Blood Trails
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Blood Trails is a horror film
, released in 2007
by Lions Gate Entertainment
and starring Rebecca Palmer, Ben Price
and Tom Frederic. It was directed by Robert Krause and won the Dawn by Dead Horror Festival Audience Award in 2006.
category, it is an attempt at a realistic portrayal rather than the Grand Guignol
style of most of this type. The protagonist, Anne, played by Palmer, is a bicycle messenger
who accompanies her somewhat estranged boyfriend on a mountain biking
holiday in the distant reaches of the "huge" Whistler Mountains (location never specified, but the movie was shot in Germany
), where the two decide to cycle down a trail which had been closed to biking, and thus deserted. The pair are surreptitiously followed, however, by another mountain biker; a charming psychopath with whom Anne had, unknown to her boyfriend, had a recent one night stand
which had become "brutal", as she confessed it to him. The psychopath, intrigued by Anne's strength and courage (he states that she is the "only one to have survived the first night"), now views her as his property and proceeds to quickly dispatch anyone who attempts to stand in the way of his enjoying her slow and painful death; the resourcefulness and courage shown in her efforts at evading him make up the rest of the movie. Aside from the psychopath, who by definition must act aberrantly, the portrayals in the movie are naturalistic rather than the stylized performances of most slasher films. The film features extended cycling scenes which are particularly realistic.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
, released in 2007
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
by Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...
and starring Rebecca Palmer, Ben Price
Ben Price
Ben Price is a British actor, best known for playing the third incarnation of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street...
and Tom Frederic. It was directed by Robert Krause and won the Dawn by Dead Horror Festival Audience Award in 2006.
Plot
While the film is in the general slasher filmSlasher film
A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...
category, it is an attempt at a realistic portrayal rather than the Grand Guignol
Grand Guignol
Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol — known as the Grand Guignol — was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris . From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962 it specialized in naturalistic horror shows...
style of most of this type. The protagonist, Anne, played by Palmer, is a bicycle messenger
Bicycle messenger
Bicycle messengers are people who work for courier companies carrying and delivering items by bicycle. Bicycle messengers are most often found in the central business districts of metropolitan areas...
who accompanies her somewhat estranged boyfriend on a mountain biking
Mountain biking
Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can...
holiday in the distant reaches of the "huge" Whistler Mountains (location never specified, but the movie was shot in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
), where the two decide to cycle down a trail which had been closed to biking, and thus deserted. The pair are surreptitiously followed, however, by another mountain biker; a charming psychopath with whom Anne had, unknown to her boyfriend, had a recent one night stand
One Night Stand
One Night Stand is an HBO stand-up series that first aired on February 15, 1989. The half-hour series aired weekly and featured stand-up comedy specials from some of the top performing comedians. The series originally comprised 55 specials over the course of its four years on HBO...
which had become "brutal", as she confessed it to him. The psychopath, intrigued by Anne's strength and courage (he states that she is the "only one to have survived the first night"), now views her as his property and proceeds to quickly dispatch anyone who attempts to stand in the way of his enjoying her slow and painful death; the resourcefulness and courage shown in her efforts at evading him make up the rest of the movie. Aside from the psychopath, who by definition must act aberrantly, the portrayals in the movie are naturalistic rather than the stylized performances of most slasher films. The film features extended cycling scenes which are particularly realistic.