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Blood Paradise
Sweden / USA 2018
produced by Andréa Winter for Von Barkenberg Productions
directed by Patrick von Barkenberg
starring Andréa Winter, Patrick von Barkenberg, Martina Novak, Rolf Brunnström, Linda Dahlin, Ingrid Hedström, Jakob Brunnström Hedström, Christer Cavallius, Ellinor Berglund, Lars Brunnström, Frankie Batista
written by Andréa Winter, Patrick von Barkenberg, music by Andréa Winter
review by Mike Haberfelner
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After the latest novel of writer Robin Richards (Andréa Winter)
flopped, she lost all self-confidence and is convinced she'll never be
able to write again - so her publisher (Martina Novak) sends her to
Sweden, to find her inner balance and inspiration on a farm in the middle
of nowhere. But really, the Swedish countryside does nothing to find her
peace of mind - or rather it's the locals that freak her out a bit,
including her driver Hans (Christer Cavallius), who's an obsessive fan of
hers, his wife Elsa (Ellinor Berglund), who's dangerously jealous, a
hunter (Jakob Brunnström Hedström) who loves his gun a bit too much, and
then there's of course the owner (Rolf Brunnström) of the farm Robin
stays at who seems to harbour a secret of his own. At first, Robin blames
everything on her strained nerves, and the fact that she's not at all cut
out for country life, and figures once her boyfriend (Patrick von
Barkenberg) arrives everything will turn out fine. Only, the boyfriend
doesn't arrive - or rather, he arrives and gets killed, unbeknowest to
Robin. From here on though, things can go only one way - and that's
downhill ... Now this one certainly is one of the more unusual
entries into the horror genre, basically a psycho thriller with traces of
slasher, character study and even absurd comedy, all rolled into one, into
a story that obviously enjoys to twist and turn and play with audience
expectations. And the directorial effort really plays into the hands of
the script here, betting on understatement most of the time to let things
develop to full effect rather naturally. And of course a solid cast helps
as well to turn this into a rather interesting and surprising genre film
that's well worth a watch.
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
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a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
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