Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- campy
- frantic
- halloween party
- late night horror marathon
What critics said
Critics found entertaining moments in the horror parody but broadly viewed its humor and meta-commentary as forced and overly familiar.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The teenagers understand horror-film clichés while confronting killers and monsters in a festival designed around iconic horror movies.
The horror festival presents themed attractions that become actual battlegrounds as attendees are killed.
The film combines festival carnage, madmen, monstrosities, and knowingly ineffective cliché-based survival strategies.
Dax, Sam, and Krill are more educated in horror conventions than in practically stopping psycho killers.
Films like Blood Fest, and why
The Final Girls
meta horror comedy built around genre conventions and self-aware parody
Scary Movie
horror parody with escalating set pieces, genre references, and comic survival stakes
Cabin in the Woods
self-aware slasher comedy that turns horror fandom and clichés into narrative material
Movie Details
- Director
- Owen Egerton
- Release Date
- 2018-08-17
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (282)
Cast
- Robbie Kay
- Seychelle Gabriel
- Jacob Batalon
- Barbara Dunkelman
- Chris Doubek
- Nick Rutherford
- Tate Donovan
- Owen Egerton
- Rebecca Wagner
- Bryon Brown
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Blood Fest about?
- Teen horror buffs must turn their knowledge of movie clichés into real survival skills when a horror festival becomes a deadly maze of killers and monsters.
- What is Blood Fest like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Blood Fest as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Blood Fest violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Blood Fest as graphic.
- What did critics think of Blood Fest?
- Critics found entertaining moments in the horror parody but broadly viewed its humor and meta-commentary as forced and overly familiar.
- Which films are like Blood Fest?
- Films with a similar feel include The Final Girls, Scary Movie, and Cabin in the Woods.
- How long is Blood Fest?
- Blood Fest runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Blood Fest?
- In United States, Blood Fest streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
