Product Description

Hilarious and absurdly funny, The Blood Stained Bride begins as Tracy, fresh off of being dumped by his girlfriend meets Madeline, coming off a bad and bloody break up of her own. The laughs and bodies pile up as Tracy s friends watch in horror while she leads him down the aisle one emasculated step at a time.

Review

The beauty of low budget independent movies occurs when you find a diamond amongst the coal. With films being made in every format imaginable, the market has saturated itself with junk high class, low class and everything in between. So, when something comes along and really takes you off guard; makes you laugh and cringe and, believe it or not, think (well think about the perils of relationships, which we all do anyway), you ve found yourself a winner. The Bloodstained Bride is just such a movie. Now, this isn t a flawless work of art, but it is a great no-budget indie featuring great performances, strong direction and a cynical look at marriage. Oh yeah, and some folks get killed real good too... On Madeline s (Renee Madison Cole) wedding night, her hubby forcefully encourages her to consummate their vows, but to woeful results. Seems she don t cotton to no bullying and gives her husband a good stiff stab in the heart, and leaves him for dead. Sometime later, she s prowling the streets of Los Angeles and happens upon Tracy (Dane Moreton), who is in the middle of being dumped by his trampy girlfriend. Madeline arranges a couple of chance encounters and finally finagles a date out of average-Joe Tracy. Things start off great - she s beautiful and giving and supportive - but his freedom begins to taper off as the relationship gets more serious. First, Terry has to quit drinking with the boys and before you know it, he s power walking in the park with Madeline in matching sweat suits! Terry s best friend, Dirk (Joe Sperandeo) thinks Madeline is really putting a damper on the bachelor lifestyle and does everything in his power to make sure these two never make it to the alter, but he s unaware that Madeline will do anything (and I mean anything - short of actually sleeping with Terry) to get those nuptials underway. Although it looks like a horror movie, and it undoubtedly contains the elements of one, The Bloodstained Bride is actually a wry look at relationships, with a fun gender-bending spin on the classic thriller The Stepfather . Here Madeline is a wanna-be Mrs. Cleaver lost in a world of Roseannes. A satirical and smart peek into the hell of going into marriage, not one aspect of dating is safe from Aaron Burk and Brad Paulson s adept script. Thoughtful horror? Not really, but The Bloodstained Bride is certainly brimming with enough genius and talent to make this micro-cinema flick worth checking out. --Film Threat

Not to be confused with the Vicente Aranda 1972 horror fave The Blood Spattered Bride, Tri-Toad Film's The Blood Stained Bride is the indie follow up to their clever anthology film from a few years back, The Van (review here). The 'bride' the title speaks of would be Madeline (Renee Madison Cole) a young woman who is scorned (through prologue) by her over zealous newlywed husband on their wedding night. Some time passes, and it's fairly evident to the viewer that Madeline 'just ain't right' no more. She soon sets her sights on a young man she sneakily overhears breaking up with his girlfriend at an outdoor cafe. The young man in question is Tracy (Dane Moreton) and while it would appear his lustful interests with Madeline stem from the fact that his friends were originally pushing him to go after her 'to get some,' feelings do eventualy begin to develop. Madeline's hold on Tracey is strong, but even stronger after she moves in with him because she is 'evicted' from her apt. and as to be expected - they soon start to plan the wedding. As if Tracey didn't have enough problems (pushy friends and co workers for starters) Madeline takes hold of his life, telling him where he can and can't go or who he can and can't hang out with (pretty much anybody at this point). She also manages to withhold ANY kind of sexual contact until their wedding night. And then, the bodies begin to pile up... Bride is an unusual animal in the sense that it doesn't quite know where it wants to be. Perhaps it bites off more than it can chew, I chalk it up more to an over ambitiousness than lack of cinematic know how. It's not straight horror and there are elements of black comedy thrown in as well. But then again, at some points it plays off more as a character study than anything else. Point being, there's a lot going on here. Good thing for us, as with Tri-Toad's previous feature, The Van, Bride is extremely well-executed for such a low budget indie flick. And while certain elements may come across as a bit amateurish, it's never cheap or ineffective. There's a lot to like in Bride, best of all is how simply entertaining the whole thing is. And while the film is not super gory by any means, be on the lookout for multiple stabbings (including one by dildo!), a slit throat and a young womn who is forced to choke to death on her own vomit, yum! Characters and their interactions are always interesting, even if I didn't buy some of the hackneyed dialogue. As to be expected, some of the performances are a bit hammy, but even still, a few of them grew on me by the time the film ended. This includes Tracy's posse of cartoon like friends, including Dirk played by Joe Sperandeo. He may grate on your nerves early on, but by the end, you'll have a much better understanding of where he is coming from, and yeah, I s'pose there really are people out there like this. Both The Van and Bloodstained Bride are easily reccomendible and worth a look for aficionados of indie horror. For more info, be sure to visit Tri-Toad Films --Monsters At Play

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Aaron Burk
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Color, Full Screen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ December 5, 2006
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Renee Madison Cole, Dane Moreton, Joe Sperandeo, Brad Paulson, Erica Ellis
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Brain Damage
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1