Blood Mania

Craig is a young doctor with a promising career until bad choices in his past come back to haunt him in the form of blackmail. Enter Victoria. She is the daughter of one of Craig's wealthiest patients, and she wants the good doctor for herself. She will do anything to have him even to the point of killing her own father for the money Craig needs. When the plan doesn't go as planned more people are destined to make the transition to lifeless corpse. This is Blood Mania.

One of the biggest things that holds this movie back is the perceived need for vast amounts of nudity. For one thing it leads to scenes that do nothing for the story. For another thing the female cast seems to have been hired more for their bust sizes than for their acting ability. The only girl that's really any good at all is the nurse (who never undresses like the others). The male cast is better (slightly), but they can't make up for their lacking costars.

Another issue is Craig's wife (or live-in girlfriend, whatever she is, I don't recall the nature of their relationship ever being specified). She makes a deal with the blackmailer. He can do the horizontal mambo with her if he'll leave Craig alone. He agrees but makes it clear he has no intentions of living up to his part of the bargain once her part of the deed is done. There is no follow up to this, ever. In fact we never see or hear about this girl again. Maybe the actress decided she wanted to wear clothes for once and was therefore cut from the cast without the foresight to write a reason for it into the story. Craig acts like she never existed, and there's nothing comes from her giving up sex in a failed attempt to put a stop to the blackmail.

At times the film tries to be artistic with its scenes of drugged out sex. Instead of engaging it slows the already dragging plot to be every more dull. The crappy soundtrack doesn't help.

I guess mostly this just comes across as nothing special. There's no strong sense of suspense. The surprise at the end is stupid. There's no mystery. We know who the killer is because we see it happen. There's no reason to watch at all unless you just want to see boobs.

MORALITY:

If I was vague before, then let me be clear, there is a ton of nudity in this. Someone is getting naked every couple of scenes. Most of it is female though guys strip off once or twice.

There are some lengthy sex scenes, some molestation, drug use, a little strong language, and a scene or two of bloody violence.

SPIRITUALITY:

Sin leads to sin. Dishonesty, thievery, promiscuity, and even murder are all tied in together. Cover one sin with another and fall deeper into the darkness.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Avoid this poorly written bore. Run away! Run away! Rumor is that a different edit of the film is available, one that cuts down on the nudity and replaces it with -gasp- plot! I don't plan to subject myself to it, but I thought I would mention it.

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