 Thanks for checking out this show review and this is a new season of an old show that's coming to shutter There was originally on Netflix and that is slasher and they're calling this season season four of slasher Flesh and blood now. I had seen the original three seasons of slasher on Netflix and I thought they were pretty solid I mean it is what it says they're slasher's each season is its own self-contained story that is a slasher and the practical effects were great the kills were great and Thus far. I think the practical effects and kills are great in flesh and blood, but I have reservations about the show Disclaimer I'm only doing the first two. I've only seen the first two episodes of the show and Honestly, I'm weighing whether I'm gonna continue with it or not when it actually starts coming out I only get the first two episodes for screening purposes, so I May be missing something that gets way better in the show that I wouldn't be able to see otherwise That's why I kind of wished it for screeners I could have all the episodes because then that way I would know is this as a whole a great show Or is this as a whole a not-so-good show, so just know it's only based off the two the first two episodes and Typically with the first episode or two there's a lot of exposition that goes on they have to introduce characters They have to give you backstory on characters, so typically it's going to be slower now that said I think that this is Too slow way too slow, so I'm seeing some signs early on that are not good For me personally, but we shall see and if you happen to see the show And then you find this review or you watch this review then you watch show and you want to come back You can put some comments down there and let me know how it pans out because I may or may not finish it, but Regardless new show coming to shodder. That's what it's all about So the show was created by Aaron Martin who also directed a bunch of stuff including a bunch of episodes of the Degrassi show from Canada The best years saving hope being Erica and another life a lot of kind of like light Fluffy stuff, so this is his for a this has been his for a and actual horror stuff And like I said his kills his practical effects Really nice really good This particular season of slasher stars David Cronenberg now many people may say that's exciting That's cool and it is because it's really cool to see David Cronenberg on on the screen But it's not because David Cronenberg's acting is pretty terrible Gotta be honest He's not an actor. I know he was in Nightbreeze and he did a decent enough job in Nightbreeze, but Time has not been Good to his acting sensibilities and his acting is bad. It's just bad in this film So it's a trade-off, you know, you have the iconic David Cronenberg and like I said, it's good to see him But his performance sucks. So Just let you know This is coming to shudder Thursday, August 12th. So just know that I don't know how they're releasing the episodes though I don't know if they're gonna do it like one each week like they've done before if they're just gonna dump it I assume they're probably gonna start doing one each week. That would be every Thursday like they've done with shows like creep show before So basically the synopsis on flesh and blood pretty pretty Simplistic storyline. It's a family of rich people who are brought back together because the patriarch of the family Is not doing well health wise and he wants to kind of sort out who's gonna get my wealth and in order to do that He's kind of set up a competition to figure out who's gonna get his wealth and during that time. There is also a Killer a slasher on loose. So Pretty simplistic As I can see it. I'm sure there will be some twists to it I hope there's multiple twists to it, but at the moment I see that probably the only twist is going to be at the end of Who's involved? Who's the killer all that stuff? The beginning takes place 25 years ago and kind of makes no sense I assume that over time it'll kind of be fleshed out a little bit more now That did get fleshed out a little bit more that opening scene I think towards the end of the first episode and a little bit more in the second episode But the way it's kind of cut together and edited and shot in that opening scene It's just a little bit frantic. It's a little confusing and it really will leave people kind of like What am I seeing? So like I said, you'll get some more context later And you'll be able to kind of look back and put that together But at the time it's very confusing and it's just kind of like What it's not executed the best When all the characters are being introduced it very much looks and feels like a Hallmark movie a Hallmark made for TV movie But as it goes on it starts to feel more like a daytime drama with a slasher twist a Pretty small slasher twist and why I say that is that there aren't nearly enough kills There isn't nearly enough danger going on in the first two episodes There's a lot of talking way too much talking about The same things over and over again. You will be sick of hearing about this rich family's drama Nobody nobody in this at least through two episodes is relatable. There are no good characters No one's relatable. I was watching this and thinking I hope every single one of these characters dies I'm rooting for the actual killer. That's who I'm rooting for But maybe that was the point I don't know maybe they just wanted to throw something out there That's just kind of like brainless fun where you could just watch and be like I'm here for the kills Because like I said, the kills are good. The first kill in particular is an excellent Excellent, excellent, excellent not a problem being There are not enough kills and the kills aren't paced all that great like you only get one kill in the first episode You get two kills. I think in the second episode. So I don't know me, you know, maybe it's going to pick up I hope so But I'm still debating on whether I'm gonna finish it or not I'd put down the first kill is pretty great And I'm hoping that sets the tone because it would be really fun if that's the case. But like I said They kind of stepped it back from there The acting performances run the full range of bad to pretty good. Obviously I already talked about Kronenberg But there are a lot of characters. So It really is a range like there are some people who do a pretty good job. There are some people who are Awful like Kronenberg and there's a lot in between, you know, people would do, you know Oh, they're okay. They're serviceable to So just know that but you know, I assume it's low budget. It kind of looks like it is so that's what you get There are a good amount of characters. So they all need some time to be developed for a bit For that reason it is slow Although I think it's overly slow the pacing is really really off with this show and you're just not getting enough horror Like I said, it's a daytime horror. I'm sorry a daytime drama with a little bit of horror added into it Solid directing, but there's some shaky cam that goes overboard a few times and by overboard I mean in those instances where Something crazy is happening or something scary is happening or intense, you know, shaky cams fine But in a few instances here, I'm mainly talking about in episode two Whoa way over the top with the shaky cam like I couldn't even focus on what was going on That sort of stuff you got to bring that back. You got to tone that down a little bit After the first episode I decided I'd like every character to die. I'm rooting for the killer Yeah, I already said that everything gets talked to death in this show You'll be very tired of hearing about family drama. That isn't interesting All the conversations these characters are having are very mundane and they keep having these conversations It's like they didn't have enough Development or character richness to go on they didn't really work these characters out very well They're pretty basic there. They seem pretty paper thin. Although maybe that changes over the episodes. That's quite possible I'm just basing this off the first two episodes because that's all the shutter gave me so All I can tell you is through the first two episodes. It's it's kind of boring and They're just talking the same topics and conversations to death and I don't like the characters I don't think anyone's really gonna like the characters This is obviously stretched for runtime and it kills kills kills the pacing That's always a big problem for me when you can tell that it's being stretched for runtime That sucks because I don't know how many episodes this is gonna be and I'm just going to assume that if I continue forward that I'm gonna continue to see the stretching for time. I Hate that now each episode is around 45 minutes between 40 45 minutes I think the first one's 45 second was like 43 or maybe be reversed I think maybe the first one's 43 second one 45, but regardless. It's not like an hour or anything So you're not putting an insane amount of time into it, but for the time you are putting into it It's not moving fast enough. It's way too slow and the thing I want to reiterate I really really really dig the practical effects and the kills in this One of the kills use CGI, but they did a good job with that So I'm good with that and it was an interesting kill. It was quite an interesting kill I really questioned the validity of if it could actually happen in real life But that's not the point. It's just fun. It's well done. So I don't know We'd love to hear other people's thoughts on this when it finally comes out. You can come back put a comment down there, but I'm feeling a little down about it So out of five stars with half stars in play I'm gonna have to sit it at a one and a half star at the moment That could definitely improve. I don't know as I go on if I go on I was between one and a half and two because there is some good stuff, but Having a hard time picking out a lot Pretty disappointed in this. I really was excited. I really wanted to like this. 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