Blood Hunters

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Blood Hunters
Directed byTricia Lee
Written byCorey Brown
Produced byTricia Lee
Chris Luckhardt
Starring Lara Gilchrist
Torri Higginson
Mark Taylor
CinematographyRyan Knight
Edited by Jane MacRae
Music byAaron Gilhuis
Production
company
Film Monkey
Release date
Running time
90 minutes [1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Blood Hunters (formerly titled One Drop) is a 2016 Canadian horror thriller film directed by Tricia Lee and starring Lara Gilchrist, Torri Higginson and Mark Taylor.

Contents

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the London FrightFest Film Festival on August 29, 2016. [2] Then it was released on DVD, VOD and digital platforms in Canada and the United States on July 4, 2017. [3]

Reception

The film has a 40% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. [4] Gareth Jones of Dread Central awarded the film three stars out of five. [5] Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail awarded the film two stars out of four. [6]

Chris Knight of the National Post gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The actors do their best to invest Corey Brown’s headlong script with sympathy and a little gravitas, but sometimes it’s all they can do to draw breath." [7]

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References

  1. Gelmini, David. "FrightFest 2016: Blood Hunters Trailer and Poster Have Death in Their Genes". Dread Central . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. Hamman, Cody (29 August 2016). "THE BLOOD HUNTERS TRAILER HAS MONSTERS AND MYSTERIOUS PREGNANCY". JoBlo.com . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. Moore, Debi. "Blood Hunters Getting a Day and Date Release in July". Dread Central . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. "Blood Hunters (One Drop) (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. Jones, Gareth. "Blood Hunters (2016)". Dread Central . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. Hertz, Barry (7 July 2017). "Review: The only scary thing about Blood Hunters is the performances". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  7. Knight, Chris (6 July 2017). "In Blood Hunters, talk is cheap and so are the monsters". National Post . Retrieved 5 December 2020.