Blood Thirst is an oddity.
Mostly this is a murder mystery and plays out almost to the end as such.
This plays well enough without being utterly gripping. There are some interesting moments, for example when the lead uses a dummy to "take the hit" for him - something he has to do frequently it seems.
The twist is reasonably constructed, with the female lead turning out to be the "big bad" and the "monster" merely a henchman obtaining the young pretty things for her sacrificial rites of eternal youth.
The final villainous monologue is those absolutely required on this occasion as without it the motivation is utterly obscure. Perhaps more time and care, even the odd clue, should have been put into this aspect of the movie.
I was impressed with the efforts to get into more realistic scene lighting than is common in the period, though that made the contrast levels a bit odd; deep blacks and high whites.
Not a waste of time, but nowhere near as accomplished as it could have been.
Mostly this is a murder mystery and plays out almost to the end as such.
This plays well enough without being utterly gripping. There are some interesting moments, for example when the lead uses a dummy to "take the hit" for him - something he has to do frequently it seems.
The twist is reasonably constructed, with the female lead turning out to be the "big bad" and the "monster" merely a henchman obtaining the young pretty things for her sacrificial rites of eternal youth.
The final villainous monologue is those absolutely required on this occasion as without it the motivation is utterly obscure. Perhaps more time and care, even the odd clue, should have been put into this aspect of the movie.
I was impressed with the efforts to get into more realistic scene lighting than is common in the period, though that made the contrast levels a bit odd; deep blacks and high whites.
Not a waste of time, but nowhere near as accomplished as it could have been.