<p>A 14-year gap is sufficient time to get a lot of things done, to get a different perspective on life… and death in this case. Cheating death is next to impossible, and the makers have aptly titled this ‘Bloodlines’, for it is a blood fest involving family.</p>.<p>Oscillating between the late ’60s and the present day, the movie starts off with a scene that is bound to make you tingle. After a horrifying nightmare keeps her up for months, college student Stefani (Kaitlyn Juana) is determined to decipher the story. This takes her to her grandmother’s home. When she gets there, she realises that her crazy grandmother was cheating death for all these years, thereby ensuring the safety of her family. A family that shouldn’t have existed in the first place.</p>.<p>Some family drama and smaller sub-plots within the movie occasionally break the monotony of gore and blood with a few laughs and gimmicks thrown in.</p>.<p>Determined to save her family, Stefani goes into warp mode. But hey, who’s going to listen to her, until of course macabre accidents kill those around her. As the family jostles to figure out a way to escape death, their love for eachother comes to the fore, but can they cheat death?</p>.<p>There are instances where certain scenes feel gimmicky, with the acting bordering on childish. It also feels like the director just discovered VFX and decided to go crazy with it. The death scenes are almost cringe worthy.</p>.<p>Fans of the franchise might, however, lap up each gory detail.</p>
<p>A 14-year gap is sufficient time to get a lot of things done, to get a different perspective on life… and death in this case. Cheating death is next to impossible, and the makers have aptly titled this ‘Bloodlines’, for it is a blood fest involving family.</p>.<p>Oscillating between the late ’60s and the present day, the movie starts off with a scene that is bound to make you tingle. After a horrifying nightmare keeps her up for months, college student Stefani (Kaitlyn Juana) is determined to decipher the story. This takes her to her grandmother’s home. When she gets there, she realises that her crazy grandmother was cheating death for all these years, thereby ensuring the safety of her family. A family that shouldn’t have existed in the first place.</p>.<p>Some family drama and smaller sub-plots within the movie occasionally break the monotony of gore and blood with a few laughs and gimmicks thrown in.</p>.<p>Determined to save her family, Stefani goes into warp mode. But hey, who’s going to listen to her, until of course macabre accidents kill those around her. As the family jostles to figure out a way to escape death, their love for eachother comes to the fore, but can they cheat death?</p>.<p>There are instances where certain scenes feel gimmicky, with the acting bordering on childish. It also feels like the director just discovered VFX and decided to go crazy with it. The death scenes are almost cringe worthy.</p>.<p>Fans of the franchise might, however, lap up each gory detail.</p>