Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Bea Swanson
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Clarissa Mora
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
zzz05
I'm catching up on all the on demand free movies that are due to expire within a week, which includes Blood Trail, so I've got recent experience of a lot of movies in its peer group to compare it to, and I've gotta say it's distinctly better than the pack. Definitely atmospheric, serious without being pompous, cheesy, or tongue in cheek; manages to get maximum value out of what's clearly zero budget for special effects; characters which seem to have some depth to them. Of course, the genre of the film being "American Indian Supernatural", it requires the Wise Old Indian who knows all about the spirit world, and the young bicultural Indian who has one foot in each world so can link the white guys who make up 99% of the movie with the Wise Old Indian. If nobody's done a thesis yet on the subconscious significance of Native American spirit world, with special attention to curses, in Hollywood movies, it certainly seems like a good topic.
FightingWesterner
Two grimy saddle-tramps decide to go picking around an Indian burial ground, desecrating the graves, when one of them becomes apparently possessed. Wandering the wilderness, he slaughters anyone who crosses his path and is hunted by a small group of lawmen and their Indian guide.A serious-minded horror/western hybrid, this is pretty atmospheric and fairly suspenseful. The film does an okay job of building superstitious dread, while thankfully steering away from using too much mumbo-jumbo to tell it's story.However, the direction could have used a bit more polish and the characters slightly cardboard. Also, it kind of loses momentum after the first half, with too many scenes that appear to have been added solely to get the film's running time over the eighty-minute mark. This probably would have been a lot better as a sixty-five minute movie.Overall, it's not too bad. I suspect that horror fans may be a little disappointed, while western fans might be more forgiving of it's flaws.Top-billed Adrian Pasdar appears to have been hired for about half a day's shooting.
chrismulkeyisgod
...and there really are too. Some of them have long hair, but none of them seem to be Chris Mulkey. For those of you keeping track, I'm still in a wheelchair. Blood Trail is as majestic as the rich Indian cultures it celebrates. For example, there are many scenes with animals and scenery. These set up shots made me feel as if I was really there, because in addition to being in a wheelchair I also have really grainy eye sight and grainy stock-footage is the only thing I can see, even when I'm not watching Blood Trail (I try to keep the hours I don't spend watching Blood Trail down to a minimum though). What? This is one of my favorite time periods in American History (whatever that time period may actually be?) and it is fun to watch a movie that takes place in my favorite American time period. The ending was really ironic, given the context. It's nice to see edgy commentary on, my favorite American Historical Time Period. For example, the spear, I believe, is symbolic for both death and friendship. If you really think about it, it makes a lot of sense. But only if you really think about it. I would have liked it if they had used more traditional slang. I felt, personally, that whenever any of the characters spoke, it was good writing. I wished that they had spoken more--especially with traditional slang from that time period (American). If you watch the movie with a lot of candles in the room, you won't be able to sleep at night--that I guarantee!
Comeuppance Reviews
"Blood Trail" has a good idea and some decent actors but it just doesn't come together. The plot is about some Indians and cowboys that try to find out about an ancient burial ground. It's nice that Lion's Gate helps this movie out with a DVD release after 8 years but it wasn't worth it. It also falls into the hindering trap of "sped up motion". That means when any sort of violence or action occurs on screen, the film is "sped up" in the editing room for some unknown reason. This gives the film an air of ridiculousness. The DVD cover and the plot description make it look exciting, so don't be tricked by Lion's Gate's slick marketing.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com
