At a certain point in any bad movie you just know what you're watching is absolute garbage. Maybe it's the first time Tara Reid opens her mouth in
Alone In The Dark (if you haven't seen it, replace that with "anything Tara Reid has been in besides
The Big Lebowski). Maybe it's the first time bad CG effects show up. Perhaps it's when you first realize how much they've diverted from the source material.
This is, I think, the first time I ever got a strong indication a movie was going to suck because of the DVD menu.
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| It's the lack of special features that's the biggest hint. Not even a director commentary? |
See, in the lower left, about a third of the screen is taken up with a small "screen within the screen" showing segments from the film. While the scenes were playing, I did some research on this movie and found out two things. First, the title
Blood Angels isn't what it was called here in the United States. In the United States, it was called
Thralls.
Blood Angels is its Canadian name.
Second, the video clips being shown are just the trailer for the movie done on loop. Plus, the rest of the screen is just the same video with bad CG clouds washing over it and weird light effects from the letters.
When your only option for a DVD menu image is the movie trailer for the movie someone is already going to watch, that's a really bad sign.
But let's get into it.
