As a big fan of the HG Lewis "Blood" trilogy, my heart leaped for joy when it saw this title. It didn't hurt that Robert Englund was starring in it and that it looked to have more gore than the original. I thought this would be an updated sequel that would be purposely campy but still deliver on the gore (much like Blood Feast 2). I was rather disappointed. The gore was pretty good, but it didn't have the same sense of humor that "2000 Maniacs" did. It also seemed to be more of a remake than an homage to the original.
The plot is pretty much the same as 2000, but throw in an interracial couple, a bi-sexual guy, and college kids. These folks are lured into an antiquated southern town for a festival, which has very dark undertones (I think anyone can figure this out pretty easily). Englund plays the mayor/civic leader/pater familias/ whatever of the back water southern community. Anyone who has seen the original should already know who will get the chop and when. There is a small twist at the end (in addition to the same twist as was in 2000 Maniacs), but it's pretty predictable.
I didn't think this was a bad movie. Some of the gore was pretty good, and there was decent acting (Englund is always a stable horror actor). However, I think that what really let me down is that I expected the same tongue-in-cheek humor that the original had. I don't think that HG Lewis had anything to do with the production and it shows. Not to say that it's bad, it's just doesn't deliver on the fun aspect as much as one would have expected.
The plot is pretty much the same as 2000, but throw in an interracial couple, a bi-sexual guy, and college kids. These folks are lured into an antiquated southern town for a festival, which has very dark undertones (I think anyone can figure this out pretty easily). Englund plays the mayor/civic leader/pater familias/ whatever of the back water southern community. Anyone who has seen the original should already know who will get the chop and when. There is a small twist at the end (in addition to the same twist as was in 2000 Maniacs), but it's pretty predictable.
I didn't think this was a bad movie. Some of the gore was pretty good, and there was decent acting (Englund is always a stable horror actor). However, I think that what really let me down is that I expected the same tongue-in-cheek humor that the original had. I don't think that HG Lewis had anything to do with the production and it shows. Not to say that it's bad, it's just doesn't deliver on the fun aspect as much as one would have expected.