Brotherhood of Blood (2007)

Directors:

Michael Roesch
Peter Scheerer

Writers:

Michael Roesch (writer)
Peter Scheerer (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Claustrophobic thriller about a team of vampire hunters who infiltrate a nest of undead to rescue one of their own. |

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Vampire Hunter | Flashback Sequence | Shot In The Stomach | Finger Cut Off

Cast

Victoria Pratt	...	Carrie Rieger
Sid Haig	...	Pashek
Ken Foree	...	Stanis
Jason Connery	...	Keaton
William Snow	...	Thomas
Wes Ramsey	...	Fork
Jeremy James Kissner	...	Derek
Rachel Grant	...	Jill
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Donner	...	Paul Cramer
Bill Doyle	...	Sid
Maxwell Fasen	...	Extra
Jonathan Fraser	...	Grant
Ryan Izay	...	James Christin
Darrin James	...	Chris
Boris Kievsky	...	Stregoi
Adrienne McQueen	...	Elena
Marc Ian Sklar	...	Torrek
Angela Trimbur	...	Carla

Directed by
Michael Roesch
Peter Scheerer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Roesch		writer
Peter Scheerer		writer

Produced by
Nicole Ackermann	....	producer
Mark Burman	....	producer
Wolfgang Herold	....	co-producer
Scott Pearlman	....	co-producer
Juergen Popp	....	executive producer
Eric Ricart	....	line producer
Sascha Seifert	....	co-producer
Calum Waddell	....	associate producer
Max Wanko	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Tom Bimmermann
Ralph Rieckermann

Cinematography by
River O'Mahoney Hagg
River Mahoney

Film Editing by
Andrew Bentler

Casting by
Caroline Liem
Ricki Maslar

Production Design by
Thomas William Hallbauer

Art Direction by
Maxwell Fasen

Set Decoration by
Jasmine Garnet

Costume Design by
Sarah Jeanne Mgeni

Makeup Department
Shyann Swisher	....	co-key makeup artist
Rileah Vanderbilt	....	co-key makeup artist

Production Management
Wil Evans	....	unit production manager
Jon D. Wagner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott McCleary	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Maxwell Fasen	....	artist: Romanian church mural
Jasmine Garnet	....	set dresser
Benc Orpak	....	artist: Vlad Kossei painting

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	sound mixer
Willy Allen	....	sound mixer
Wolfgang Herold	....	sound supervisor
Manuel Karakas	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dana Kopetzky	....	sound mixer
Tim Montijo	....	adr recording engineer
Barry Shea	....	boom operator
Steven Stuhr	....	sound mixer
Max Wanko	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Jeffrey S. Farley	....	special effects supervisor
Torrence Hall	....	special effects technician
Monica O'Shaughnessey	....	special effects technician
David Patrick	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Christian Haas	....	visual effects supervisor
Zoran Kazic	....	visual effects artist
Tim Montijo	....	digital color grader

Camera and Electrical Department
Jonathan S. Abrams	....	head key grip
Chris Ekstein	....	gaffer
Satir González	....	still photographer
Sketch Pasinski	....	camera operator
James Roddy	....	assistant camera
John Rogers	....	director of photography: second unit
John Rogers	....	gaffer
Andy Rydzewski	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Erin McCall	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
David Nippert	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Wil Evans	....	production coordinator
Susan L. Oberg	....	assistant: Sid Haig
Lolita A. O'Connor	....	script supervisor
Sam Reinis	....	script supervisor
Mike Tristano	....	armorer

Thanks
Trent Martin	....	thanks
Ryan Turek	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Brotherhood LLC
• Kinostar
• MEB Entertainment
• Psycho Studios

Distributors

• Grindstone Entertainment Group (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Eventity Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Ghosthouse Underground (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Herold Studios  sound post-production
• Integration Entertainment  producer's representative
• Lenz Films  grip and lighting equipment

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence and language.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 | Germany:18 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Brotherhood LLC

Trivia:

Director Sam Raimi selected "Brotherhood of Blood" as one of the first movies for his new label Ghosthouse Underground at Lionsgate.

Rough edges but very promising

Unlike most suspense thrillers,'brotherhood of blood' remains interesting even after multiple viewings. Its charm is not dependent on suspense alone.Its true force comes from the acting by the main leads and the narrative technique. Just when one story thread appears to be in the danger of going limp, there emerges another much tauter. The screenplay is such a deviously contrived maze that almost every character appears to be lost at one point or another.

Some people may complain about the contrived ending. But why ending alone? The whole plot is a contrivance. More important than the plausibility element, I think it's the entertainment angle that's really taken care of. And it's pretty cerebral at that.

One of the pleasures of this move is that it makes you care about some of the main characters. You don't see many low budget movies these days that make you feel that way.