• Jul 24
• BLOOD RIVER: DVD review
• Posted by Deljhp - 24/07/10 at 09:14 AM

Director: Adam Mason. Review: Adam Wing.

Appearances can be deceiving, especially in the case of Adam Mason’s psychological thriller Blood River. You’ll be forgiven for expecting something along the lines of Wolf Creek and The Hitcher, but after an all too familiar set up, Blood River turns into a worthier proposition. A successful young married couple are on their way to visit family when they pass a drifter walking cross-country. After a blowout on a desolate stretch of highway in Nevada, they head to the next town only to discover it long abandoned.

That’ll be The Hitcher and Wolf Creek covered then, Adam Mason successfully avoids any further comparisons when his plot takes a devilish twist. It’s not long before Joseph joins them, the mysterious stranger they passed on the roadside. He takes an immediate shine to Summer (Tess Panzer) and gets on the wrong side of her jealous husband (Ian Duncan) in doing so, before long his game plan comes to fruition and Summer is being played off against suspicious husband Clark. Surface contentment turns sour, dark secrets threaten to emerge, and lives unravel in a way you would never expect...Continue reading.