Tuesday 22 October 2019

#Blogtober 22 - Halloween Bloggery - Apocalypse of the Blood Freak

It's a free film recommendation today, for a new indie low budget horror project.  And when I say low budget, I mean a £200 budget.  From a London based film collective, Tite90 productions, this takes a very experimental approach, with particular notice to horror tropes and cliches, not really making fun of them like Darkplace, more having a dialogue with these elements.  It's partially inspired by a pair of cult titles; Blood Freak and Troll 2.  For the first, it's in the way that even in many old exploitation horrors, there was a definite attempt to make a real heartfelt point.  From the second, it's from the way you'd sometimes have sequels that have no real connection to the originals.  Following its own  particular DIY Filmmaking manifesto, nicknamed DOGGO, this has a "decentralised" approach, with several members of the crew creating their own sections, within the resources available, and the whole thing linked together with careful editing. With inventive visuals, in a nightmare logic narrative, which goes all the way from pastiche to genuine mindfucks of the highest order, this is a real treat, and I'm not just saying this because a friend of mine made it and narrated it. So, for free on YouTube now, just in time for Halloween, enjoy Apocalypse of the Blood Freak!


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