Bleeding Through

Dark and Disturbing
Lindsey (Sandy Behre) is a shy girl. She is also going throuhg a lot. Her parents are dead, her boss is a jerk, her teacher at school is a letch and her brother continually nags her that they have to sell the house. Lindsey is showing signs of depression that are completely ignored by everyone around her. Her boyfriend thinks she's just being an ice queen.
Then she meets Katie (Ruby LaRocca). Katie is funny and spontaneous and tries to bring Lindsey out of her shell. Lindsey has started being happy, dressing up and in love with Katie.
All is going well.
Then the betrayal occurs that sends Lindsey to a tub of warm water and a razor. That one straw has been broken and she can't stand to be alive anymore. She slices her wrists. (Note: This actually occurs at the beginning of the movie so, I'm not giving anything away here. Back to the review)
Lindsey's lifeblood oozes into the tub and she dies.
Then she comes back.
What comes out of that tub of gore is the...

A Bloody Good Film
I just finished watching this film and it is visceral experience. The film tackles loss and mental illness in both subtle and overt ways. The soundscape is effective and adds to scenes that in less capable hands would fall flat. Henrique Couto is a true find. Support his work!

Bleeding Through

I REALLY LIKE YOU
Lindsey (Sandy Behre) is in despair. Her parents died a year ago and she still mopes about the house. She is almost non-responsive in life as her bad actor brother (Henrique Couto) explains over and over again she must move out so they can sell the house. Not only does he explain this to her several times, but goes home to a web cam and explains it all over to us again in case you missed that plot point.

Lindsey is dysfunctional. She sucks at work, school, relationships, and killing herself with a Trac II. The first hour shows us that college girl Lindsey can not function. The film is done entirely with a hand held camera, although not all scenes are being filmed by anyone other than an off screen camera man. Coupled with the horrible lines and acting, the film ranks as purely amateur with little entertainment value. With 20 minutes of film left, Lindsey assumes the DVD cover position, pushed to edge by bullies. Not much of a horror film. It is a bad concept drama with a...

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