Maidexpl
Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
James G
I almost spit-out my popcorn. It began with a very loose and care-free feel to it, then suddenly, the convenient store clerk and other people in the started acting morose and dreadful. The little girl sitting outside of the store was so cute, but monotone. I'm guessing she was the executive producers daughter or family friend. the other actors were entertaining and believable. the story overall was fun and scary.If you want to have good entertaining fun, rent this funny- scary movie. This movie actually reminds me of a parody of scary movie.The one thing I think you will enjoy is that the young ladies are all cute and sexy and pretty good actresses.
tbranson-2
Look, the movies called "BLOOD RANCH" not "Orchids for Chocolate" or some such so don't go into to it with grand expectations and you'll be OK. While being fairly transgressive, the film never falls too deeply into torture porn territory and is campy enough for a few laughs.Season Hamilton is pretty easy on the eyes as the "Good Girl" and I was relieved we didn't have to see her abused in any sub-human way (although the same can't be said for everyone in this flick). I would have liked to see her running around topless maybe, but alas, that was not to be. In fact the complete lack of nudity was a little disappointing, but oh well.My one complaint was the depiction of rural Americans. In too many movies anyone who lives more than fifteen minutes from a 7-eleven is portrayed as a wild-eyed sex murderer- My experience as a rural American is quite the contrary- I lived the first half of my life as a child in the Mohave- the son of the leader of a cargo cult that worshiped an eight-ball shifter knob and a pair of old fuzzy dice and not once can I remember a single member of our "Family" kidnapping, torturing or raping anyone- let alone a car load of hip young people lost in the desert- although at times I can't say we weren't tempted.
ortega-1
I'm writing this review mostly with the intention of warning you not to waste any of your time with this, since the rating for it appears to be inexplicably high (5.1!?). I was attracted by this DVD cover, which is pretty cool and very promising, but unfortenately it just didn't deliver. For the record, I'm a horror fan and fond of trash movies too. That is, the good ones. When the budget is very, very low, you've gotta compensate that with something. Could be lots of well crafted but still cheap gore effects, nudity, believable violence, a clever script, unbelievable sickness... something! Blood Ranch doesn't. All the situations and dialogs are both cliché and fake. Everything in the movie is a rip-off from something else, only worsened. The only rape scene is ridiculously fake and chicks won't even show their breasts, which is the opposite that the cover from the DVD implies. Forget about this one, rent Cabin Fever or anything else instead.
Slimboa
As a rule, I find horror films a little tiresome, but Blood Ranch starts with a great premise and slowly builds up to some outrageous horror and sick humor. The film tips its hat to some of the classics, and there's even a reference to Texas Chain Saw. It's not good that the premise of the movie is revealed in the selling bites on the DVD listing as you don't learn the truth until near the end of the movie and it all starts to make a lot more sense. One thing about horror films which has always bugged me is that the bad guys never seem real to me, as if they are some kind of limitless satanic evil or whatever. In Ranch, we really believe that the leader Spider is believable scenario is very possible and for that, all the more frightening.
