I happened to stumble upon the 1983 horror movie "Blood Beat" here in 2021. And yeah, I had never even heard about the movie, so I didn't know what I was getting into here, aside from it being a horror movie. But of course I gave it a chance, as it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen. Who knows, maybe I had been missing out on a great horror cinematic experience.
Turns out that I hadn't. I truly and honestly hadn't missed out on anything here. The storyline in "Blood Beat", as written by writer and director Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos, was just insanely mundane, slow paced and rather boring actually. It was rather difficult to submerge myself into the storyline here and take a liking to the characters or the storyline itself, as everything just felt so bland.
For a horror movie then "Blood Beat" was a swing and a miss, no pun intended. Even for a movie made in 1983, then this was a stale horror experience, as there were far better and far more scary horror movies in the years before this one and the same year. So yeah, "Blood Beat" didn't really cut it.
The acting performances in the movie felt somewhat rigid and wooden, as if the actors and actresses weren't really buying into the plot and storyline themselves. And it showed on the screen and it certainly was keeping the movie down a notch.
If you enjoy horror movies, even the old 1980s horror movies, then there are far, far better choices readily available out there, and I wouldn't really recommend you wasting your time, money or effort on "Blood Beat".
My rating of writer and director Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos' 1983 movie lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
Turns out that I hadn't. I truly and honestly hadn't missed out on anything here. The storyline in "Blood Beat", as written by writer and director Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos, was just insanely mundane, slow paced and rather boring actually. It was rather difficult to submerge myself into the storyline here and take a liking to the characters or the storyline itself, as everything just felt so bland.
For a horror movie then "Blood Beat" was a swing and a miss, no pun intended. Even for a movie made in 1983, then this was a stale horror experience, as there were far better and far more scary horror movies in the years before this one and the same year. So yeah, "Blood Beat" didn't really cut it.
The acting performances in the movie felt somewhat rigid and wooden, as if the actors and actresses weren't really buying into the plot and storyline themselves. And it showed on the screen and it certainly was keeping the movie down a notch.
If you enjoy horror movies, even the old 1980s horror movies, then there are far, far better choices readily available out there, and I wouldn't really recommend you wasting your time, money or effort on "Blood Beat".
My rating of writer and director Fabrice-Ange Zaphiratos' 1983 movie lands on a generous three out of ten stars.