Bloodshock (2015)
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Small cast.
Small budget.
Powerful film.
The last of the American Guinea Pig films in my “to watch” bucket was unintentionally saved as the best for last.
Bloodshock immediately creates a hopeless, grim and emotionally distressing atmosphere of utter despair. A patient in a hospital gown with bandaged wrists and a freshly cut off tongue curls up in a corner of his padded cell, sobbing from his desolate situation. He is being subjected to the most inhumane experiments since Dr. Mengele and it’s quite horrific how quickly they escalate in complete terror.
With each trip to the dreaded chair where a new shocking and torturous act awaits, the male patient continues to slip into profound misery with no end in sight. And then…he receives a note.
“Welcome to Hell”
Spot on and not very optimistic, until he receives another and then another. The patient being locked up next to him is able to pass little messages to her fellow captive, begging him to keep enduring this pain so that he doesn’t leave her all alone.
It is troubling to learn that she is only a few bloody procedures ahead of her new neighbor, enduring some abhorrent if not creative cruelty lead by the maniacal doctor in charge. Similar to Grotesque, the doctor seems to enjoy the intense brutality he inflicts upon his two patients while collecting their blood to extract some type of chemical from their DNA for his own personal use.
Mostly developed in black and white, Bloodshock’s torture scenes are unforgiving and sickening. In other words, brilliant material for the squeamish. The gore is relentless and will cause on-going flinching, so be prepared. Throughout this “silent” film, the empathy for both patients grows into discouraging sadness, even when they finally connect and console each other with a most gruesome and blood soaked ending.
The collaboration between Koch and Biro harmonizes eloquently once again. Looking for an answer to the obvious “who are these patients and why are they being tortured so viciously?” Keep watching throughout the end credits for the appalling backstory.