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Brotherhood of Blood (V)
“With choppy action scenes, stilted gore, and poor direction all around, BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD doesn’t have much to recommend it. It’s cool that Foree and Haig got together again, but why? Because of the off-screen talent involved? Give me a fucking break. This is one of the worst movies I’ve seen so far this year.”
The DVD cover of BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD trumpets the cinematic reunion of horror legends Ken Foree and Sid Haig like some sort of Z-horror jerk-off preview for RIGHTEOUS KILL. Dude, it’s Foree and Haig, not Coombs and Crampton, but hey, they were both serving time in that shitty-ass DEVIL’S REJECTS, and
THAT was technically a horror movie, so it’s definitely worth getting them together for a stillborn direct-to-DVD vampire film, right?
BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD is another recent release under the Ghost House Underground label, but it’s obviously one of the lesser films in the collection. The plot is horribly, unnecessarily convoluted, with the narrative moving back and forth in time with practically every scene change: from Brazon, Romania (3 weeks ago), to San Pedro, California (today), to Los Angeles, California (yesterday), back to San Pedro (last night), and then back to L.A. (today), and on and on, until you feel like you’re mired in a rift in the space/time continuum that allows only the repetitive performances of bad actors trying to enunciate through plaster fangs.
Here’s the plot: Tom’s brother got scraped by a dead vampire’s tooth while exploring in Romania and everybody is trying to find him before he turns vamp, including a pack of obviously inept vampire hunters (led by Leno-jawed huntress Victoria Pratt) and a bunch of vampires with vaguely European accents. Tension is minimal, as much of the film is shot on interior sets that would look extremely cheap if they weren’t perpetually drenched in steam from off-camera smoke-machines. The vampire hunters capture and torture vampire Ken Foree—wearing a puffy Seinfeld-style pirate shirt and full-on buccaneer get-up—in order to obtain information, and their garbled interrogation takes up the majority of the film’s running time. It turns out that all the vampires are scared because Satan, himself, is rumored to be riding in on his sleigh to clean some vampire house. All of the vampires refer to Satan as “Vlad Kosay”, and they invoke his name so many times (as in, “I am so afraid of Vlad Kosay!”) it becomes pretty obvious that they’re ripping off THE USUAL SUSPECTS within the first 30 minutes.
With choppy action scenes, stilted gore, and poor direction all around, BROTHERHOOD OF BLOOD doesn’t have much to recommend it. It’s cool that Foree and Haig got together again, but why? Because of the off-screen talent involved? Give me a fucking break. This is one of the worst movies I’ve seen so far this year.
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SCREAMBOX Investigates UFOs and Extraterrestrials: Several Documentaries Streaming Right Now!
As someone who is obsessed with UFOS (or more recently known as UAPs) and the concept of extraterrestrials, I love a good documentary. Sightings have been on the rise since the 1940s, with the atomic bomb seemingly acting as a catalyst for new visitors. But what are these UFOs/UAPs? Is there an explanation or are they simply beyond our explanation? Why are they here? Who are they? How much do our governments know? The questions are endless and so are the documentaries that attempt to uncover the secrets behind decades of sightings and alleged confrontations.
Whether you’re a seasoned viewer or new to the rabbit hole, there’s always a handful of interesting documentaries to get your neurons firing and leave you with sleepless nights. SCREAMBOX is investigating with the addition of several docs, all streaming now on the Bloody Disgusting-powered service. Here’s the breakdown:
Aliens (2021): Beam into this unidentified streaming documentary for a glimpse into Extraterrestrial life. Aliens are hypothetical life forms that may occur outside Earth or that did not originate on Earth.
Aliens Uncovered: Origins (2021): Before Area 51, hidden deep in the desert, the military discovered a hidden gem that helped them create Project Bluebook.
Aliens Uncovered: ET or Man-Made (2022): The crash of Roswell wasn’t meant for New Mexico. In 1947, a neighboring state had 3 major sightings that were swept under the rug.
Aliens Uncovered: The Golden Record (2023): In the late 70s, the US government launched a message to our distant neighbors.
Roswell (2021): This high-flying documentary examines the July 1947 crash of a United States Army Air Forces balloon at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Theories claim the crash was actually that of a flying saucer, but what is the truth?
Also check out:
The British UFO Files (2004): Since the 1940’s the British Government has been investigating the Flying Saucer phenomenon. High-ranking military and government personnel, speak out for the first time, offering unique eyewitness accounts and inside information.
Alien Abductions and Paranormal Sightings (2016): Amazing Footage and stories from real people as they reveal their personal encounters of being abducted by Aliens.
And do not miss Hellier (2019): A crew of paranormal researchers find themselves in a dying coal town, where a series of strange coincidences lead them to a decades-old mystery.
These documentaries join SCREAMBOX’s growing library of unique horror content, including Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, Here for Blood, Terrifier 2, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story, The Outwaters, Living with Chucky, Project Wolf Hunting, and Pennywise: The Story of IT.
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