Books of Blood (2020)

★ 6.3 1h 47m 497 votes IMDb
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A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

Books of Blood

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Cast

Britt Robertson
Britt Robertson as Jenna Age 36 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Brittany Leanna Robertson is an American actress. She is known for playing the lead role in Tomorrowland, as well as for film roles in The Space Between Us and A Dog's Purpose. Robertson also starred...
Freda Foh Shen
Freda Foh Shen as Ellie Age 77 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA Freda Foh Shen (born April 25, 1948) is an American actress. She is best known for the voice of Fa Li in the 1998 Disney animated film Mulan and its 2004 direct-to-video sequel Mulan II, and for playi...
Nicholas Campbell
Nicholas Campbell as Sam Age 74 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Nicholas Campbell (born 24 March 1952), sometimes credited as Nick Campbell, is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, who has won three Gemini Awards for acting. The movies Naked Lunch, Prozac Nation and th...
Anna Friel
Anna Friel as Mary Age 49 · Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Friel, lice...
Rafi Gavron
Rafi Gavron as Simon Age 36 · Hendon, London, England, UK Raphael Pichey Gavron (born 24 June 1989) is a British actor. He had supporting roles in the films Breaking  (2006), Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and the series Life...
Yul Vazquez
Yul Vazquez as Bennett Age 61 · La Havana, Cuba Yul Vázquez was born in Cuba. He is an actor and he is married to Linda Larkin. He has appeared as “Bob” in the Seinfeld episodes “The Soup Nazi”, “The Sponge” and “The Puerto Rican Day”. YUL VÁZQUEZ...

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tmdb28039023 2/10 Aug 30, 2022
Books of Blood is a horror anthology ostensibly based on an eponymous series of short story collections by Clive Barker. The movie is divided into several segments, but there are only two distinguishable stories, and only one of them has its origin in a Barker text.

There’s about 30 minutes worth of a good movie here; visually evoking the best of Hellraiser and narratively full of rich irony and poetic justice.

Even if Barker was not involved (and I assume he wasn’t), and even if the filmmakers take creative liberties, the strength of the source material shines through; it’s recognizably Clive Barker and it’s given a first rate treatment.

The problem is that the rest of movie has nothing to do with the original Books of Blood, and doesn’t come close to the Barker’s level of sophistication and intellect; it doesn’t even qualify as a pastiche.

This is not to say its ideas aren’t sound, and in fact it has a couple of neat tricks up its sleeve (in particular the composition of certain shots).

This is the director’s is first feature film and it shows potential, but next time he might want to work without the comfort, or the constraints, of a figurative safety net.

Why not make your own movie, tell your own story, make a name for yourself, instead of sheltering under an iconic name that ultimately won’t attract praise any more than it will repel criticism? Even if he failed, at least it would be on his own terms.

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