Blood Gnome (2004 Video) User Reviews

student film gone haywire

[jackmeat · 2/10 · 19 February 2004]

The sheer stupidity of this movie I can get past. But the fact they tried to take themselves seriously for this pile of crap I can't. You really don't want to see this movie, and if I hadn't gotten a free copy of it, I wouldn't have seen it either. Do yourself a favor, go watch Gremlins, cause this movie isn't scary, funny, or sexy. They want you to think so, but it just isn't

Julie Strain, what were you thinking????

Just Say Gno

[ghoulieguru · 2/10 · 4 November 2004]

In this unofficial sequel to Critters (or maybe it's Ghoulies), a bunch of evil latex puppets terrorize anyone foolish enough to partake in BDSM. The sad part is, there's almost an interesting idea here, but it is totally wasted. It would have been nice if the writer would have actually done some research, rather than just watching Exit to Eden a couple of times and assuming he knew anything about the fetish community.

There's a goofy walkthrough by Scream Queen Julie Strain (which may be the highlight of the movie, sad to say). This movie would make Lloyd Kaufman, Roger Corman and Charlie Band cringe.

What, the title's not enough for you?

[Leigh L. · 28 November 2003]

I can't imagine why anybody would NOT want to see a film with a name like Blood Gnome. However, be warned: while the title and cover might lead you to expect something along the lines of a cheap Critters/Ghoulies rip-off for the 21st century, it's actually more like a BDSM promotional film that just happens to have knee-high bloodthirsty goblins from another dimension scampering about in the background. I'm serious.

The other thing about Blood Gnome is that, while undeniably entertaining in a no-budget, student film kind of way, it doesn't have an ironic or self-aware bone in its body - as evidenced by the 'Making Of' documentary, which you soon realise is a minor gem in itself as the producer and director pour praise upon their stars' "marvellous performances", the lead actors (who come off like the slower cousins of Louis Theroux and Juliette Lewis) ramble on about sleep deprivation method acting, the 'effects' people show off their atrocious puppets which can't even stand up straight yet the film shows in badly-lit close-up every chance it gets...

See it only if you know what you're getting yourself into, and relish the prospect (i.e. if you firmly believe that Slugs is one of the best comedies of all time). Don't bother if you're looking for a genuine horror flick: the only thing that's remotely scary about Blood Gnome is the idea that it could really be someone's labour of love.

"Let's start a production company. What have you always wanted to make a film about?" "Bondage. Oh, and invisible vampire muppets."

What's with all the S & M??

[unakaczynski · 5/10 · 27 September 2005]

This is the first new "nasty little buggers on the loose" movie since, probably the last Critters film in the 90's, that I've seen sneak it's way onto Blockbuster's shelves. So what does this film have that previous little hellion-based films don't have? Gratuitous nudity and tons of S & M, that's what.

This movie is apparently about a woman who had a bunch of tiny little monsters living with her that are called "Blood Gnomes." The woman is into sado-masochism, and lo and behold, so are the little monsters because they really get off on eating those types of people. You know, people that like bondage and that sort of crap. Well, of course, these little monsters are leaving a lot of dead kinky people in their wake and the police simply must investigate the deaths. Well, plucky crime scene photographer with a problematic past (of course) begins to see the little monsters at the crime scenes. Oh and he gets involved with a chick that operates a BDSM store—so it has a tender side, too. Just for you softies out there. Hey, it sounds pretty stupid, but is at least more tolerable than some of the crap coming out Hollywood these days that's being called "horror."

Here's the breakdown:

The Good:

--The tons and tons of nudity is really nice. What'd you expect here? Acting?

--The movie is surprisingly watchable for a low-brow, straight to DVD movie.

--Amusing story.

--Decent blood and gore.

Didn't Hurt It, Didn't Help:

--The acting is nothing special, but not as bad as I had feared.

--The look of the puppets is pretty cool, if not very original—they do look an awful lot like the Ghoulies and those little buggers from "The Gate."

--Uninspired music and average atmosphere.

The Bad:

--The little blood gnome guys look awfully puppety every now and then—and very rubbery.

--While the nudity and S&M crap really make the movie watchable, it feels like that's the only reason to watch this film.

--While amusing, the story is also nothing exceptionally new or special.

--Some of the acting is pretty bad.

--The writing is awfully unsophisticated.

The Ugly:

--Occasionally, characters talk to themselves in a mindless attempt to let us, the viewer, know what they're thinking. Apparently, the filmmakers didn't know any better way to do it.

