Book of Blood (2008)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

John Harrison

Writers (WGA):

John Harrison (screenplay) &
Darin Silverman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

8 May 2009 (Turkey)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of so-called "highways" transporting souls in the afterlife. |

Plot Keywords:

Intersection | Jukebox | Female Rear Nudity | Rain | Clairvoyant

Cast

Jonas Armstrong	...	Simon McNeal
Sophie Ward	...	Mary Florescu
Clive Russell	...	Wyburd
Paul Blair	...	Reg Fuller
Romana Abercromby	...	Janie
Simon Bamford	...	Derek
James Watson	...	Jimmy
Doug Bradley	...	Tollington
Gowan Calder	...	Janie's Mother
Graham Colquhoun	...	Simon's Father
Marcus McLeod	...	Janie's Father
James McAnerney	...	Doctor Nigel Blake
Joy McBrinn	...	Waitress
Charlie McFadden	...	Joanne
Jack North	...	Simon (age 11)

Also Known As:

Clive Barker's Book of Blood (Philippines: English title) (UK) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

Germany:96 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45437) | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company:

Matador Pictures

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mary Florescu: The dead have highways, running through the wasteland behind our lives, bearing an endless traffic of departed souls. They can be heard in the broken places of our world, through cracks made out of cruelty, violence, and depravity. They have sign posts, these highways, and crossroads and intersections. And it is at these intersections where the dead mingle, and sometimes spill over into our world.

Soundtrack:

Unchain My Heart

Mess, with some good attempts.

Saw this movie on 7th of march at the fantasy film fest nights in Hamburg. What a mess of a film. Unbelievable Characters with unbelievable actions without any point. Dramatic situations change into scenes like this: "OK, something supernatural just happened here what i was working and waiting for all my life, which i have never expected to happen, and which scared the hell out of me, but hey, although its dangerous and i am wounded - ah, lets just have sex..." ??? The plot jumps from one "topic" to another and everything is getting so confused that you just don't get the goal of this movie. Was it about ghosts, childhood trauma, erotic fantasies or about voyeurs? All these Topics put together in one movie make all the good, dramatic aspects look just laughable. The climax was simply ridiculous too, so to sum it all up - it was a mess of a movie with some good attempts, shocking effects and some nice visuals, but complete absence of credibility. Not worth watching it.