Books of Blood (2020)
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The story
The film tells three stories, two of which are loose adaptations from the titular horror fiction anthology: "The Book of Blood" ("Miles") and "On Jerusalem Street" (a postscript) ("Bennett"). The first story follows Jenna Branson, a college student with a noise sensitivity disorder who runs away from home and seeks refuge at a bed and breakfast. She begins to suspect she is being followed and feels a strange connection with her host, Ellie. Meanwhile, Mary Floresky seeks to speak with her deceased son through a psychic, and Bennett is hired to collect a debt that leads him toward a legendary, cursed tome.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film presents three stories. Jenna Branson, a college student with a noise sensitivity disorder, runs away and stays at a B&B run by Ellie and Sam Austin. She discovers they have been paralyzing guests, removing their tongues, eyes, and ears, and hiding them in the walls to provide them a 'better life.' Jenna is saved by a stalker but is eventually trapped in a car and driven over a cliff by the couple. In the second story, Mary Floresky meets psychic Simon McNeal, who claims to speak to her dead son Miles. They become a couple, but Mary later discovers Simon faked the experiment. Simon is then tormented by ghosts carving stories into his flesh. In the third story, Bennett is hired to collect a debt and learns of the 'Book of Blood' in an abandoned town. He travels there with Steve, where they experience supernatural phenomena. Steve commits suicide, and Bennett finds Mary, Simon, and the ghost of Miles. He is tormented by visions and stabs himself. Finally, it is revealed that all three stories are written on Simon's back, read by Mary. Jenna survives the crash but returns to the couple to be mutilated, finding happiness in her inability to hear noise.
- First release year
- 2020
- Runtime (minutes)
- 107
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Brannon Braga
- Writers
- Adam Simon · co-writer; Brannon Braga · co-writer
- Cast and characters
- Britt Robertson · Jenna Branson; Anna Friel · Mary Floresky; Rafi Gavron · Simon McNeal; Yul Vazquez · Bennett; Freda Foh Shen · Ellie; Nicholas Campbell · Sam Austin; Andy McQueen · Steve; Kenji Fitzgerald · Gavin
- Genres
- horror; anthology
- Themes
- deception; mutilation; supernatural; isolation
- Tone and mood
- horror; dark; eerie
- Premise and plot tags
- anthology; based on source material; supernatural horror
- Source material / true-story basis
- Books of Blood by Clive Barker
- Franchise connections
- Books of Blood
- Reception
- The film received mixed or average reviews from critics.
- Production trivia
- This was the final production by Touchstone Television before being folded into 20th Television.; The film premiered at the 2020 Screamfest Horror Film Festival.
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