Directed by:
Alister GriersonScreenplay:
Robert BenjaminCinematography:
Brad ShieldComposer:
Brian CachiaCast:
Ben O'Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Bryan Probets, Tim Ross, Brad McMurray, Scott George, Sisi Stringer, Korey Williams, Joshua Brennan (more)VOD (1)
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When Melanie’s mother Dawn starts to descend into paranoia, she is forced to make tough choices to keep them both safe, all while navigating her life, love and her own mistakes.
Dawn recently lost her husband and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie plans to move away for college. An altercation with a hostile new neighbour aggravates Dawn’s mental condition, and shebegins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Determined to help her mum, Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn’s reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. She starts to spiral out of control - sabotaging Melanie’s academics, social life, and blossoming love life. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices about her own life as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing.
Bloody Hell is an action/horror film that was shot and post produced in Queensland, doubling for Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland and is an Australian qualifying feature film.
(Radioactive Pictures)
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A nicely distinctive approach to well-established horror tropes that uses comedic self-awareness through the protagonist’s physically displayed consciousness; he’s a solid badass who drops pretty funny wisecracks and with an ambiguity that leads to a very surprising black-humorous finale. The flashbacks in the second half slow down the otherwise fast pace and the jumps from pure horror to full parody grind at times, but what the hell, it’s original entertainment with interesting villains and that’s more than enough. 70%
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Well, that was some good horror-comedy silliness. The protagonist has a simple but pretty original backstory, which is more than enough for this kind of tale. He soon finds himself a prisoner of a family of psychopathic Finns and must find a way to get out of his predicament before it’s too late. Bloody Hell is a fairly well balanced blend of humour and brutal exploitation scenes that is carried mostly by the main character. I agree with those who say that Rex deserves a film franchise. He could always pack and go to some foreign country only to face a new kind of hell.
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A gem from Australia with exploitation traits! This year is starting off great. I'm really satisfied and I would classify Bloody Hell as a nice guilty pleasure. After a long time, I see a real bad ass hero in horror, and when I say bad ass, I mean a modern-day Ash from Evil Dead! The story begins with a bank robbery. The protagonist takes the law into his own hands and effortlessly eliminates all the thieves, but instead of self-defense, he commits a ruthless act of violence and goes to serve six years. After his release from prison, he becomes a celebrity and a national hero, people literally call him John Wick and Captain America! 😃 But fame isn't for him, and he decides to travel to Finland where nobody knows him, but there he falls into the wrong hands and finds himself in a much worse situation - tied up in a cellar with a severed leg, in the power of a crazy family. The protagonist has an alter ego that is constantly joking. The film has several interesting surprises, which it doses throughout, and one of them is very unexpected! And there is even a bit of gore. Very entertaining and quotable, with references to older films (Misery), suspenseful, visually decent, with plenty of ideas and violence, and the protagonist is someone I want to see again, preferably with a chainsaw! A very entertaining ride! Story***, Action***, Humor****, Violence***, Entertainment****, Music***, Visual****, Atmosphere****, Tension****. 8/10.
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A little film from down under that definitely doesn’t embarrass itself within the genre (I understand there weren’t any high ambitions here, but it could have turned out much worse). The core of the story is delightfully crazy and offbeat, and the character of the schizophrenic Rex is even more out there. I hadn’t heard of Ben O'Toole before, but he’s the main reason this project didn’t fall apart like a house of cards; he provided the film with its metaphorical support. The conversations with himself are among the best elements of the film during its 95 minutes. As I hinted, the plot involving the kidnapping of the protagonist, the amputation of his leg, and his subsequent escape must have seemed absolutely bizarre on paper, but thankfully, the result was bearable. It is often a showcase of genre clichés, but Rex’s charisma managed to save it as best as possible. The brutal ending, replete with blood, was satisfying, and the oversized “monster” at the end was a surprise. Ideal for killing time. 6/10
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When horror and comedy are listed among a film’s genres, you more or less know what to expect, and this one was no exception. Basically, it was a silly mess that I would tear to pieces if it hadn't been for the extremely likable main character and if I hadn’t perversely enjoyed all that blood splattering, the careless handling of parts of the human anatomy, and the Americans’ idea of what Finland is like. I wouldn't recommend the film to vegans or vegetarians, but it’s practically a must for golf lovers:-)
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