Blood Glacier

Name: Blood Glacier
Genre: Horror
Released: May 2, 2014
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 45

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IFC Films | Release Date: May 2, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Janek is a technician on a climate observation station high up in the German Alps, one of a team of scientists preparing their outpost for visit from the Environment Minister. Their routine is interrupted by a strange discovery; a red liquid pouring from a nearby glacier, melted free from the ice crust that is shrinking with climateJanek is a technician on a climate observation station high up in the German Alps, one of a team of scientists preparing their outpost for visit from the Environment Minister. Their routine is interrupted by a strange discovery; a red liquid pouring from a nearby glacier, melted free from the ice crust that is shrinking with climate change. When the 'glacier blood' comes in contact with the local wildlife, it causes changes that are at first curious, then horrifying. Soon Janek and his team have their hands full defending themselves and the station against a growing horde of biological monstrosities. Using every tool at their disposal they must learn to work together to survive the onslaught. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Marvin Kren

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

May 5, 2014

In an era of predictably tweaked horror premises and haunted-house flicks with 10-dollar titles, a doggedly straightforward monster movie like Blood Glacier can feel refreshing, if not exactly fresh. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Apr 29, 2014

It's all rather familiar, but the key image of a glacier glazed over with something like gore proves majestic, and tension throbs throughout a scene of a scientist following his dog into a blood-veined tunnel inside that glacier. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

May 1, 2014

Sometimes genre-based filmmakers don’t know how to make their material fun without making fun of their material, but that’s not a failing of Mr. Kren’s. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Apr 30, 2014

Director Marvin Kren delivers a lot of cheap scares, but the film doesn’t approach the dread-soaked suspense of the 1982 version of “The Thing.” Read full review

The Playlist Drew Taylor

May 1, 2014

Unfortunately, this low budget chiller is unable to capture the same kind of awe and terror that made "The Thing" so powerful, although its attempt to be more character-based and emphasis on practical effects is somewhat admirable. Somewhat. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

May 2, 2014

Blood Glacier is too sleepy to do anything with its guano-stirring premise. Yes, there are crazy-go-nutty monsters in the film, but you seldom get to see them as they sadly are not the focus of Blood Glacier. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

May 1, 2014

The film’s monsters are so unconvincing that director Marvin Kren has no choice but to hide them as much as possible via rapid-fire editing and violent shaky-cam, relying on his actors to fill in the gaps with hysterical screaming. Read full review

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bartcbem

Nov 13, 2019

Horrendously bad attempt at making "Thing" like creature feature. Its poorly written, bad acted with funny beatle monster thingy. Its not even "good bad" movie. Just waste of your time.

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