Blood of the Beast (2003)

Director:

Georg Koszulinski

Writer:

Georg Koszulinski (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The year: 2012. 3 billion dead. And the nightmare is just beginning.

Plot:

In the year 2012, the 3rd great war comes to an end. The war claims no victors, but both sides succeed in executing their chemical warfare campaigns...

Plot Keywords:

2012 | Cloning | 2030s | Religion | Slaughter

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Georg Koszulinski	...	Jesse
Matt Devine	...	James
Sharon Chudnow	...	Alice
Josh Breit	...	Stevie (as Joshua Breit)
Natalie Sullivan	...	Julie
Markeia McCarty		(as Keia McCarty)
Derrick Aguis	...	The Hiker
Brian Tamm	...	John
Carol Zarzecki	...	Mae
Charles Norton	...	Reverend
Darrin Townsend	...	Earl's voice / Student
Leonardo A. Garcia	...	Student #1 / First Strand (as Leo Garcia)
Emmi Nakagawa	...	Female student
Tom Lapke	...	Professor
Jessica Moseley	...	Newscaster (voice)

Runtime:

USA:74 min | USA:67 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Company:

Substream Films

Quotes:

James: Jesse, I brought these.
[indicating two guns]
Jesse: Do those even work?
James: They'll knock anyone down who tries to get at us.
Jesse: I'm sure they said that at the military base, too.
James: Yeah, well you'll be thanking me when I save your dumb ass.

ulrra-no budget weird little flick

Hey now, this is an ultra-low budget weird little flick, with a strange mix of high-school science film, Blair Witch Project, Night of the Living Dead, and a dash of Eraserhead, for the parts where you can't tell what the hell you're looking at but it's sure strange. Imagine a future where men have been all but rendered sterile and the cloning of people is as ordinary as regular child-bearing. Except when the 'first strand' of clones reach a certain age and go haywire. For all its faults, this is pretty well done and if you can get past the way it was filmed, not on film but video, you may enjoy it. Perhaps enjoy isn't the right word, though, because it portrays a bleak and ominous existence. It also shows that the grunge look is still in, which is even more depressing. Despite the low budget and non-professional actors, this manages to get across a feeling of dread throughout the movie, and I kind of like that in a horror film, low budget or not. For some reason this morphs from a color film to a black and white film with title cards towards the end (more like subtitles) when the last of the "normal" people are trying to survive up against the ones that have blown their DNA gaskets. For a cheapie, this is pretty creepy, and worth a watch. 7 out of 10 stars.