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4.0 out of 5 stars
E for effort,
This review is from: Bloodbath in the House of Knives (DVD)
Held my attention. Not great, or good. Great to see a movie with real effects no cgi, and no budget. I collect classic Italian, and horror splattered stuff like that. Glad this is in my collection.
4.0 out of 5 stars
I heart stabbing!,
This review is from: Bloodbath in the House of Knives (DVD)
In all honesty this movie is pretty darn good and deserves some better reviews than I have seen posted here. The idea isn't new or original but it is refreshing that film makers are start to delve a little deeper into the slasher genre and revive some great ideas from the past such as the Gialio film!Stylistically based more on Argento than Carpenter, Bloodbath in the House of Knives is abrasive, disturbing and occasionally humorous in all the right places. Sure the budget is low (or non existent) but an interesting story-line and stand out performances by the cast (which includes John Link and Troma head honcho Llyod Kaufman) make this an entertaining gore filled romp!
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Terrible Low-Budget Slasher Flick,
This review is from: Bloodbath in the House of Knives (DVD)
BIG SPOILERS HERE.I had high hopes for this movie after seeing some positive reviews, but after 15 or 20 minutes I realized this was going to be really quite awful. The story is poorly written, but the acting from several primary characters is even worse. The two female leads and two police detectives are extremely wooden actors with no capacity to convey realistic emotions. Anne Reiss as Ivy, the key protagonist, is completely unlikable and has no depth whatsoever. Monica Moehring as Ivy's sister Violet is scarcely better and equally unlikable. But the worst actor of all is probably Joseph Michael as lead detective Bliss. An absolutely atrocious performance. The script is very amateurish with no wry sense of black humor or clever lines. The plotting is full of gaping holes and unexplained events. Who is this Vivian chick who was murdered at the beginning of the movie and what did she have to do with anything else? Maybe I missed something, but I can't bear to watch the movie a second time to find out. The man who mysteriously shot the murderer of Ivy and Violet's dad is never explained, nor is the dad's murder itself. I think it might have been implied that Ivy and Violet set up their dad's murder, but it's never really clarified nor revisited as a plot point. Either way, the dad's death remains an unsolved murder, as is the murder of the murderer. In fact, the first three deaths in the movie appear to be completely random and unrelated to the unfolding plot of Violet wanting to kill her sister. The fourth murder, which is of Ivy and Violet's friend, is the first committed by the person in the Greek mask (who we later find out is Violet). But what is the reason that Violet wants to torture and kill this friend? I suppose you could say Violet is just unhinged and trying to torment her sister, but when Ivy finds out about her friend's death, she reacts like she has just burnt her morning toast; ho hum, no big deal. When you watch the movie, observe the person in the Greek mask carefully; it is clearly a man of normal weight, with no boobs. Later, the person in the Greek mask attacks Ivy in her kitchen, so Ivy knows first-hand the size and weight of her attacker. She also wrestles with the killer to control a knife for a full minute (in a ridiculous scene) and holds her own physically, so it makes no sense when Ivy encounters the very large, strong and heavy-set bartender later in the movie (without any mask) and thinks he is the killer. She's SEEN the killer, WRESTLED with the killer, and should KNOW the massive bartender doesn't match the body type of the killer at all. The ultimate reveal of Violet as the killer comes as no surprise, as the only other possibility left in the movie would have been detective Bliss, and Violet was the much more obvious choice. But there is NO WAY Monica Moehring (Violet) played the role of the Greek-mask killer earlier in the movie. No matter how tightly you might wrap her boobs with duct tape, her body type is completely different than the killer shown earlier in the movie. Just observe the killer and compare his body with Violet's; you will agree that they are two different people. The only decent performances in the movie are from Lloyd Kaufman as the lawyer and John Link as the hypnotist, but these are minor roles (especially Link's). Everything else about the movie is flat, predictable and blatantly staged, though at least the music score attempts to rescue the miserably acted scenes. Bloodbath in the House of Knives is a terrible movie that is really quite difficult to watch. It isn't smart enough to be so bad that it's campy, like Sleepaway Camp, nor is it a stylish thriller like the best giallo movies from the '70s or '80s. There's hundreds of better movies of this type available, so do a little research and get The Devil's Rejects or Alice, Sweet Alice.
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