job, however there are plenty of other side characters who’s acting is pretty bad.
The special make-up effects are pretty dam good in this flick. There is a lot of off screen killings, which I’ve always been a fan of the “less is more” method. The thing that the makeup artists and filmmakers did right was with the use of their limited resources. They would use blood only when necessary and did not over do it, as most indie filmmakers do.
Overall, Blood Oath is actually a very well made film, the story is nothing new and it has a few kinks but overall it’s a very well put together film. I’m sure we’ll see this film get picked up sooner or later and get a direct to DVD release at a video chain. So keep an eye for it. If it wasn’t for that dam “Screener Copy” font written across the whole entire film, I probably would of enjoyed it more. But one out of the hundreds screener copies I received in the past eight years I’ve had the site there was bound to be one sooner or later. To bad this film is actually pretty good, or else I would just shut it off. But besides me have to be a ballbuster to Robert Ziegler and his crew about this. My hat’s off to them. they made a pretty decent flick here with Blood Oath.
– Horror Bob
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- Interview with Andrew J. Rausch - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Rick Popko and Dan West - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Director Stevan Mena (Malevolence) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Screenwriter Jeffery Reddick (Day of the Dead 2007) - January 22, 2015
- Teleconference interview with Mick Garris (Masters of Horror) - January 22, 2015
- A Day at the Morgue with Corri English (Unrest) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Writer/Director Nacho Cerda (The Abandoned, Aftermath) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actress Thora Birch (Dark Corners, The Hole, American Beauty) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actor Jason Behr, Plus Skinwalkers Press Coverage - January 22, 2015
