Bloodlines

Bloodlines originally entitled Stickville was a really good little Indie Horror flick.Beautiful Amber Strickland is on her way to college when she is captured by a gang of mutant hillbillies that hold women hostage, use them for death matches and for breeding.The Strickland brothers,both good ole boys themselves..Brody and Bear get a call from the college saying that Amber,whom they affectionately call "Baby Girl" did not make it to the school,so the two of them set off armed with big knives , bow and arrows and other weapons of redneck mass destruction to get her back..Amber is one tough chick and isn't going to just lie down and be abused she has plenty of fight in her "It's the Strickland way"..What comes next is an action packed war of wits and weapons.We have fights to the death between Amber and some of the women and The Strickland boys and the clan of mutant hillbillies go toe to toe,non stop action..I really liked this movie..It had a cheap feel to it but I didn't care because the story and the characters were so engaging.The only downfall were the obvious masks the really grotesque mutants were wearing but I got over that because I was so into the movie.Ladies Check out Bear,he's one of the Strickland brothers..HOT to say the least,don't worry guys there's eye candy for you too..I loved the ending and felt very satisfied with the entire experience.

This film had potential. The acting was passable and at times pretty good, but the screenwriting left a lot to be desired. The abs were attractive....Essentially, sister goes off to college, gets abducted by inbreds, and is rescued by bro & company. Promising story line-- but the screen play did not provide enough support for bro & company go off and initiate violent encounters. The writing was two dimensional in this respect. Also, the inbreds used perfectly good bloodstock for death matches, seems terribly wasteful to me although it saves on the filming budget for extras. The ending was reasonably satisfying.To me the film simply had too many places where the dots did not connect, combined with areas where clearly the film was sacrificed for cost reasons.There were some good high points-- the baby scene was good, the latrine escape was good, and some people weren't quite what one expects.I'd move the film to a 3 or 4 if the screenplay had Jimmy Bob and Bobby Joe also picking up fresh young runaway stock from, say Louisville-- and Cleveland?-- in addition to help from the gas station rat, and only using barren bloodstock for games. The gas station rat should have been better implicated (maybe a partly chopped Jeep in the garage?). Stock ought to be in pens in the run down tobacco barn out back too, keep the goats in the house. Pigs make a convenient disposal method when the deformed ones are done with the "still warm" bodies. The baby scene(s) could be expanded and made more horrific. The film had chilling potential that was simply not realized.Note that _Bloodlines_ wasn't shot in Kentucky, but a nearby state. Guess Kentuck wouldn't provide any support, well, hardly surprising considering the topic.

I'm an extra in this film and even I can't watch it. Felt like it was gonna be good, but I don't know what happened after filming. Lacks the grit and edge that seemed to present while filming. Maybe one day it'll become a cult classic. Unfortunately, I doubt it.

Strange movie

It is good movie but not as excellent as others. I may recommend it to anyone who likes those kind of movie.

I would NOT recommend this movie to any one

Thank you!

This is the first movie Travi Chappell worked on as 2nd assistant behind the camera. She has gone on to work on many projects in L.A. CA. Bloodlines is well produced and edited. Good job.

Plot. A girl on her way to college. Her jeep breaks down. She gets kidnapped. When she wakes up there are other women prisoners. Her captors force the women to fight to the death. The winner will be used for breeding.This has a nice twist on the inbred cannibal oddballs living the life in the middle of nowhere. There's a lot of action, suspense, blood, gore and violence in a somewhat disturbing horror tale but it's fantastic entertainment and i loved it.The dialogue is pretty good with odd bits of humour, actors do a good job and camera catches all the action and night scenes clearly. There's also some nice surprise too and is a good horror to add to your collection.Extras include a com and trailers. English subtitles. USA Release Region 1.

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