‘A harmless trip finds harm’s way…’
Blood Junkie is a 2010 American horror film written and directed by Drew Rosas (Billy Club). The Surgery Room production stars Nick Sommer, Mike Johnson, and Sarah Luther.
High school senior Laura Mills’ parents are gone for the weekend, leaving her stuck at home baby-sitting her lame little brother. When her friends invite her on a camping adventure, she decides to join the fun and drag him along.
However, what begins as a killer weekend might just become a killing one when they discover an abandoned building where evil resides…
Reviews:
“Blood Junkie was a pleasure to sit through and there’s enough here to prove that Rosas is an exquisite horror filmmaker. His audacious directive style makes him something of a B-movie Wes Anderson […] At 72 minutes, Junkie could never be accused of outstaying its welcome and it’s a film that I feel deserves some of your time.” Luisito Joaquin Gonzalez, A Slash Above…
“The increasingly plotless vibe ensures that by the time the horror-oriented stuff finally kicks in at around the one-hour mark, the viewer has long-since lost the ability to care about the fates of any of these people – which effectively confirms Blood Junkie‘s place as a well-intentioned yet entirely underwhelming low-budget effort.” David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
“For a no-budget movie, the acting in Blood Junkie is exceptional. While the actors are purposefully adding a bit of cheese onto their lines, every character embodies their role both flawlessly and humorously. This is probably easy because the dialogue in Blood Junkie is hilarious. Filled to the brim with quotable quotes…” Take My Life, Please
” …the tone and look of the movie is spot on, as it really does feel like you are watching a slasher movie from 1989 at times. The kills are bloody, but only one is really that graphic […] the film ends up feeling too gimmicky for it’s own good, with several of the jokes and references running on nostalgia and little more.” Talk of Horrors
“As with Billy Club the tropes of the slasher and horrors of the 80s are played with, but not mocked so much as embraced. If you love watching movies like Deadtime Stories, Scalps or Killer Workout, you’ll enjoy this while scratching your head how it is so damn close to the vibe of the VHS era new releases.” David Zuzelo, Tomb It May Concern
Main cast and characters:
- Nick Sommer … Craig Wilson
- Mike Johnson … Teddy Bender
- Sarah Luther … Laura
- Emily Treolo … Rachel
- Andrew Swant … The Creature
- Ross Bachhuber … Jef Bolstead
- Chris Chuzles … Hitchhiker
- Bobby Ciraldo … Billy the Butt
- Brady Cohen … Andy
Production and release:
Shot in Wisconsin for $6,000. The film premiered at the Milwaukee Film Festival on October 2, 2010. It was released on DVD in the United States by Troma Entertainment on May 10, 2011. Troma have since made the film free to view online via YouTube.
Trivia:
The film’s original title was Rocky Trails
IMDb | Image credits: Tomb It May Concern