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Summary: Gory fun.
Review: Writer Dan O'Bannon (Alien, Dead & Buried) has lately turned to B-movies, as this one or the superior "Screamers" show. Also a fan of H.P. Lovecraft's narrative (he directed "The resurrected", based on a Lovecraft tale), he co-writes this Canadian horror movie which is slightly based on another Lovecraft tale.The film is cheap, yes, and there are no big names in the box (well, except Rutger Hauer), but it has the charm that only B-movies have, together with some gore and unconventional features which will scare the more conventional viewers. Hey, this is not for children! So it is appealing to B-movie lovers and Lovecraft fans, but the low budget ultimately becomes a problem: while the first half of the film benefits from the slow pace and the acceptable suspense, once the mystery becomes evident and the special effects department becomes the main attractive, the film looses interest, and the poor climatic sequences are too short and poorly directed (I guess they tried to hide how few money they had) to be climatic at all. With more lenght and money, "Bleeders" would have become a little classic. As it is, well, at least is funny and unconventional, because I honestly believe you cannot made such an unpleasant and disgusting movie if that is not your purpose from the very beginning.
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