Blood Child (2017)
2/10
Bellow average horror with a boosted rating
19 July 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Over 80% of people who rated this movie gave it at least a 9 out of 10 stars. That means that they think this movie is Oscar worthy. Or at least that it is one of the best horror/thrillers ever made. If you watch 5 minutes of the movie you will see that this is completely untrue. Good job on the fake rating, crew and whoever else was involved. It should be at least 2 or 3 points lower.

I'm calling BS on the whole based on a true story myth. At least it didn't happen the way the movie portrays the story. Its about a ghost child who feeds on blood and shows itself through phones and computers. It is responsible for a few deaths as well. Gimme a break.

Everything about this movie screams average or bellow average. The direction, cinematography, editing. It definitely has the look of a low budget or a TV movie. Most of the movie is shot in a house and it looks very bland and boring. Like a soap opera.

The plot, the script, the acting...The movie is filled with B or C list actors that no one has ever seen or heard of before. The female lead is not up to her task. She whimpers away with her annoying voice through the entire movie. It was just a weak character. The male lead is just a generic man character. They have zero chemistry between them. The other actors get lost in the blandness. The characters are all pretty much generic and overall unlikable so I didn't care what happened to them at all. The only one who stands out is the maid Siti who gets to speak in an accent and is the only likeable character in the movie.

The blood child is a blonde little girl in a red dress who pops out from time to time to scare people. The only problem here is that the blood child isn't scary at all. She's just a bit pale and blotchy. So the whole horror aspect of the plot goes out the window. Not that I found the plot that intriguing anyway. Its a standard slow moving ghost child story. It is filled with gaping holes and contrivances that push it to the climax. I guess the one good thing I can say about the overdone twist ending is that Siti, the maid who is treated like crap by everybody, is the only one that survives.

I guess I just wanted to say that it is not as good as the rating suggest. It is not good at all is my personal opinion. You've been warned.
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