Leofwine_draca
BLOOD RUNS COLD is an ultra low budget Swedish slasher flick, shot in English and made on an apparent budget of just $5000. That it looks as good as films made for ten or even a hundred times the budget is testament to the skill of the director and production team. Still, it's a pity that the quality of the writing doesn't match the quality of the film-making, as this turns out to be a predictable movie in the extreme in terms of its non-existent storyline.It's also a film of two halves, with the first half by far the worst. Not much happens here, other than setting up an uninteresting heroine and various supporting characters who are little more than fodder for the killer. The good news is that things pick up - considerably - in the second half, which is a straightforward action-packed slasher flick with some remarkably gory death scenes and some fun stalk 'n' slash moments. The gore effects are very well done on the budget and the narrative as a whole is relatively enjoyable if you like slasher films. Just a shame that the first half was so slow.
okamikoi
Okay...I've never made a review for this site before...but here goes. AND might I add that everyone is a critic. This movie was terrible...but the middle I was actually rooting for the killer.The $5000 movie budget means nothing to me as paranormal activity 1 was made with a budget close to this and has 4 titles in its sequence. There were sooooo many things that left me wondering WHY?! Like, WHY Didn't SHE CALL FOR HELP! There were 4 cell phones (2 visible) in the house that easily had emergency features.. whats the # for 911 again?...When you have a weapon..don't drop it...if fire stopped him once FINISH HIM! Empty the whole can on him! Like they say in in this atmosphere...if you see something strange POINT IT OUT. Don't cry and have Blaire Witch come out of your nose! When you were just stabbed in the foot, you can't run..limp fast, but not run...IDC about adrenaline. If you see BLOOD all over the floor downstairs...don't CLEAN IT UP! Call SOMEONE. If you see a killer eating your friend, go back to the house get Winona and LEAVE. I just can't...there were so many things they could have done to take care of these things to make it more believable or if anything, scary. So no, do not hire this director for future films.
PDragon616
The fact that a movie is low-budget doesn't make it a bad movie, however it doesn't mean that the movie's flaws should be forgiven as if they don't count.This movie is dreadful. Interminably boring and with exceptionally poor dialog. I couldn't make it all the way through, none of the performances conveys any kind of fear at all. The worst actor is definitely the clown playing "Karl". I can see one of the ways they saved on budget was using people who don't know how to act.Grainy cheap cameras I can forgive, but for Pete's sake, *don't* shoot "night" scenes during the day. It's (a) obvious that it isn't night and (b) confusing because sometimes a shot comes along and you can't figure out if it was "supposed to be night".My recommendation is skip it. There is nothing to see here.
Flow
I'll give this movie a 6, I know it's quite a favorable review but seriously you have to take its budget in consideration. Now, I don't know if 5000$ was all that they spent on doing it but you can tell that indeed it is a low-budget production. Not necessarily in a bad way tho, OK it is kinda logic free, you get no explanation for the killer, well for pretty much anything that is, you do get your share of nudity in exchange, but somehow "Blood runs cold" manages to stand tall, maybe with just a little hunchback but still, it's not bad at all.So if you are simply too bored, or you want to take a look in the low budget horror section, this is the movie you should start with. Trust me, you can do a whole lot worse, I think this is a great effort in the end.
AD
