Cert TBA
89 mins
BBFC advice: TBA
Let me be honest: there is little chance of me enjoying horror movies which are awash with fake blood.
I accept that these gorefest films are popular with some cinema-goers but I see too many of them to be shocked and I certainly don't find them funny.
However, there is a market for them and what I can appreciate is when there is a fresh take on the genre.
This can be said for Southbound, an amalgam of five separate stories which are all set on the same stretch of near deserted road in the American desert.
Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath and the bizarrely named Radio Silence direct segments of Southbound which start with two friends trying to outrun angels of death which are hovering nearby.
But every time they think they have escaped they keep returning to the same service station.
If that were not eerie enough, a girl rock band are the stars of the next act, having been picked up by a married couple, after suffering a blow-out. The couple prove to be not quite what they seemed.
One of the band then go on into the next scene in which she is knocked down by an innocent driver who goes to incredible lengths to save her life.
And then vampire-like creatures are introduced and, finally, a family's home is invaded by psychopaths wearing masks.
Southbound's body count is high and the different ways in which folk are eliminated is quite imaginative.
But, ultimately, as I have confessed, vats of blood and gore really don't do it for me.
Reasons to watch: more offbeat than usual gore fests
Reasons to avoid: the cascade of blood and wooden acting
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: yes
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 4/10
Star tweet
David Bruckner Buying my own @SouthboundMovie right now. Apparently I eat a burrito on the extra features and it's terrifying.