Bloodtype Online

    This interesting short film tells the story of a young man who is picked on for lurking around and taking pictures of a pretty girl.  While she is kind to him and tells her boyfriend to leave him alone it doesn’t help the situation.  Eventually the girl’s boyfriend finds him talking to her again, and as soon as she is out of sight he beats the hell out of him.  When the boy gets home his father sees what has happened and decides enough is enough.  Here is where things get interesting because the boy’s father also happens to be a cold-blooded serial killer.  So his solution is to kill the bully, his parents, and whoever else happens to be around.   

    Since I’ve started reviewing movies for the site I’ve had to sit through way too many lousy lower budget movies.  But it is worth sitting through all of those bad movies to find something like A Thousand Words: Bloodline.  I really enjoyed the story and found it to be engaging and entertaining.  Not only do they develop the conflict between the bully and the son, but also the story explains why the father reacts the way that he does.  Honestly the most sympathetic characters in the movie are the killer and his son.  Another thing that really impressed me is how well the cast does.  I’m fairly certain that the cast isn’t made up of professional actors, but they still do a really fine job in the movie.   

    The special effects in the movie are very limited with most of the action happening off frame.  But again this is a very low budget film and as I’ve said before I would rather not see a poorly executed effect shot.  I would also like to point out how shocked I was with how well the movie was light and shot.  The film looks great and sounds great as well.  That tells me that the there are some really talented filmmakers behind this project. 

    This is an excellent short film (30 minutes) shot with amateur actors and for very little money.  I highly recommend that every check this one out and can’t wait for their next project. 

Rating - ***

-John "El Juan" Shatzer