--Claustrophobic camera use with an offensively high amount of close-ups. There was approximately three long shots in the whole film—that's hardly an exaggeration.

--Spends more time meandering around as a really soft-core nudie flick with S&M subtleties than it does building atmosphere for a good horror flick.

Memorable Scene:

--When the hero actually talks with the blood gnomes—via an internet instant message program! Really!

Acting: 5/10 Story: 6/10 Atmosphere: 3/10 Cinematography: 2/10 Character Development: 4/10 Special Effects/Make-up: 7/10 Nudity/Sexuality: 8/10 (lots of nudity, though mostly chests and asses of women, with mild S&M) Violence/Gore: 7/10 Dialogue: 5/10 Music: 4/10 Direction: 6/10

Cheesiness: 6/10 Crappiness: 2/10

Overall: 5/10

Hey, if you like horror movies with total assloads (pun intended) of nudity and some decent violence and funny little creatures that like hurting people, then weirdo, this one's for you. People who like their movies with a lot of quality might want to steer clear.

(www.ResidentHazard.com)

Attack of the completely invisible killer gnomes!

[lbu02lor · 1/10 · 16 March 2004]

Sometimes you do wonder how some scripts ever made it to the production stage, let alone release. this is the finest example of such a film I have ever seen.

The plot ("justification for an S&M gnome film") revolves around the attempts of a crime-scene photographer to fathom the injuries suffered by individuals killed during S&M. We soon find out they were caused by killer gnomes under the dominion of a drug-dealing dominatrix. Who in turn, is under the control of a gnome producing octopus that most would expect to be contently spending its days menacing Dr. Who.

This film is farcical at best, although I do respect anyone who can sit through the whole of it without trying to attack the TV. I only watched it all myself as I was under very forceful duress.

No matter how much fun it seems to rent this film on the basis of a title that appeals to all drunken students, do not under any reason, unless you take immense pleasure in inflicting great pain on yourself and your friends.

1/10

If you enjoy watching good movies, do not rent this movie. If you enjoy watching bad movies DO NOT RENT THIS MOVIE

[LADrs76 · 1/10 · 26 August 2005]

This review may contain spoilers but I don't really care and trust me neither will you.

OK so I'm one of those losers who has movie day/nights with friends where we'll watch piles of the worst movies ever. We'll watch and laugh and mock at the absurd nature of the films and their "special" effects and wonder how they were ever given a green light. I need to preface by saying I've seen some of the WORST movies ever made on these such days. I've seen Manos the Hands of Fate, Night of the Lepus, Robo C.H.I.C., S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer), and Near Death to name a few. (look these movies up if you don't know them). I would rather watch any of them 100 times before I EVER SEE BLOOD GNOME AGAIN.

Blood Gnome is a sad movie advertising BDSM and "blood sport". The main character is a crime scene photographer who finds something suspicious at a crime scene and when he discovers the blood gnomes he goes on a crazed quest to convince others of their existence. As usual everyone thinks he's crazy but that's only because he actually went crazy at some point in the past. Spoiler warning??: Apparently back in the day he was called in to photograph a scene where the victim ended up being his wife. It took him a few minutes and pictures to realize this but it drove him to madness, which is why of course he has picture of her murdered corpse on display in his living room. By the end (or 5 minutes into the movie) you just want the blood gnomes to hurt this guy really badly.

The movie features a BDSM expert known as Divinity who is the only person in the movie who wouldn't qualify for the worst actor EVER award but believe me that doesn't make her that good either. Her role is to bring our "hero" into the world of BDSM whose participants the blood gnomes seem to target.

Some of the best parts of the movie feature some of the lesser cast members look over the shoulders of the people they're supposed to be talking to and CLEARLY looking at either a cue card or the director (if this movie even had one) for what they should do next.

The BEST part of the movie is something I won't reveal here in the hopes that if you actually do watch this it'll be one of the very few things that actually make you laugh out loud for 5 minutes, but only if it's a surprise. I'll just say that these gnomes are not technologically challenged.

The worst part of this movie is that unlike some of the other winners I listed earlier like SICK or Near Death this movie has none of those "special" effects that are just hysterical. Just doll like gnomes that pop in and out of hiding places and suddenly attack. The dialogue and acting are horrid but somehow still completely unamusing. You end up yelling "just stop talking!" to the movie. Sometimes the movie listens but that's only when people have forgotten their lines.

