There are events that set off a chain reaction and sets a series of events into motion. Dr. Doug Madsen must’ve pissed off the gods in some way since he keeps finding himself in the same spot again and again.
Dr. Doug Madsen (Christopher Kriesa) is on his way to the hospital. A bird falls from a tree in the forest and sets off a chain of events. The chain end when a rock falls into the windshield of Dr. Madsen’s car and he swerves in front of a bus. This bus is carrying a group of prisoners and the crash sets a group of four of them free.
The Doctor is taken hostage. He’s also badly needed since one of the prisoners is injured and badly in need of the medical attention that only a hospital can provide. Arthur (Simon Newby), the leader of the group, doesn’t want to risk a hospital (even though the wounded guy is his brother) and forces the Doctor to do the best with what little he has. The troupe wanders through the forest until they come across a strange house and a lady bleeding a goat in the front yard.
They enter the house and find the occupants sitting down to a meal with the special sauce being the goat’s blood. The residents are dressed as medieval peasants and speak in a stilted, old fashioned way (thinketh King James, thou might). Our prisoners decide to hold these folks hostage, however, the Doc has decided that the wounded prisoner’s arm has to be amputated. He gets the assistance of Alice (Martina Ittenbach), one of the strange inhabitants of the house that he seems to recognize.
They perform the operation but the large amounts of blood that is produced by the amputation cause all hell to break loose when the residents of the house turn into vampire-like monsters. The good Doctor barely escapes with his life thanks to Alice.
The red stuff does flow, but a good movie it does not make
Unfortunately he ends up back in civilization covered in the blood of the prisoners. The police officer (Jurgen Prochnow) questioning him doesn’t believe his tale and puts him in jail. The Doctor is then being transferred on a prison bus when a bird falls from a tree……
House of Blood (called Chain Reaction on the IMDB) is really a pretty terrible movie in many respects. Christopher Kriesa is not that bad an actor, but the rest of the cast is pretty bad (except for what is basically a cameo from Jurgen Prochnow). I think the movie was shot in Germany. The gore effects are pretty bloody for the most part and some are pretty good.
Others are not, especially the make-up for the vampire things (bad fright wigs and dime store vampire teeth). We’re not really told what the people in the house are supposed to be. I thought they were vampires, but they move around in daylight – so who knows? Some of the cast don’t appear to be native English speakers, even though the movie is shot in English and is supposed to appear to take place in the United States.
The problem is that when you combine this fact with a King James-ish/Amish style of speaking and plastic vampire fangs – the results are pretty intelligible. The whole “chain reaction” aspect and other parts of the writing are pretty poor.
House of Blood is presented in anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) and enhanced for 16x9 televisions. Special features include a “Making of House of Blood” featurette and a collection of trailers.
House of Blood is pretty poor and I’d only suggest a rental if you want something to make fun of or are that desperate for gore effects (lots of the red stuff flows). Thou renteth at thine own peril.
The doctor must amputate
House of Blood is now available for pre-order at Amazon for an Oct. 17th release. As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information.
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