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Of late, the tables have been turned on vampirekind when it has been found out that vampire blood is actually a highly addictive blood. The one problem  is that if one overdoses, you turn into a vampire oneself. in front of this backdrop, cousins Eric (John R. Howley) and Sean (Jasper Jones) are on the run from a dangerous drug dealer, Dustin (Andrew Bell), after having lost his stash without a way to repaying him. They make it to a presumably abandoned house, and it's then when Sean starts to act more and more erratic, as if having withdrawal symptoms. And when they find a girl, Sarah (Tori Wong) - and Sean immediately slashes her throat and drinks her blood - and overdoses. And if it wasn't for Sarah's rapid intervention, he would have turned, too, but she tells Eric what to do just in time. Because you see, Sarah's not a vampire by choice and doesn't find pleasure in making others suffer.She actually wants to go to Canada to get treatment for her condition, but she can't do it on her own so asks Eric for assistance. In return she even offers to give him some blood to settle the balance with Dustin. This of course seems to be the perfect solution for everybody's problems. Only, when things appear to be too perfect they usually are, because when Sean delivers the blood to Dustin, Dustin demands to know where it's from. And he doesn't shy away from violence and even murder to get his hands on it ...

Now sure, Bleeding isn't the first movie to liken vampirism to addiction by a longshot, but that said, writer/director Andrew Bell puts quite a clever spin on it, blurring the line between good and evil more than many other films of its ilk while freely blending elements of horror, addiction drama and gangster movie to a surprisingly coherent whole, helped by an atmosphere-heavy directorial effort and a very competent cast. Just be warned, this is by no means a geel-good movie or a mindless horror ride - but a pretty rewarding piece of vampire cinema still.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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