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Bad Blood 3D Script Review

I took several script writing classes when I was in film school. I could always envision my story in my head, but had a certain level of difficulty when trying to read and picture someone else’s story. While reviewing this script, my biggest problem was trying to figure out what the target audience is. Was it aimed at teens or a more underground type audience? I think that would become much clear if Bad Blood 3D was ever made into a motion picture.

Bad Blood 3Dis a science fiction horror film about a particular town that has a host of different supernatural forces living in it. Some residents are vampires, some are werewolves, some are witches, and others are…I’m not sure what. Most of them live in secrecy about their supernatural abilities unless they share it with their own kind. After one of the main characters, Tammy, has her teacher fired for “sexual harassment,” it seems like all hell breaks loose. The teacher’s house is lit on fire, people are being attacked in the shower rooms at school, and bodies are turning up left and right. Has someone made a deal with the Devil to get back at the high schoolers who framed a much admired teacher?

The first thing I would suggest with the script is hiring an editor. The story is very much there, but there are a lot of typos. Also, a story editor would help flesh out the characters and descriptions a little more. This would be very useful to the screenwriter, Juan P. Bateman, because it would help companies see his vision more clearly. Also, I would try to stay away from the 3D aspect. Even though it’s the craze now, I don’t think it’s something that a beginning script writer could accomplish…yet. But, if Mr. Bateman is set on it being a 3D feature, then truly go for it. The first few 3D effects are breaking glass, but in my head I could picture different things. Sure, let the first 3D action be flying glass, but try to mix it up after that.

At first I was a little put off by the fact that the characters don’t really have a big reveal of what kind of creature/being they are. However, as I kept reading, I changed my mind. I think finding out instead of being revealed are two different things, and that finding out, for example, that Callie is a witch played out much better than trying to develop her story. It was almost like a plot twist. There are so many characters here it would be almost impossible to develop EVERYONE. So, I think the right characters were developed and shown growth through the film.

Speaking of the characters, for the most part all of them are teenagers in high school. When I first starting writing scripts, I had them all speak the same lingo that Mr. Bateman wrote. After a while, though, the type of “too cool” teen talk does begin to get a little over the top. Don’t get me wrong. I think certain characters should have a certain attitude and talk about them, but there should be variety in how they talk – a variety of characters. All the women, except for Melissa, all sound the same. Roman and Gilbert were the only stand out boys.

This leads me to the audience and who I think would most enjoy this film. I’m on the fence. There is a big Twilight and Buffy The Vampire Slayer theme here, one that would fit in with the 16 – 21 crowd, one of the bigger targets of Hollywood horror films. I could definitely see some things getting rewritten and getting Bad Blood 3D a PG-13 rating. On the other hand… There is a lot of gore and sex in here. A LOT. And that isn’t a bad thing. I could see the gore and sex here being tuned up, receiving an R rating, or unrated DVD release. As I said before, it is all a matter of who envisions what when they read over the script.

All in all, it is a good story and a good script. I don’t go to the movies much anymore, but I would check it out if Bad Blood 3D was released on DVD.

Michael DeFellipo

(Senior Editor)

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