I know that all these reasons will make some people rush to find this one at the video store because it's exactly what I would do, but TRUST me. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

a poor film

[dravampyre · 2/10 · 26 August 2007]

Friends! i had watched this movie and was very much disappointed. The movie was shot like in close rooms with the faces so very zoomed. Most of the background were covered with black sheets for what reason God only knows. May be the guy filming the movie didn't want to disclose the location.

Some spoofs that could be noticed was when the photographer invites the girl to find more about BSDM, you can see someone sitting in the background on a couch. The editing was poor.

But if you want some soft core, you can go ahead and watch it. This film is not at all scary...

they tried but weren't

[lazdaki · 3/10 · 8 February 2008]

I was in the mood for a bad horror movie. So I bought this one for very cheap. but I didn't expect it to be this cheap. Shot on home video quality, with long boring scenes. They tried to be funny but weren't. They tried to make it erotic (with some s&m stuff) but that didn't work either. Hoping for some laughs and an over the top climax. They didn't give it to me. As I watched it out to the end, hoping to see the mother creature and not be disappointed. It wasn't meant to be. Because they only showed small parts of the creature {it was in a box}.

If you think 2 dollars is cheap for a horror movie: think again because it's a big rip off.

I am not, and never will be, drunk enough for this.

[Coventry · 1/10 · 3 June 2023]

There are those movies you instantly regret spending time and money on, even if you don't have anything better to do and the DVD you found in a bargain bin only cost $0,89. "Blood Gnome" is a film that sits in the category 'barely watchable' due to intolerably amateurish acting and directing, the total absence of plot-logic and structure, infuriatingly incompetent shot-on-video sound & vision, and endlessly long and boring padding footage. The zero-talented writer/director, a guy named John Lechago, apparently found it necessary to share his two personal fetishes with the world, namely perverted BDSM and deformed garden gnomes. The result is a dud without any redeeming elements whatsoever.

What the hell have I just watched!!??

[Stevieboy666 · 3/10 · 22 February 2018]

Invisible, blood thirsty gnomes from another dimension kill people who are engaging in some S&M! Yes, really!! Utterly crazy plot with no explanation to this madness. Micro budget movie, so perhaps having the creatures invisible saved money on special effects (they can, however, been seen through the lead character's video camera & to be fair the effects are actually quite reasonable). As S&M is central to this film there is a lot of sex & nudity, which does hep detract from the awfulness of this ridiculous movie. Wooden is generally poor & in one scene a guy can be seen in the background setting up a prop. This is a seriously bad movie - I expected nothing less - but there is some fun to be had from watching it too.

In Response To: Blood Nome, 29 June 2004

[lwg-1 · 10/10 · 2 October 2005]

gnome n.

One of a fabled race of dwarf like creatures who live underground and guard treasure hoards. In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being that has earth as its element.

Nome A city of western Alaska on Norton Sound and the southern coast of Seward Peninsula. It was founded as a gold-mining camp in 1896 and was an important center of the Alaskan gold rush from 1899 to 1903.

Population: 3,500.

No wonder you hate every movie you see. You are a complete farking moron.

If you dig extremely low budget flicks, you'll like this.

[moycon · 6/10 · 26 July 2004]

If you haven't figured it out by now, chances are a direct to video horror movie is GOING to be low budget and have less than stellar actors and actresses.

Luckily Blood Gnome actually had some decent acting in it and some of the scenes even reminded me of early Sam Raimi work, Evil Dead in particular.. scenes that are very difficult to pull off shooting with a video camera. While the puppets are somewhat stiff (Think Ghoulies as opposed to Gremlins)They get the job done and are designed well. The scene with the birth of a Blood Gnome particularly stands out. In my opinion if any scenes in these type of cheap (and I mean cheap... this flick probably cost around $100,000) horror flicks stands out... Then the movie serves it's purpose and isn't a "waste of 84 minutes of life that you'll never get back"

The fact that the movie is loaded with naked chicks and gratuitous, fairly well done gore makes this worth at least a rent. For all the nay-sayers, buck up and try and watch some REAL direct to video turds like Graveyard Thrillers or Blood Lake... You'll be be singing the praises of a movie like this.

Expectation: Hilarity. Result: Tedium, with a couple of bright points.

[neech_manley · 4/10 · 14 July 2005]

I am a huge fan of drivel, and so when I found Blood Gnome (not Gnomes, Gnome) in the video store, I had to rent it. Indeed as many reviewers here have already stated, who in their right mind wouldn't want to watch a film called Blood Gnome?? Not this man.

