Blood Junkie (2010) (DVD Review)
Directed By: Drew Rosas
Starring: Nick Sommer, Mike Johnson, Sarah Luther
Rated: UR/Region: 0/1:77/Number of disc: 1
Available from Troma
High school senior Laura Mills? parents are gone for the weekend, leaving her stuck at home babysitting her lame little brother. When her friends invite her on a camping adventure, she decides to join the fun and drag him along. But what starts out as a killer weekend, might just become a killing one when they discover an abandoned building where evil resides!
For anyone who miss the old school days of horror this is a movie for you. Here we get a slasher that is shot in the spirit of the 80s and more or less pulls off the 80s vibe with the film’s look and style. The movie is way more creative than just a once over will show. There are moments that you could brush off as just bad editing, but once the final shoe drops at the end you realize just how smart the film is, even if you can at moments guess where it might all be going. It also helps that it is funny without being too funny, an area that many lower budget horror films fail.
If we could complain about anything with this one it might be that we don’t get the gore we are expecting to get from a film titled Blood Junkie. I wish we had more gore and some old school effects to go with the tone and environment of the film. I think that is all we are missing from having a modern day classic on our hands. Instead, we end up with a very cool little flick that will be well worth you checking out. It isn’t a classic, but it is VERY good for what it is.
– Introduction by Debbie Rochon and Lloyd Kaufman
– Commentary by director Drew Rosas
– Deleted scenes
– Slideshow
– PLASTIC FANGS: A short film by Drew Rosas
– Blood Junkie trailer
– Tromatic Extras
