Blood Was Everywhere

USA 2012
produced by
Sherrie Lemire, J. Schaefer (executive) for Sun In 10 Productions
directed by Jason Torrey
starring Ashley Arnold, Kimberly Simone, Vanessa Leigh, Phillip Ristaino, John Westcott, Kevin Hayes, Ben Kirchmyer, Erin Lynch, Sherrie Lemire, Popi Kapiris, Paul Kratka, Dita Prenn, Adam Morey, Neal Howland, Andrew Adler, Carlos Gilliam, Lynn Jolicoeur, Evan Howland, Al Carr, Kayla Black, Keith Carlson, Lori Gish, Sean Sullivan
written by Jason Torrey, additional material by Sherrie Lemire, J Schaefer, music by Kevin MacLeod, songs by Herra Terra, Agents of Venus, Southern Vein, Ellis Ashbrook, Age of End, Mike Maven, Chrysalis

review by
Mike Haberfelner

Blood Was Everywhere invites us to a small, working class Massachusetts community where everyone knows everyone, and not always to everyone's advantage: There's Angela (Ashley Arnold), barmaid at the local bar who's really fed up with her junkie-brother Kevin's (Phillip Ristaino) shenanigans, since he has the talent to tear everybody down with him - but he also knows where to get the best dope. There's drugpusher Nathan (Larry Holden), who tries to act like a bigshot kingpin, but never can wholly hide that he's actually a pretty decent guy, to the point where his girlfriend (Vanessa Leigh) calls him "Boo". There's Kevin's friend Jack (Adam Morey), who's out on probation - and against better judgment he helps trouble magnet Kevin out time and again. There's Angela's husband Kyle (John Westcott), who's a really nice guy ... but also a bit too much of a pushover to "take care of things". There's Angela's best friend Jess (Kimberly Simone), who constantly complains that her ex Rick (Neal Howland) is staliking her - but the two have made up quite so often in the past that nobody can really blame Rick for hoping that it might happen yet again.

Apart from that, there's also an anonymous serial killer in town who by the by kills all the protagonists ... and the only lead to him might be an autistic girl (Popi Kapiris) - but when she tries to get the message across, nor even her mum (Sherrie Lemire) understands what she's talking about ...

While rather obviously influenced by slasher movies from the 1970s and 80s, and totally delivering on the gruesome murder side of things (though leaving much of the actual gruesomeness to "what you don't see"), Blood Was Everywhere takes a radically different, bold, and actually very rewarding approach to things, as rather than throw a bunch of people into one single situation where they are slaughtered one by one in a cannon-fodder sort of way, Blood Was Everywhere allows itself the luxury to fall apart into subplots to properly introduce its characters and reveal their hidden eccentricities, secrets, whatever, and even features a lengthy flashback to fill us in on backstories of the characters, many of them dead in the here and now already. That all of this works though is not only thanks to clever writing but also to a really good ensemble cast and a suitably subtle directorial effort.

Really something different, and well worth a watch!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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