Micro-budget horror films have also been a favorite of mine. Sometime I end up seeing some great micro budget film and I’ve also seen some very awful micro budget films. I didn’t know what to expect with “Bleeding Through”.
The film follows a young woman (Sandy Behre), who still grieving months after her parents died in an accident. Everything in her life has been going downhill with financial stress, failing grades and her brother wanting to sell the house. It has sent her down into a very deep depression. But when a new found romance turns into a heartbroken betrayal, it unleashes a vicious and violent side of her that hasn’t been seen before. No one is safe of her wrath.
This is the type of the film, where you think that you’re going to get duped into watching this film from liking the trailer. Thankfully that wasn’t the case, as I was surprised that I liked “Bleeding Through”.
One of the main reasons was the direction from writer/director Henrique Couto. What makes the direction work so well was the fact that Couto makes sure that the look of the film looked professional. Everything from the lighting to the filming of the scenes looked very good. Couto does a very good job making sure that the film looks as professional and presentable. It’s an important aspect that is needed for an ultra-low budget film to succeed. The other thing that I liked about the direction was the way Couto directs the acting. He’s able to direct the main performance very well. He carefully makes sure the acting feels real enough that it makes the dramatic scenes and the film dark tone work. It’s tough to do, but Couto manages to get his cast to make their characters very dark and interesting.
The acting was very good here. The film’s leads Sandy Behre and Ruby LaRocca did a very good job carrying the film. They both made their characters work. Whether it’s Behre’s lead performance as the film’s twisted main character or LaRocca’s performance as the backstabbing friend, they both made their characters fit the film’s dark tone and made the characters lifelike.
The other main reason that makes the film work so well was the film’s screenplay. Couto does a very good job making the film very dark. He’s able to achieve that, by focusing on the mental problems of his main character. It made the main character very dark and it also made the violence feel very disturbing. The screenplay also does a very good job focusing on the main character. Whether it’s the trauma that the character’s going through to everything spiraling out of control in her life, everything is developed enough that it makes the main character interesting. When the main character in one of these psychological horror films is written that way, then the viewer is interested in the material and not sitting on their hands waiting for something to happen.
“Bleeding Through” is a very dark psychological film that has very good lead performances and a screenplay that is well executed.
Review Rating: Four Stars
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