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Blood Creek

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Joel Schumacher helming a direct to DVD horror film? I was originally intrigued just based on the fact that it seemed like Blood Creek (originally called Town Creek) would be an entertaining train wreck, but instead, the film is a decent enough horror dirge that features some solid acting. Henry Cavill (The Tudors) stars as a paramedic whose long missing soldier brother (Dominic Purcell of Prison Break) returns and seeks his help in exacting revenge on the family he claims have held him captive. The brothers soon discover however that there is more going on with this family then what it seems however, dating back to the days of World War II when a Nazi scholar (Michael Fassbender of Inglourious Basterds) unleashed something dangerous, blood thirsty, and immortal. With disagreements between Schumacher and the film's screenwriter, it's no wonder Blood Creek sat on Lions Gate's shelf for as long as it did. The script is all over the place and often confusing, while a good amount of the film's CGI effects are pretty bad as well. Still, the film is capably directed for the most part, and Purcell and Cavill are surprisingly great in the leads. All in all, Blood Creek isn't quite the train wreck I was expecting, and is worth your time if you have some time to kill.

After spending almost an hour at the video store wandering around and not finding anything to rent that looked interesting or that I hadn't already seen I stumbled upon this one. It sounded interesting so I figured I'd take a chance and rent it.

As I put the dvd into the player my expectations were very low and I half expected that I would end up stopping it halfway through and watch something on tv instead. However once the movie started I was immediately intrigued and drawn in. It was actually not half bad, it wouldn't win any Oscars but it was certainly better than a lot of movies I have gone to see in theaters over the years. The story was interesting and original, the acting wasn't too bad, it was well directed and edited with plenty of supernatural horror mixed with fast paced action sequences.

I think this is one of those movies that will appeal to certain people and appeal not at all to certain others. So I can't tell you that you will like this movie and I won't, however if you are like me and you like a little supernatural horror mixed action sequences and zombies, then you might just enjoy this flick. I would recommend renting this movie before you buy, personally however if I had bought this movie without seeing it first I wouldn't have been regretted it. This is one I will add to my dvd collection now.

I saw this movie when it first came out into dollar theaters. I went into it not expecting much, but was excited to find it was one of the most original horror movies of 2009. If you are thinking about checking this out, I would say its worth it.

A smart thing to do when reading these reviews about A Movie or CD you think you might like is to look at the persons other reviews and you will see that they would not have been fans in the first place. One of my favorite horror movies people bashed and when I looked at there other reviews one guy reviewed a salad dressing, and another was for A golfball. Not one review was about any other horror movies, so I would not say there opinion matters. I think that this movie was original and well done. If you watch movies like The Notebook and Meet The Parents, then I would expect you to not like these sort of movies anyway.

As the other reviews indicate, this is generally a very fast paced horror film having a lot more in common with summer blockbusters (think Transformers) than a traditional horror film. Like transformers, the viewer is presented with a plot having a bunch of sequential details that just happen without any underlying logical cause-effect connection. In this case, those non-sequittur leaps happen, somewhat blatantly, but the action is quick enough that the viewer doesn't have time to really think it through. However, if you're able to accelerate your on-the-fly cognition, you may, as I have, found these leaps annoyingly thin. For reasons I can't well articulate, sometimes those leaps are ok, and not a movie killer (probably has something to do with another redeeming quality that makes up for this problem), but I'm having a hard time accepting those failures in this movie. Again, though, if you're in the mood for a sit back, eat popcorn and not think much-type of movie (which I very often am), you might enjoy this film. The production values are high, the crazy Nazi is played by the Inglorious Basters stuffy brit spy guy, and it is fast. I would highly recommend you rent before buying though.

Although filmed in Romania, this film is set in Morgan County, WV which is where I have lived for three years which of course sparked my interest.
This is a change of pace for director Joel Schumacher (Phantom of the Opera, Flatliners, Lost Boys)and it's a decent--though often muddled--horror flick. It has a despicable villain played byn INGLORIOUS BASTERD's Michael Fassbender and gallant heroes embodied by PRISON BREAK's Dominic Purcell and THE TUDORS Henry Cavill. It has an original plot and a creepy atmosphere and an open-ended climax screaming for a sequel. Above average horror.

This was a great, fast-paced scary movie with an interesting plot. It's a lot better than a lot of theater releases that I've seen in the past couple of months. Dominic Purcell plays his role well and so does Henry Cavill as the brother who watches over his nephews. It had really great special effects and was just overall very well done. Definitely give it a shot, but I have a feeling this will be one of those very underrated awesome movies.

I think this movie is O.K. The topic is good, but the delivery seems a little lacking. The first part started out interesting, but turned out not so good during the later parts of the film. Thanks.

BLOOD CREEK (aka TOWN CREEK) is pretty much a mess of a movie - in more ways than expected. But at least this very minor effort by Joel Schumacher continues his tradition of introducing fine lads to the screen in hopes of launching a career (Colin Farrell in TIGERLAND is a typical example). The story/screenplay by David Kajganich tries very hard to be substantial (Viking runes were left in about eight farms and the Nazi's preoccupation with the occult made them spend years tacking them down - the runes being a means toward immortality if you drink the right blood yada yada yada...), but in the end this is just another of the genre as SAW 1 - 6(?), Seven, Silence of the Lambs, Halloween 1 - 5, etc. If lots of blood and crazy behavior on a farm in dark territory inhabited by ageless creatures under the spell of a crazy guy is what rocks your boat, then welcome aboard.

The redeeming factor in the movie is the presence of Henry Cavill (of the Tudor series fame and fine actor waiting to be used in some choice roles) and Dominic Purcell. As brothers bent on vengeance they make the most of this plot, giving it as much dignity as could be expected. They deserve better material as they are both fine actors and personalities. So Joel Schumacher can't really be run out of town for this movie - he at least gave the two primary actors the chance for screen time. Only or those who love gore. Grady Harp, February 10

Blood Creek was much better than I was led to believe,That's why I usually don't take movie advise from people unless they have my love for certain aspects of the genre.
It was fast paced and somewhat original,the gore and effects were good enough to satisfy this hard core slasher lover.It didn't hurt that the two leading men are hot..Dominic Purcell and Henry Cavill both gorgeous and good actors as well.Actually all the acting in the movie was up to par.
If you like slasher and zombie flicks this is right up your alley.These are quite different zombies than I have seen before,they're not afflicted with a virus or anything like that and it's quite entertaining the way they come about.This movie deals with the occult,undead Nazis,feeding on human blood for survival and immortality .I think it's a good entry in this years Horror pool.I will watch it again.