Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories

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Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories
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Directed bySean Blevins (segment "Trick or Treat")
John William Holt (segment "Feeding Time")
Jon Maynard (segment "Blood Bath")
Nathan Thomas Milliner (segments "Murder Death Killer", "Fear, For Sinners Here")
Justin Seaman (segment "The Deathday Party")
James Treakle (segment "A Killer House")
Screenplay bySean Blevins
Nathan Thomas Milliner
P. J. Starks
Jason Turner
Produced byEric Huskisson
David Justice
P. J. Starks
Devin Taylor
StarringBarbie Clark
Thomas Dunba
Aric Stanish
Nathan Thomas Milliner
Gerrimy Keiffer
Moses J. Moseley [1]
CinematographyAlexander Clark
John William Holt
Austin Madding
Edited bySean Blevins
John William Holt
Jon Maynard
Nathan Thomas Milliner
James Treakle
Music byJosh Coffey
Rocky Gray
Mikel Shane Prather
Distributed byPetri Entertainment
Release date
  • October 29, 2016 (2016-10-29) [2]
Running time
118 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories is a 2016 American horror anthology film consisting of segments directed by Sean Blevins, John William Holt, Jon Maynard, Nathan Thomas Milliner, Justin Seaman and James Treakle. The film's screenplay was written by Sean Blevins, Nathan Thomas Milliner, P. J. Starks, and Jason Turner.

Contents

A sequel to the 2015 film Volumes of Blood , Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories was produced by Eric Huskisson, David Justice, P. J. Starks, and Devin Taylor. Like its predecessor, the film was shot in Owensboro, Kentucky.

Reception

Jerry Smith of Fangoria called the film "hands down, the most entertaining anthology in years." [3] It was also listed in Fangoria's "Year in Horror: Top 10 Horror Films" [4] Matt Boiselle of Dread Central awarded the film three out of five stars. [5] Halloween Daily News proclaimed the film to be a "Killer Anthology" and "highly recommended as one of the most ambitious anthologies and independent horror releases in recent years..." [6] Crytptic Rock lauded the crew by saying, "those involved in the making of these films are skilled with the rather rare gift of taking coal-like resources and turning them into cinematic diamonds" and also awarded the film 4 out of 5 stars. [7]

Awards

The film won "Best Horror Anthology" at the 2016 Fright Night Film Fest. [8]

Sequel

In a 2015 interview, P. J. Starks said he had ideas for a third volume. [9] In an interview with Dread Central , producer P. J. Stark announced a second and final sequel called Devil's Knight: Volumes of Blood 3. [10]

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References

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