‘He’s ancient… He’s evil… And he’s terrorizing the 80s.’
The Bloody Man is a 2020 American horror film about a nine-year-old who has to face off against the evil titular character.
Directed by Daniel Benedict (Bunni; The Unwanted) from a screenplay co-written with Casi Benedict, the movie stars Tuesday Knight and Lisa Wilcox (both in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4), plus Mercedez Varble, Dan Eardley, Jason Crowe and Roni Jonah.
Plot:
In the 1980s, nine-year-old Sam is struggling with family, friends, school, and the evilest being he can imagine… The Bloody Man, who is unknowingly summoned and will stop at nothing to destroy everything Sam holds dear…
Reviews:
“It’s obviously working within a smallish budget and although it has managed to attract Elm Street legends Lisa Wilcox and Tuesday Knight, the blatant issues in all departments become abundantly clear as the film progresses. The acting is actually pretty dreadful in places (not quite on Troll 2 levels but not a million miles off either) and the editing and framing of a lot of the shots is amateur-looking.” The Fright Club
“With a running time weighing in at two hours plus one would expect a storyline to both match that length and fill it to the brim. Instead, we have a meandering, sprawling and under-constructed narrative that seems unwilling to commit to its central thrust, effectively going around in circles rather than telling a coherent story. It’s earnest but flawed…” 2 out of 10, My Bloody Reviews
” …The Bloody Man totally lacks any ironic distance to the long-gone era. And one has to tip one’s hat to Daniel Benedict for sure, he has created a pretty perfect hommage, unfortunately not only taking the good from yesteryear’s genre cinema (of which there’s plenty of) but also a certain amount of cheesiness that good horror has long since overcome.” Search My Trash
“Director Daniel Benedict (Bunni, The Unwanted) and co-writer Casi Clark even make us sit through visualizations of a trio of dull stories the siblings tell before finally telling us what we already guessed and letting the monster loose, something it should have done at least half an hour sooner. Making this even worse is the acting. Most of the cast have limited or no other experience and it frequently shows.” Voices from the Balcony
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Release:
The Bloody Man will be released On-Demand (VOD) by Wild Eye Releasing on July 12, 2022.
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Cast and characters:
Tuesday Knight … Kim Harris
Lisa Wilcox … Laurie Harris
KateLynn E. Newberry … Audrey
Roni Jonah … Peggy
Ellie Parker … Stacy
Paul Gregory … Charles
Daniel Benedict … Diner Manager
Spencer Kingsley … Nate
Jason Crowe … The Devil
Dan Eardley … Principal Payne
Dominick Wilkins … William Hyde
Jeremy Carr … Daniel Harris
Lila Schaffner … Elizabeth
Mercedez Varble … Bonnie
Ella Benedict … Katrina
ZJ Mathews … Steve
Jonathan Humphrey … John
Jeremy Scoggins … Josiah
Casi Clark … Mrs Richard
Stephanie Wells … Mrs Darrell
Lauren Wallace … The Sister
Kye Hicks … Perry
Technical details:
2 hours 13 minutes (whaaaat?)
