The Bloodhound (2020 film)

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The Bloodhound
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Directed byPatrick Picard
Written byPatrick Picard
Produced byLeal Naim
Thomas R. Burke
Starring Liam Aiken
Annalise Basso
Joe Adler
CinematographyJake Magee
Edited byDavid Scorca
Production
companies
Love & Death Productions (LDP)
Pfaff & Pfaff Productions
Distributed by Arrow Films
Release date
  • December 1, 2020 (2020-12-01)(United States) [1]
Running time
72 minutes [2]
Country United States
LanguageEnglish

The Bloodhound is a 2020 American mystery thriller [1] film written and directed by Patrick Picard, inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story The Fall of the House of Usher . [2] [1]

Contents

Premise

After being invited to visit a wealthy childhood friend and his twin sister at his home in a remote location, Francis is plagued by strange events.

Cast

Release

It was to be released at the Emergence Films Festival, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film was later purchased to be distributed by Arrow Films in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. [1] [3]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 93% of 14 critics' reviews are positive. [4]

Writing for Variety , Dennis Harvey said that "those with an affinity for genre material in a cryptic, ascetic arthouse mode may fall under its chilly spell." [2]

Writing for Starburst magazine, Laura Potier described the film as "undoubtedly best appreciated as an exercise in style". [5] On Dread Central , Paul Grammatico wrote that "is a film that dispenses with the period piece trappings and brings Poe's macabre tale The Fall of the House of Usher into the modern-day." [6]

Writing for Austin Chronicle , Richard Whittaker noted that the "Picard always pivots towards a bleak awkwardness. There's malice, even if it is often ill-defined." [7] On Film Threat , Ali Arkani scored the film a 8 out of 10 writing in his review consensus section: "this creature does not kill or even hurt its victims." [8]

List

It was listed by Paste magazine in 2021 as one of the "13 Best Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations". [9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Arrow Buys Mystery-Thriller 'The Bloodhound' For English-Speaking Territories – AFM". Deadline. November 10, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Harvey, Dennis (December 18, 2020). "'The Bloodhound' Review: A Cryptic Crossing of the River Poe". Variety. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Catching Up With the AFI Alumni Team Behind the New Mystery-Thriller Film THE BLOODHOUND". Afi. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Bloodhound". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved August 15, 2025. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. ↑ "The Bloodhound". Starburst. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ "THE BLOODHOUND Review–Edgar Allan Poe's Macabrery in the Modern Age". Dread Central. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Bloodhound". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Bloodhound". Film Threat. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  9. ↑ Oller, Jacob (October 27, 2021). "The 13 Best Edgar Allan Poe Adaptations". Paste Magazine. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
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