Book of Blood (2008)

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

A movie of a haunting, with a small twist

It was not a completely bad movie. The music was nice, the actors played decently and the story had some appeal. However, once you get over the blood and the scarred skin, you realize it is just another movie about a haunting with some added special effects. Poltergeist had the same idea, only instead of "dead highways" it was a native burial ground disturbed by a suburbia project. However, while in Poltergeist you had some characters you could relate to, this one features a crazy woman, a sleazy tech (I am a tech and I didn't like him) and an obnoxious kid. I actually cared more about the psychopathic killer!

Bottom line: it tries to capture the weird Barker vibe, but it actually fails. Actually I can't imagine a movie that would outBarker a Clive Barker book. In the end it is just an average (and less scary) horror movie.