Blood Fest (2018)

Written and Edited by Grave Reviews Staff

Film Information

Director: Owen Egerton
Producer: Seth Caplan, Will Hyde, Ezra Ventos
Screenwriter: Owen Egerton
Date Released: March 9, 2018

Cast:
Robbie Kay as Dax Conway
Seychelle Gabriel as Sam
Jacob Batalon as Krill
Barbara Dunkelman as Ashley
Chris Doubek as Roger Hinckley
Nick Rutherford as Lenjamin Cain
Tate Donovan as Dr. Vaughn Conway
Owen Egerton as Anthony Walsh
Rebecca Wagner as Jayme/Red
Byron Brown as Mac

Rating = 2/5 Graves

***May contain some spoilers***

Synopsis

A teenage boy, Dax, is a Halloween and gore obsessed horror fan who plans to go to a horror movie festival called Blood Fest. Blood Fest is a huge festival with multiple haunted attraction locations on the premises inspired by the most icon horror films. But when Dax arrives at the festival, he realizes that the deaths he observes are real. Soon, Blood Fest becomes a fight for survival.

The Gore Factor

Blood Fest mainly uses CGI-style blood and gore. However, there is also a number of scenes that incorporate special effects and prosthetic blood. Moreover, much of what is shown feels unrealistic and over embellished.

The Grave Review

The story line of Blood Fest (2018) was not very clear and concise. The main story line is that Dr. Conway, wants to end all horror films by demonstrating that horror leads to violence and putting on this violent festival. However, Dr. Conway’s partner is shooting a film of the murdered guests. The story line should have focused more on the festival itself, but failed to do so. The two intentions convoluted the story line and did not provide a consistent and main plot. As a result, there seemed to be no main purpose to the festival. In addition, creating a festival solely for the purpose of ending all horror films is a terrible concept that makes no sense.

Blood Fest also mentions that there are multiple haunted attractions on the premises. However, because the film goes directly into killing people, the viewer never has the opportunity to see any of the locations. It would have been nice to see what kinds of props and decor the film had to offer.

Lastly, the creators of Blood Fest (2018) are able to control deceased people resembling zombies through an electronic bracelet. However, during one point of the film, there are individuals which look like real vampires rather than brainwashed people. In this way, by placing what seemed to be vampires into the festival, Blood Fest incorporated a combination of unrealistic and real beings. This combination made little to no sense.

However, Blood Fest (2018) makes indirect references to multiple horror films like Halloween, Saw, Night of the Living Dead, and The Nun.

For the foregoing reasons, Grave Reviews gives Blood Fest (2018), two graves out of five graves.

---

Do you agree with our review? Comment below.

You may also like our review of the film, Hell Fest.