It's deceptive, to say the least. From the packaging, one expects this to be a slasher flick, whereas it plays out more like a mystery, with very little actual physical violence in it. The plot, as far as there is one, consists of 'Dan' (our intrepid hero) seeking to find and prove the existence of the mythical, vampiric creatures known as Blood Gnomes. You can only see them through a camera lens, for some reason, but whatever. Along the way he meets a totally unattractive goth chick, and begins to learn about the bondage scene. And this is really what the films about, a soft core examination of bondage and sado masochsim, with a tacky crappy horror story thrown in.

I watch films like this (as do most people) for entertainment, and Blood Gnome consistently fails to deliver. However, it redeems itself with a few absolutely hysterical moments. My personal favourite is the scene where Dan is overwhelmed by a ravenous horde of Blood Gnomes, and dispatches one by kicking it in the crotch. There's a one second reaction shot of a Blood Gnome falling to the floor clutching it's groin, and it continues to have me in hysterics to this day. Other highlights include the I'm conversation between Dan and his Gnomey nemisis', and the totally hilarious and inconsequential flashbacks to when Dan was with his wife, or something. Dan is quite possibly one of the most punchable heroes ever to grace our screens.

The special effects, for what they are, aren't too terrible. Many of the Blood Gnome scenes are unintentionally amusing, and this would be the main reason for watching this film. The SFX for the Blood Gnomes are also pretty hilarious.

To be honest, I was disappointed by this. It had so much potential to be a great sh*t film, but it sucks (again, not in a good way) on way too many levels. The drug dealer guy should be shot for his total lack of acting ability, as should the main female character (the one who keeps the mother gnome in that box). Also, the ending to this film is one of the worst I have ever seen, but not in a good way. For an example of how to totally stupify, demean, outrage and yet entertain a viewer with an ending, see 'Shark Attack 3'. Now THAT is an awesome film. Mostly, Blood Gnome just bores the viewer, mainly because the subject matter isn't very interesting, and the film takes itself way way too seriously.

So anyway, crap films go on a 1 - 5 rating (one being utter magic, 5 just being tedious crap). I give Blood Gnome a 4, mostly based on THAT crotch shot. Otherwise, it would be banished to the murky realms of the 5/10 film, the absolute worst kind, in my humble opinion. Could do better.

Cheap Film

[JeMapelleBrynn · 1 October 2004]

This movie was the worst movie i've ever seen. Do not see this movie it's cheap low budget film!! PLUS ITS ABOUT BONDAGE AND THATS SOME FREAKISH Gothic SEX. ew and i agree with the first person it had no plot and it needed to have more explanations on why that lady had the momma gnome, and why she wanted to kill all of her drug dealers! i mean come on this film could have been better....actually no it couldn't have but yea, it was creepy how he had the picture of his dead wife on his wall i was like..hellllooooo are you some sick freak?? And the gnomes, oh my god, they were so gay looking like they could have had better little creatures! the angles and the filming were bad too you could so tell this movie was cheap. Don't SEE IT

even Travelocity's garden gnome is scarier

[movieman_kev · 1/10 · 28 November 2008]

Daniel (Vinnie Bilancio), a crime scene photographer who's just recently back from a mental hospital, stumbles onto a devious plot involving the BDSM community, grisly murders, and gnomes (make that invisible gnomes that only he can see via his broken inferred camcorder) Of course no one believes him so it's up to Daniel, with some help from Devinity (Melissa Pursley) who teaches him the ways of BDSM, to save the day.

This is an ultra low-budget mess of a film that I found awful due to the horribly wooden, stunted dialog and sub-par special effects (I've seen scarier muppets). It didn't help matters that the plot itself is groan-worthingly atrocious. Put all those rancid ingredients together and you have a movie that just screams of epic fail.

Eye Candy: Elizabeth Hayden Grace, Melissa Pursley, Julie Strain, 'zen', & 'zero'Danial (Vinnie Bilanchio) and get topless; Heather Darling shows T&A; Athena Demos shows everything

My Grade: D-

Where i saw it: Netflix online via Xbox 360

One Of The Best Worst Movies Ever. . .

[davidus_montoyacus · 5/10 · 11 June 2006]

This movie is like a soft-core porn with a decent horror movie premise. Add a bit of bondage, HP Lovecraft, gratuitous nudity, in case the audience blinked some more gratuitous nudity, some bondage, in case the audience blinked some more bondage, and now you have Blood Gnome.

