Sunday, July 4, 2010

Blood Gnome (2004)



by JM

The back of the box features praise for the movie by Stuart Gordon.  The front of the box features the tagline, “This is one sexy horrific ride”.  It credits “Special Guest Stars Julie Strain and the Porcelain Twinz” (I have long been a Julie Strain fan --the abhorrent Delta Delta Die being a personal favorite.  I am also happy to report that the “Special Guest Stars” Porcelain Twins have not made a movie since this one).  Needless to say, I could not believe what I was looking at when I picked up the box for this flick at Movie Stop this afternoon.

Caressing the DVD box as kid might a wrapped present on Christmas Eve, I was simply giddy with excitement over what wonders awaited me.

This movie is loaded with topless women and gnomes.  There is not a whole lot more that you need to know.  But, if you are interested, read on.

I gotta tell ya, you know you are in for a treat when a DVD… which offers no previews… starts like this:

 I mean it.  No previews and it tells the viewer that they are watching the “FEATURE PRESENTATION”!  Farmhands know that we love laziness and stupidity.  This move really delivers on both counts.

The movie follows the story of a crime scene photographer, who has recently lost his wife.  She was murdered.  But, don’t worry, that is not important.  In fact, there seems to be no reason at all to give this guy any back story.  Weird that the writer did.

Anyway, while taking pictures at a crime scene, he runs into a woman that knew the victims.  And, so you have our attractive two main characters:

Through his fancy camera, our hero figures out that little gnomes (invisible to the naked eye) are running around killing men and women participating in BDSM . This is lucky news to the viewers of this movie for two reasons.  Firstly, the BDSM angle allows for ample female (sorry Billy) nudity.  Secondly, the gnomes are wonderful, looking like the best Boglins ever.
Speaking of BDSM, according to Wikipedia, this is "...a type of roleplay or lifestyle choice between two or more individuals who use their experiences of pain and power to create sexual tension, pleasure, and release".  That definition pretty much jives with what I have gleened from watching episodes of CSI.  I wonder, though, if the writer of this movie had any idea what BDSM is.  Because, according to this film this practice looks like:

Anyway, eventually our photographer becomes the de facto lead detective on the case, with his new girlfriend in tow.  Nothing about this makes any sense to me.  But, perhaps this is normal procedure in cases when the real detectives hit a dead end.  Who knows?

Thankfully, though, the actually police return to the movie after awhile.  This allows one of the detectives to utter my favorite line in the movie: “…our killer has a bloodlust”.  The expression no shit, Sherlock sure seems fitting at this point.

Speaking of ample nudity.  Julie Strain (and the Porcelain Twinz) appears toward the end of the movie.  She has no lines and pretty much walks around a club naked.  This is as it should be.

Like I said, this movie is loaded with topless women and gnomes. 

Four Fingers!

11 comments:

  1. Wow. When I saw that first pic I was like No Way!

    I thought it was Diablo Cody from the days when she used to strip out at the airport.

    Stuart Gordon's awesome.

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  2. LOL! This film looks and sounds insane. I might have to add this to the queue. Thanks for introducing me to this one!

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  3. JM,
    Well, as disappointed as I am with the lack of male nudity, I'm a big fan of the little gnomes (being that I was the proud owner of a Boglin once upon a time).

    The two main characters, by the way, look like they're auditioning for roles in "CSI: Muncie."

    -Billy

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  4. Hm. Might be worth taking you up on this one, someday, if the price is right.

    @ Billy - Boglins were fuckin' GREAT! True toy masterpieces.

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  5. Billy-
    CSI Muncie was a great spin off. My favorite episode was the one where the villain added lethal amounts of chlorine to the Delta High swimming pool. Although it didn't actually kill anyone it gave two brothers severe asthma attacks and lifelong ear infection issues.

    White Wolf-
    Diablo Cody stripping at the airport is a wonderfully gross thought. I wish I had come up with it myself for the review.

    Other Wolf-
    If you like invisible monsters, which is to say lot of knives and things being moved around by fishing line, then this movie is for you. Queue it up.

    Astro-
    Honestly, at $6.99, this movie was probably a little on the expensive side. If you can find it for about $4, grab it.

    JM

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  6. Anyone else thinking about Quatto from Total Recall when they see that gnome?

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  7. I just gave you a Versatile Blogger award: http://www.fullmoonreviews.net/2010/07/full-moon-reviews-is-versatile-blog.html

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  8. The CSI character of Lady Heather was played by the oh so beautiful Melinda Clarke, who was the smokin' hot zombie babe Julie Walker in Return of the Living Dead 3.
    Never saw this flick, but it's on my list to "to see one day" films now, lol
    Dreaded Dreams
    Petunia Scareum

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  9. Any film where the demon fetus has penises for hands is a winner in my book

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  10. Just watched it and I adore it as much as you. I too cracked up at the "the killer has bloodlust!" line. What a fabulous fabulous time.

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