The Death Factory: Bloodletting
Year: 2009
Director: Sean Tretta
Stars: Claudia Vargas, Noah Todd, Michelle Mousel
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Studio: Well-Go USA
Running Time: 86 Mins
Official Website: http://www.deathfactorybloodlettingthemovie.com/


“The Death Factory: Bloodletting” is the sequel to the 2002 film “Death Factory” released by Brain Damage Films.

The film is about, Ana Romero, a woman who is tracking her daughter’s murderers. She comes across an underground website known as the Gorehouse, where a video of her daughter’s murder is found. Romero then poses as a illegal video trader, in hopes of finding those people responsible for her death. Her quest takes her to an abandoned factory where she joins a group of deviants, ararchists, and neo-Nazi’s to witness a bloodletting, which displays the torture and murder of an innocent person. Little do they know, they walked into a trap that was set by a madman, who uses the place for this bloodthirsty inhabitant known as Alexa, to carry out his rampage. Now Romero is trapped in the warehouse, where her killers are the guest and a religious zealot, who’s hellbent on killing everyone.

Before I go into my assessment of the film, enough with the Saw, the Hostel, and the Tarantino knock offs, as this film falls into all those categories

With that said, “The Death Factory: Bloodletting” is a film that not going to win points on substance and storytelling, but it’s very gory and at the end of the day is a mindless fun horror film. The reason for that was Sean Tretta’s direction and editing. Both of these aspects help save this film, from becoming a total disaster. He does a great job keeping the action moving to the point that you’re into the film, considering the screenplay has it’s ups and downs. The reason for that was the way Tretta edited the film. The editing plays a big part, as it makes the fights and bloody sequences, very graphic. It also helps move the film, when some of the action started to drag on. He also does a good job with the dark lighting. It sets up the film’s gloom and doom atmosphere that takes place. Another thing that Tretta did very well was to get the performances out of his actors. It made me interested in the film, considering the sub-par script. He gets a very good lead performance from Claudia Vargas, who makes her character very dark and likable.

This film is very lucky that it had a talented crew behind it, as the screenplay was sub-par at best. The major grip that I had with this film, it feels the story had bits and pieces from other horror films. Tretta and screenwriter, Mike Marsh pays homage to a lot of things, from the grindhouse films, to the torture porn films of this decade, to the “Feast” like intros. It hurts the screenplay, because you think about all those homages, plus the fact that there weren’t many frightening situations to begin with. Also, I didn’t like getting hit in the head over and over the religious subplot. It really got annoying at times.

But if there is a saving grace with this screenplay, it was the fact that I was interested in the main character and her story. I liked how the writers gave the character some background information on her troubled live and her willingness to do anything to exact revenge. It kept me interested, in whatever little story this film has. Also, I liked how the last third of the film really makes you forget about the problems this film has, as the action sequences were entertaining and ties up everything.

The Death Factory: Bloodletting may not be a perfect film, but you have to admire it for it’s direction and the fact that it’s something that would make a gorehound satisfied.

Review Rating: 3 Stars