The film makers can proudly look down into the cess pool of cinematic crud and proudly say that: "That turd is mine!" A crime scene investigator discovers a bizarre series of crimes in the BDSM community and finds that they are perpetrated by evil gnomes, that only he can see. Our lead character even has a back story. This is a very ambitiously bad movie.

It was made on a low budget, but I don't consider that an excuse for making a bad movie. However, when a person realizes that they are making a bad movie and they decide to make it properly terrible, you get a Great Bad movie. If Ed Wood had taken a moment to truly bask in the glory of his horrific masterpieces, and found the humor in them, then the movies probably would have gained a following during his lifetime. Alas, now we see his Best Worst movies ever as trashy gems of an age ago.

Blood Gnome is a trashy gem which borders between the realm of a sloppily made horror movie and a well-done porno. It's worth watching if you really want to pick it apart and examine it. It's fun to watch as long as you realize that you're not watching a good movie.

Slightly above Average Low Budget Horror

[agentgt · 5/10 · 13 September 2004]

The lighting, acting and cinematography are average compared to other low budget horrors. What really made this movie different and somewhat interesting in a bad way was the BDSM present through out the movie. What made the movie above average was the gore shots.

The pedantic AD & D / Tolkien dork in me says that the title is semantically incorrect. Gnomes are nice little humanoids that are close to nature. The worse crime they commit is pick pocketing. So I believe the title should be Blood Goblin or Blood Golem... (sorry I had to).

I believe the only way this movie could have been better (besides not making it at all) would be to have more shocking gore and dark humor.

OK, Not Exactly Oscar Material. Actually a Tongue in Cheek Farce.

[yurshta · 4/10 · 14 February 2007]

This movie was probably originally intended as a porno, but was softened just enough to avoid getting an NC-17 rating and hopefully capture a larger audience. It has about the same quality of film work and acting, as in most pornos (which is rather discomfiting). However, some of the IMDb audience may not know of some changes in laws that may have led to the creation of this not quite so stellar a flick, but which is for me of sentimental value which I'll explicate below.

Movies depicting actual BDSM fantasies--real thing as opposed to fake-- have been equated under the present fascist-theocratic rulership of the United States of America with Child Pornography and Bestiality. This is an absurdity and injustice of the highest proportions. I, myself, a member of the BDSM community for years know that in truth, BDSM done properly is probably the safest and funnest type of sexuality between consenting adults possible. London, England has many such clubs, as in times past New York and Los Angeles and other large cities in the USA, all now being shut down or infiltrated by our Knights in Blue, who are keeping America safe for thumpers, little old ladies and senile curmudgeons who make these laws.

So, while the movie did indeed stink on many levels, it did bring back some cherished memories of Lady Velvet, a Dom I knew in Dublin. Oy Vay! It's one of those things that can't be explained to the non-initiated. The character Divinity, who resembled my former Mistress, did so remind me of a better happier world...a simpler time, when sex was fun, planes didn't crash into buildings on purpose, Bush didn't sit in the White House and Saddam was still an ally.

But then, this kind of role playing game was never intended to be a spectator sport anyway, so get off your bloody buns, and experience the joys of forbidden lusts for yourselves! There's no significant difference between BDSM and Dungeon and Dragons except for costumes and accouterments....the "tools of the trade". Both are role playing games. Both are fantasy. But I'll leave it to you, my esteemed compatriots, to discover which yields the maximum pleasure!

So, yes, I'm a sentimental romantic lustful devil. I can't help it if you cannot understand the joys of all that is sinful! Or the path of ultimate desire that this movie points toward...one which I have followed with nary a regret or backward glance.

On the other hand, it could have been a heck of a lot better. But then not every film can aspire to the high standards of House of Pain I and II, now banned in theatres everywhere!

To my fellow IMDBniks, Yurshta, A Slave of Lust who understands the joys of the Night and the sins of the Flesh! And on this Valentines Day, 2007, I dedicate this humble review to Lady Velvet. I do miss the crack of her whip, the smell of the finest Italian Leather garments, a bowl of Jello and a smile! You probably would not want to know what the bowl of Jello was for.

Of All the Movies Exported Abroad!

[ToddHopkins14 · 1/10 · 23 November 2006]

I am an American living in Japan and have had the good fortune to have a local video store stocked full of movies that I have not seen in the United States in years. I have always enjoyed a bad movie that makes me laugh and I hoped that "Blood Gnome" would fill this niche. Unfortunately, this movie is just bad. "Blood Gnome" is movie that somehow managed to elicit enough interest to finance it. The result is a finished product that only a high school student with a video camera could be proud of. This quasi soft-core porn may be worth your time if you are the type of movie fan who really enjoys being miserable. Despite this, I did chuckle twice during the hour and a half just at the sheer lameness of what I was viewing. So if that is enough to keep your attention some evening, then perhaps this movie is for you!

