Reviews of IO and Blood Bound
This week, the Grue-Crew take a look at a pair of films featuring offspring of famous Hollywood actors. The first film this week is BLOOD BOUND from director Richard LeMay, featuring a young woman targeted by a demonic cult looking to claim her soul. The second film is IO from director Jonathan Hubert, featuring a woman desperately searching for a way to survive on a desolate Earth after most of the population has fled to IO. Doc Rotten and Vanessa Thompson from Horror News Radio along with Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era and Rafe Telsch share their thoughts about this week's awesome collection of streaming horror films.
Gruesome Magazine Podcast - Episode 051
BLOOD BOUND - IO
BLOOD BOUND
Every 25 years, it begins. Bound to an ancient pact, a family of unlimited power descends upon a small rural town to sacrifice four human lives, one being a member of their own family. This Rosemary’s Baby meets Drag Me to Hell thriller takes a dark look into how far the human spirit can take one soul in it’s most desperate hour. - IMDb
Director: Richard LeMay
Cast: Joseph Melendez (The Americans), Eden Brolin (Beyond), Rosa Arredondo (Roswell, New Mexico), Gerald McCullouch (C.S.I), and Cobra Kai’s Vanessa Rubio
Release: Available on VOD January 15, 2019, from Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment.
IO
As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet. - IMDb
Director: Jonathan Helpert
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Anthony Mackie, Danny Huston
Release: Currently Available on NETFLIX