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It’s always nice when a current horror film pays tribute to its roots. In the case of "Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet," the shrewd casting of horror vets Danielle Harris and Bill Moseley adds to the intrigue, as does the retro DVD cover. But the end result is as convoluted as the film’s dreary title.
The prologue is set 30 years in the past, when young Mary dispatches of her parents in the most gruesome of ways. Flash forward 10 years and Mary is in an insane asylum, suffers repetitive gang-rape by a guard, and becomes pregnant. When she escapes in a bloody rampage, she is shot dead, but what happened to her newborn baby? The local town where Mary’s legend was born is having its annual Blood Night in tribute to her - and the attractive teenage cast gets picked off one by one. Is Mary back from the dead? Or is there a copycat killer on the loose?
The "Friday the 13th" similarities to "Blood Night" abound, as does the inane dialogue between teenage cast members; really, it’s just tedious and wastes precious screen time. Gratuitous T&A ought to give slasher fans what they want, yet with a mystery killer whose identity is obvious 30 minutes in, "Blood Night" is as cliché as any Hammer Horror flick.
It’s always nice when a current horror film pays tribute to its roots. In the case of "Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet," the shrewd casting of horror vets Danielle Harris and Bill Moseley adds to the intrigue, as does the retro DVD cover. But the end result is as convoluted as the film’s dreary title.
The prologue is set 30 years in the past, when young Mary dispatches of her parents in the most gruesome of ways. Flash forward 10 years and Mary is in an insane asylum, suffers repetitive gang-rape by a guard, and becomes pregnant. When she escapes in a bloody rampage, she is shot dead, but what happened to her newborn baby? The local town where Mary’s legend was born is having its annual Blood Night in tribute to her - and the attractive teenage cast gets picked off one by one. Is Mary back from the dead? Or is there a copycat killer on the loose?
The "Friday the 13th" similarities to "Blood Night" abound, as does the inane dialogue between teenage cast members; really, it’s just tedious and wastes precious screen time. Gratuitous T&A ought to give slasher fans what they want, yet with a mystery killer whose identity is obvious 30 minutes in, "Blood Night" is as cliché as any Hammer Horror flick.
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