Sucks

[artpf · 1/10 · 30 October 2013]

When Daniel, a crime-scene investigator, discovers the truth behind a series of bizarre sex murders, no one really believes him.

Very slow poorly directed movie that goes no where.

The Gnomes a re rubber and there despite the other reviews, there is no nudity or S&M. Where did that come from? I suspect from peeps who worked on the movie and wanted you to watch.

Poorly acted.

Poorly directed.

Poorly written.

Garbage.

Not worth your time in the slightest.

mixed reviews ...mixed emotions

[ericxton · 5/10 · 13 December 2006]

this is my first "5" rating on a movie ... now lets see ..we have tons of people hating this movie ...for all kinds of reasons (a couple of them rather retarded reasons for hating a movie)and we have people loving this movie and saying that it was great !! ... i have to say although this movie could have been much better i also could not turn it off or even fast forward chapters, and i don't know why ...honestly i couldn't stop watching it no matter how hard i tried, low budget , yes ...bad acting , yes .... horrible effects , yes ... porn , what would a movie be without porn in it ? yes .... so all the elements of a great film are there ... and for a good time just kicking back and hanging with friends its a good little film to rent (for a couple of bucks) now as for the people out there saying "whats with all the s&m?" like its bad ?.... I'm not here to say hey I'm a freak into freaky s**t but at the same time its a movie man ?... thats like saying "hey whys there little monsters in it ???" um because they wrote it that way ?? ..lol... people like that crack me up ... you want sex in a film and then complain about what kind it is ?? come on man ...you got hot chicks and evil puppets ...you cant beat that (no pun on the film intended)

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Gnome-tastic

[Mr_Pink05 · 8/10 · 29 January 2007]

If you are considering renting this film then do so! Go down to blockbusters, rent "blood gnome" get some ice cream, a load of beers and get a small group of your friends together. I guarantee you will have a great time watching this movie. It's funny as hell, it is both witty and silly at the same time and has that real "excessive" feel to it.

What makes this film special is its sheer defiance to accept reality. It cost next to nothing and the script calls for a special effects masterpiece, yet they somehow manage to pull it off with a real charm to it!

This is a really enjoyable movie and a thoroughly good laugh. In short: See it.

Big aspirations with a low budget.

[evangesp · 6/10 · 24 May 2005]

Blood Gnome was shot on non-HD digital. That said, this really is a bigger movie than its low-budget lets on. The story of invisible blood thirsty gnomes stalking, and eating, the members of the Los Angeles BDSM community is quite original, and a reflection of the twisted mind of the writer/director, John Lechago. While the plot line is original, the story unfolds in the familiar formula of any of a number of bigger budget horror films in theaters today, complete with a villain's monologue at the film's climax. Character introduction and story exposition are paced appropriately and Lechago does a nice job of capturing the moods of scenes. For the most part the acting is solid, especially the lead role of "Daniel" played by Vincent Bilancio. Of course, the real stars of the film are the blood gnomes, who's design and construction provide the necessary campy horror elements to make this picture fly; those, and the BDSM couple that plays a titillating game of "pig and butcher" before meeting their gruesome demise. If there is any knock on this film it's that the leading ladies don't exactly fall into the bombshell babe category that horror film aficionados (and teenage boys) have come to expect. But that said, there is a brief appearance by B-movie maven, Julie Strain which helps bring the babe and breast factor up a few notches…if you're in to that sort of thing. All in all, the film delivers on its claims. Pop in the DVD, grab a few friends and enjoy a low-budget horror film with a few high-budget surprises.

This is a low budget movie

[bkriesermgr · 1/10 · 23 April 2007]

I always wish people would come out and say it right off the bat...low budget! This is a low budget movie. If you can get past that...you are a better person than I. I really wish that people would stop trying to make special effects without a budget. It is better not to show a monster than to show a monster that looks fake and ridiculous. Unfortunately, they tried in this movie. Also, some of the people can act but most could not. The story could use some work too! I am not an artsy type so I don't ask much for a horror movie! Please do yourself a favor and wait for a bigger budget! Thank goodness for nudity and sex, otherwise I wouldn't have made it through....