Blood in Them Hills (2025)★ 3.7/10
- Drama
- Horror
- Western
Directed by: Kellen Garner, Christopher Sheffield
Written by: Kellen Garner
A bank robber, A Civil War doctor, a Midwife with a rifle, and a baby are trapped on cursed land, locked in a game of survival against hungry Cannibals, a murderous Outlaw Gang, and the ancient curse of a Wendigo Demon.
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Joseph CruzMarch 2, 2025
Joseph CruzMarch 2, 2025The Score: 2 out of 10
Where to watch: VOD
A bank robber, civil war doctor, a midwife with a rifle, and a baby are trapped on cursed land, locked in a game of survival against hungry cannibals, a murderous outlaw gang, and the ancient curse of a Wendigo demon.
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The Shortcut:
Blood in Them Hills has an identity problem. It’s sometimes an awful spaghetti western, other times a mediocre supernatural horror, and always terribly executed.
That all said, this has a substantial budget for something so awfully made. I’d be impressed if it wasn’t almost two hours long.
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The Long Route:
There definitely is Blood in Them Hills, but this isn’t done well enough to make it worth watching.
At just a hair short of two hours, there’s still too much story packed in, with too many characters and too many ideas. Pacing is illogical, the characters are bad cliches that were out of date in the 1960’s, whoever wrote this film did the bare minimum of research into anything in the film, and the plot has lazy and predictable twists. Also this film hits my big pet peeve where characters explain what is happening while it’s visibly happening on screen.
The visuals are the most frustrating mixed bag of obvious good budget without a clue as to how to use the money. The cameras are great and everything looks high definition, but the camera work is sloppy and rough, and often way too close to faces and people. Everything is practical effects, but they all look awful and are applied terribly.
It feels like the actors weren’t to blame for their performances, and it was instead the writing that made them so awful. You can tell some of them were trying to enjoy the work they were doing, with emphasis on “trying”.
The music is painfully, insufferably, miserably generic. You can tell there was no money put into the music. Sound effects had effort put in, but also lacked the budget for any crisp detail.
Blood in Them Hills is a film without a clear identity, and a lot of wasted money.
Where to watch: VOD
A bank robber, civil war doctor, a midwife with a rifle, and a baby are trapped on cursed land, locked in a game of survival against hungry cannibals, a murderous outlaw gang, and the ancient curse of a Wendigo demon.
-
The Shortcut:
Blood in Them Hills has an identity problem. It’s sometimes an awful spaghetti western, other times a mediocre supernatural horror, and always terribly executed.
That all said, this has a substantial budget for something so awfully made. I’d be impressed if it wasn’t almost two hours long.
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The Long Route:
There definitely is Blood in Them Hills, but this isn’t done well enough to make it worth watching.
At just a hair short of two hours, there’s still too much story packed in, with too many characters and too many ideas. Pacing is illogical, the characters are bad cliches that were out of date in the 1960’s, whoever wrote this film did the bare minimum of research into anything in the film, and the plot has lazy and predictable twists. Also this film hits my big pet peeve where characters explain what is happening while it’s visibly happening on screen.
The visuals are the most frustrating mixed bag of obvious good budget without a clue as to how to use the money. The cameras are great and everything looks high definition, but the camera work is sloppy and rough, and often way too close to faces and people. Everything is practical effects, but they all look awful and are applied terribly.
It feels like the actors weren’t to blame for their performances, and it was instead the writing that made them so awful. You can tell some of them were trying to enjoy the work they were doing, with emphasis on “trying”.
The music is painfully, insufferably, miserably generic. You can tell there was no money put into the music. Sound effects had effort put in, but also lacked the budget for any crisp detail.
Blood in Them Hills is a film without a clear identity, and a lot of wasted money.