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Dry Blood
USA 2016
produced by Kelton Jones, Suzan Jones, Graham Sheldon, Clint Carney (executive), Eric Tuennecke (executive) for Bloody Knuckles Entertainment
directed by Kelton Jones
starring Clint Carney, Jaymie Valentine, Kelton Jones, Robert V. Galluzzo, Rin Ehlers, Graham Sheldon, Macy Johnson, Savea Kagan (voice)
written by Clint Carney, music by System Syn, special makeup effects by Chad Engel, Sioux Sinclair
review by Mike Haberfelner
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For his umpteenth attempt to go clean, Brian (Clint Carney) goes to a
cabin he owns in the mountains, figuring being away from the city (and its
many opportunities to score stuff) might just help his sobriety. At first
though it's almost impossible to deal with the withdrawal syndromes, and
the fact that a local cop (Kelton Jones) is a bit too "friendly"
- and much too nosey - doesn't help at all ... especially when Brian
starts suspecting the cop of doing a little mindfuck with him. The arrival
of Brian's best friend Anna brings relief - she's a really compassionate
woman who'd go through hell for Brian, but she also takes no shit from him
and forces him to stay clean no matter what. Thing is, Brian starts to
"see things", like a walking corpse, men with deer head and the
like, and eventually they find out that's not because of drugs and
alcohol, Brian has seen things even before he was doing any. But problems
arise when Brian falls more and more in love with Anna, and she has more
and more problems pushing her away ... and then one day, he finds her
dead, murdered - but he can't really be sure of it as her body seems to
pop up in different places, and sometimes not quite dead even. This though
is when the local cop gets really nosey, and Brian's ex-wife (Rin Ehlers),
who co-owns the cabin with him, and her new boyfriend (Graham Sheldon) pop
up as well - no big surprise then that things turn ugly ... Dry
Blood is an enjoyable mindfuck of a movie, as it really plays with the
perception of the audience in regards to what's real what's illusion just
like the lead character is never really able to tell, and time and again
it neglects the rules of linear storytelling just to confuse the viewer -
in a rather clever sort of way. And what really works in favour of this
approach to storytelling is that the film refuses to give a proper
explanation to the last, keeping one guessing even after it's over. This
all is achieved by clever storytelling, a directorial effort that not
necessarily gives in to the lure of spectacle (though there are many
outlandish moments in Dry Blood), and some really strong
performances. Well worth a look!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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