"Blessed Are The Children" is writer, director Chris Moore's throwback slasher. The indie horror blends 70's and 80's tropes with a contemporary concept. It stars Kaley Ball, Jordan Boyd, Adrian Thigpen, Keni Bounds.
Traci Patterson, an adrift 20-something who's still reeling from the death of her father and her breakup with an abusive fiancé, discovers that she's pregnant. With the help of her friends, Erin and Mandy, she decides to terminate her pregnancy, but quickly after leaving the clinic, she begins seeing and hearing things - shapes in the corner of her eye, strange noises in the middle of the night, and ghoulish figures stalking her every move. Is it guilt or are Traci and her friends in grave danger?
"Blessed Are The Children" combines the classic horror style nicely with the more modern concept, the atmosphere is familiar slasher flare, in an ultra low budget way. The pace and steady straightforward design is methodical, quality work that elevates the relative inexperience of the cast, and financial restraints with production. Kudos to Moore for some impressive directing and obvious eye for storytelling.
The special effects and horror elements are some of the better work I have seen in low budget indie horror. Thought out moments of visceral blood and gore fill the films horror scenes with bold, practical ideas that really shine. Plus the atmosphere and sound effects are reminiscent of such films like "Alice Sweet Alice" and "The Town That Dreaded Sundown".
My only red flag with "Blessed Are The Children" is the religion-esque , biased feel that the subject matter seemed to carry. It dealt with abortion and possibly seemed more prolife, than neutral. It is a controversial topic and even today moods can feel a bit threatening on both sides. Which oddly enough is part of what makes this movie some quality indie horror entertainment. (3.5/5)
No comments:
Post a Comment