Blood Relic
Blood Relic
R | 07 July 2005 (USA)
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A group of college kids hired to help open an aviation museum on a closed U.S. military airbase accidentally unearth an ancient artifact which unleashes an evil spirit whom possesses them one by one making the host kill off the rest.

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GL84

Working at a local military museum, the workers restoring the exhibits find that a sacred amulet found there releases a murderous spirit on the base and is being forced to kill due to the homicidal influence of the relic, forcing them to find a way out of the museum while stopping the killer's rampage.This here wasn't that bad of a slasher. One of the things it does right is getting a good setting for this of an airplane museum, which is pretty creative and allows for some great scenes within such a location. The scenes after the party, mainly the ones of the survivors wandering through the darkened hallways, trying logical plan after logical plan to get out, provide some great suspense as they go about their plan of action without alerting the killer, and trying to accomplish all this really great sneaking around in such creepy locations are really good. Due to the blackout in the area bringing up the cramped and confined office spaces and crew quarters within the long hallways while moving out into the main hall of the museum which has them interacting alongside the full-scale plane props during this set-up, the atmosphere here is highly enjoyable while generating plenty of fine suspense along the way. The killer in here has one of the greatest designs ever, as the large jumpsuit, pilot's helmet, and mask make for a great look for a killer, and this one pulls it off nicely which compliments the suspense quite well. There's some great nudity in here, which is greatly appreciated and surprising for this film, not only including a strip-poker sequence that has enough flesh since everyone strips off, but there's a couple of great sex scenes and the fun sequence where one woman is forced to strip for her boyfriend wearing a pilot's outfit until it's revealed that it was a gag, but it's a suspenseful one before that nonetheless and is all a part of the fun had with the nudity. The last big plus here is the fun and ingenious twist provided at the end that turns around the identity of the killer really nicely and comes about as a fun and surprising scene. Along with the blood and gore in here, these here are the film's good points as this here only has a few flaws to it. One of the biggest problems here is the fact that the purpose of the talisman relic indulging in the power to the others is never explained. It's simply told what it is, what it looks like and what happens, but never why and there's a serious void in here due to that, especially since there are two people who had been exposed to the powers who had told of their experiences, yet nothing is said why they were under the influence. Another flaw is that the majority of the film's kills are incredibly lame in execution, either doing it off-screen to be found later or just being the single most bloodless type of kill around which really leaves them pretty lackluster for the most part. The last flaw in here is the lame séance scene, which offers nothing of value, seems stuck in for no reason other than a lame jump-gag or a predictable supernatural twist, and could be done away with easily. These here are the film's flaws that hold it back.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Graphic Language and a couple mild sex scenes.

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Scarecrow-88

Employees renovating an old hanger, abandoned by the military after one of their own, Hank Campbell(Jon Christian), went on a killing spree leaving behind a monkey god talisman he found in a Caribbean jungle, decide to gather together for a little party, not knowing that a killer is lurking within. They are trapped because the hanger is under a security system which locks all doors and windows, with only the basement an avenue of escape(..and it's chained). Their entry into the place is a pass card, found snapped into, inside the stomach of a victim. Getting to the basement and breaking the chain will be top priority, but doing this will be difficult as the psychopath, dressed in jet fighter uniform and helmet, awaits each and every one of them, his/her methods of execution increasing in creativity and difficulty. What is driving this person to commit the murders..the talisman, found by newly employed Terri(Jennifer Lauren Grant)where Hank had left it, having been given to their intense boss Harry(Billy Drago), driven & dedicated to keeping his museum from going bankrupt without his brother's insistence on adding video games and other luxuries to lure clientèle to their fledgling business which is losing profit. Oh, and Hank, after spending 22 years in lock up and under psychiatric care, has been released..Microbudget slasher flick has nothing new to offer. The violence is carried out mostly off-screen or framed in a way not delivering the gory thrills one often seeks in this sub-genre. The film parades a female cast willing to display their tits, so that might provide some titillation where the violence is lacking. I could guess in advance who the killer was, and I'm pretty sure the majority will as well. Other than the supernatural blood relic angle, this flick is basically just another low budget slasher flick, shot using a camera which moves constantly. Drago provides some amusement in his minor role as another loon, this time an employer who really has a passion for keeping the museum in business, explaining his sob story to Grant's Terri about daddy's death in Vietnam, and the political idiots who sent him to an early grave...Drago, as usual, devours the scenery like a shark ripping into a seal.

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Claudio Carvalho

In 1983, the aviator Hank (John Christian) kills three sailors in a military airbase while wearing a voodoo talisman that he found in a mission in Granada. He hides the object in an electrical box and twenty-two years later, he is released from the asylum where he had been hosted considered mentally sane again. Meanwhile, the former base is transformed in an aviation museum owned by the idealistic Harry (Billy Drago), who is facing financial difficulties to keep the establishment working and problems with his partner and brother. When one of the workers finds the weird hidden artifact, she gives it to Harry. In the end of the working day, the group of co-workers decides to meet each other after 10:00 PM for a séance followed by sex, gamble and beer. When two couples vanish, the others decide to seek them and find them killed. Sooner they meet Hank that tells the survivors that the talisman unleashes a fiend that possesses the person that is wearing the necklace, forcing the owner to kill people with sadism. The group joins forces trying to find a way out of the museum while Hank chases the killer."Blood Relic" is an average slasher low-budget movie, with all the common clichés of the genre including many breasts, exits closed, silly lines and stupid decisions. However, most of the deaths are original and there is a great twist in the end when the identity of the real killer is disclosed (I confess that it was a good surprise for me and totally unpredictable). The acting is not as bad as indicated in some reviews, in spite of the exaggeration of Billy Drago and the incoherent and frantic attitudes of Joshua Park. In the end, as a fan of the genre, I had fun with this movie. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Maldição Voodoo" ("Voodoo Curse")

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lordzedd-3

Let's see what we have to work with, a blood relic just sitting in the middle of an open field resting on a skull with no other relics or warnings not to touch it. Where anyone can find it, that makes perfect sense (NOT!) Second, what is the back story of the relic, how old is it, how did a demonic force get into it? These are kind of important subtext questions so the movie will make sense. Since they don't have it, it doesn't. Lastly, the big twist of who the killer is also makes perfect sense (NOT!). In one seen, the killer grabs one of the girls, pulls her into the room and while holding the door shut ties her up, takes her across the room and places a noose around her neck that's connect via a pulley to the door that when they force the door open it hangs her, then leaves via an unknown door, changes her clothes and returns to help open the door and kill the girl in about ten seconds. That doesn't make any sense. Plus, the pilot that found the relic, he hasn't changed in twenty years. So, what the hell was Billy Drago thinking when he agreed to this disaster of a flick? What's more shocking is this crapper didn't go right to video. THE NOOSE!

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