The Death Factory: Bloodletting (2008)

Very well executed

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Other reviews make out this is a very poor movie. It is actually not bad at all, especially for late night viewing. From the outset people are trapped in a confined place with something bad living there. The acting is OK and the setting did not need a billion dollars spent on it to get the ambiance right. The only downside is the gore moments are not clearly seen which saves on special effects costs i guess (just use your imagination instead). The best thing about the movie is you never really know whats going to happen next which is a refreshing change from many films today. Kind of like watching the original zombie movies way back in time where you had no way of knowing what the weird thing is capable of next. There are some twists along the way too.

This film was a real let down for me. First of all I liked the first Death Factory. It was fun, exciting and cheesy in a good way. I like cheese, not just in my food :) First of all there was NO Tiffany Shepis! How can you have her play the main villainess (Alexa) in part 1 but have her M.I.A. in part 2? This seemed like a "let's make a quick buck" flick. The first film had heart and you could tell. This one just seemed like a bunch of people getting together to capitalize on the originality, flavor and courageousness of the first flick. I'm sure some people will like it, especially if they have never seen the first, but if you go in thinking this is an actual sequel you will be greatly disappointed. No Tiffany Shepis? At least Terror Toons 1 & 2 was made by the same people and was somewhat linear. Brain Damage Films put this out so if you're familiar with them you definitely know what your going to get when you hear that gravelly: "Welcome Gorehounds." At least the Terror Toons series was entertaining.

The Death Factory Bloodletting starts as a woman named Alexa (Michelle Mousel) prepares for the experience of a lifetime, using contacts on the hardcore underground website Goremaster she has paid to be witness to what is called a 'bloodletting'. Basically someone is murdered while a group of select individuals get to watch, along with Alexa there's an anarchist, S&M fetishists, a slave trader & a kiddie porn lover. They have all been taken to an abandoned brick making factory where the bloodletting is due to take place but little do they realise that it's a trap & some religious nut & his dwarf nephew have set up, using a mutant female creature with metal claws to kill the various whores, deviants & sinners justice will be served...Co-photographed, co-written, co-produced & directed by Sean Tretta this is a pretty crap low budget horror film, although Tretta made Death Factory (2002) several years earlier The Death Factory Bloodletting isn't a sequel as far as I could tell since the whole story of the mutant creature is different as is the plot & the events of the original are never mentioned or even hinted at. The script feels like a Saw II (2005) rip-off in which a groups of sinners are trapped in some building getting killed off one by one by some Jigsaw style orchestrator who speaks to them through loudspeakers. Unfortunately that's where the comparisons with Saw II ends as there's no traps, clever plot twists or inventive kills as there's just this female woman with sharp claws running around killing them off teen slasher style. Another problem with The Death Factory Bloodletting are the horrible character's, they are all so unlikable you want them to die & don't care for them at all which is a problem because a film really needs some sort of central character to emphasise with. There's also some mention of snuff films & underground websites where anything goes but it's not effective, disturbing or thought provoking in the slightest & in fact the Nicholas Cage thriller 8MM (1995) did a much better, seedier & memorable job of delving into the taboo subject matters raised. Death Factory Bloodletting is boring, extremely predictable, overlong, poorly written rubbish that tries to be extreme & but ends up rather tame with little more than some fake blood being splashed on walls.The gore levels are pretty tame here, all the attacks consist of slashing & clawing with some blood splashing on a nearby wall. There are no actual gore effects here to speak of. There's a little nudity with some bare breasts but nothing you will remember. There are no scares either with no build up to anything that happens.Filmed in Phoenix in Arizona in an old factory this looks cheap because it was cheap. The acting sucks right across the board & why did the two best looking birds have to be the first to die? The Death Factory Bloodletting is a terrible low budget horror film that feels like a boring Saw II that tries to use controversial subject matter to shock even more but it all comes across as rubbish & very tame frankly. Heres hoping a third Death Factory film never gets made.

"Death Factory" by Brad Sykes is a cheesy gore flick which heavily relies on tired clichés.In its sequel six degenerates are invited to the abandoned factory to witness the killing of an innocent,only to discover they were lured there by religious nut Denny who supplies the victims for his sister Alexa,who was turned into a flesh-eating monster as the result of a chemical experiment turned wrong.Ana tries to find the individual who was responsible for killing her daughter and is invited among the fresh meat."Death Factory:Bloodletting" is a little bit better than its predecessor.The film provides some ghastly gore,but almost all the characters are uninteresting.The script is generic and offers nothing new.At least Claudia Vargas is pretty believable as Ana,not to mention very sexy.6 out of 10.