My Review Of “Tied In Blood”

     “Tied In Blood” is a supernatural horror story revolving around a father seeking the help of a psychic after returning home one night to find his entire family slaughtered. The father believes they died by paranormal events and with the help of the psychic he sets out to find the ghostly killer. He soon discovers a work more sinister and horrific than previously thought as the dead tell their story one by one. It is a dark tale of demons, seduction, and murder.
   
 “Tied In Blood” is from Rotunda Films in conjunction with Macabre Pictures and is directed by Matthew Lawrence. The cast includes Paul McEwan, Laura O’Donoughue, Kenneth G. Hodgson, Chris Leach, Denise Cooke, Alan Brent, Christopher Havard, Anthony Watt, Alison Rust, and Amie Morris. It will hit the streets on June 26th, 2012 thanks to American distributor Chemical Burn Entertainment.
    
The film starts off with a subdued melancholy that is kind of unsettling. There is a cold detached relationship between the character’s interactions that actually complements the seriousness of the story. The dialogue has the maturity expected from British Films and the cast express this with perfect emotion that lends a sense of belief to the story. It sounds simple but a lot of films loose their punch due to the actors inability to deliver the lines with conviction which makes the story less believable. This film does not have that problem. The brilliance of “Tied In Blood” is in the way the director lets the story unfold as the father learns what really happened to his family while he was away. The story flows easily from present to past without seeming choppy or confusing.
 
   The special effects are minimal, but the way the story is told the lack of graphic gore is forgivable. The attempt to make this film more bloody and violent would have actually cheapened the scenes. There is some blood and necessary effects, it’s not all insinuative. The sound effects and lighting give an emotional tie to the scenes without becoming over exaggerated.

   For me the best part of this film was the dark family dynamic that slowly revealed itself as the story went on. I could not wait to see how twisted and deep the secrets went as I watched this movie. The whole time I kept thinking ‘how intense and fucked up this family really was”. It was disturbing and wonderful. You never really knew if the dead were telling the truth or being manipulated by something more evil. The only clear truth that stays constant through the whole story is just how wrong the brother and sister’s relationship was, everything else came into question. I loved that about this film.
  
  “Tied In Blood” is more of a murder mystery with a supernatural edge than a traditional scary movie. It is a haunting and tragic story that is well written, well directed, and well acted. the story was written by David Ross. It is a classic, intense story much like “The Others” and “Ghost Story”, a great throwback to the era of gothic story telling. I enjoyed this movie immensely.
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