Jan 26
Favorite horror movie characters 464/♾️
Traylor - Blood Quantum
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Favorite horror movie characters 464/♾️
Traylor - Blood Quantum
BLOOD QUANTUM (2019) Dir. Jeff Barnaby Michael Greyeyes, Kiowa Gordon, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
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Blood Quantum (2019)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Okay, Canadians, I see you making good media sometimes. This movie made me say “Holy fuck,” out loud, on many occasions. It’s actually insane and also very gory. Most definitely not for the faint of heart. I’m not normally one for gore, but this was so well done. Especially the sprinkles of animation. Adore.
I think this is also the first time I have ever heard dialogue of an Indigenous language that was set in the present day. This movie was an insanely cool take on a “post-colonial” society, especially one that is in crisis. Highly recommend looking up the meaning of the title to get another layer to the plot.
The relationships portrayed between Indigenous people and the white people are really interesting. Some are still managing to be racist in times of the apocalypse and some are outsiders for the first time ever. It is very interesting to see who are the people that get things done and who cannot.
A zombie apocalypse was such a good setting for this commentary, and coming from 2023, it spookily mirrored the racist comments from the pandemic. Amazingly well-done, plus it will make this film absolutely timeless.
Watch this film if:
Gore, gore, and more gore!
Commentary on colonialism and eco-colonialism
Similar titles:
Manhunt (2022) (post-apocalyptic book, but the infected individuals are men, gender commentary)
Isolation (2005) (similar building tension parasite, takes place on an Irish farm)
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
directed by Jeff Barnaby, 2013
RIP Jeff Barnaby
Representatives say Mi'kmaw filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, who helped shape modern Indigenous cinema with movies like Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum, has died at age 46 after a battle with cancer.
Completely sideswiped by this.
He had some opinions outside of his work that I didn’t agree with but that doesn’t negate the fact that his films, especially Rhymes for Young Ghouls, had an extreme impact on me, a young Mi’kmaw person.
Gutting.
