100 Bloody Acres

2012 film by Colin and Cameron Cairnes September 2021 March 2013 100 Bloody Acres 100 Bloody Acres.jpg Theatrical release poster Cameron CairnesColin Cairnes Julie RyanKate Croser Cameron CairnesColin Cairnes Damon HerrimanAngus SampsonAnna McGahan Glenn Richards John Brawley Dale DunneJoshua Waddell 90 minutes yes 2012 08 04 MIFF Cyan Films Hopscotch $6,388 (US)https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=100bloodyacres.htm 100 Bloody Acres Box Office Mojo 25 July 2014 100 Bloody Acres is a 2012 Australian horror comedy film directed and written by brothers Colin and Cameron Cairnes. Damon Herriman and Angus Sampson star as opportunistic, rural fertiliser manufacturers who resort to using human remains for their business. It premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival on 4 August 2012, and it was released in the United States on 28 June 2013. Plot Reg and Lindsay Morgan own and operate a small blood and bone fertiliser business in South Australia. While making local deliveries and the occasional roadkill pick up, Reg encounters the crash site of a van, the driver dead inside. Recovering the body from the crash, he puts it in the back of his own truck. Making his way back to the brothers' plant, Reg is delayed again, this time by three tourists stuck on the side of the road: Sophie, a young woman; James, Sophie's boyfriend; and Wes, James' friend, with whom Sophie is having an affair. Reg takes an instant attraction to Sophie, and, against his better judgement, allows the three to ride with him. Wes and James ride in the back of the truck with the hidden corpse, and Sophie rides up front with Reg. Sophie gets to know Reg, while James tells Wes that he plans to marry Sophie. The pair soon discover the corpse and fear for their lives. Sophie starts to find things in common with Reg, but Reg's anxiety gets the better of him. This unnerves Sophie, and, as soon as the truck arrives at the plant, Reg detains her. Lindsay arrives and demands to know what is going on. Reg suggests that they can grind the people into fertiliser, and Lindsay berates him for his lack of planning for such a bold crime. Ultimately, Lindsay agrees to Reg's idea, and it is revealed that the pair have ground humans in the past: in order to create a new formula for their fertiliser, the pair ground a group of charity volunteers who crashed and died in a nearby road accident. Wes and James are soon detained with Sophie, and the trio watch as Reg and Lindsay grind the driver. At the last minute, Reg becomes convinced that the man is still alive and tries to save him, to no avail. When Wes cuts himself loose and escapes, Lindsay pursues him. Sophie takes advantage of the situation and attempts to seduce Reg, much to James' chagrin. Reg catches on to the ruse and exposes Sophie's infidelity with Wes, further angering James. Lindsay soon returns with Wes, acquiring the body of a local police officer along the way. Reg now begins to have serious second thoughts about the pair's actions. When Nancy, their elderly neighbour, surprises the brothers with a visit, Lindsay stuffs Reg in a car boot with Wes, cutting off Wes' hand in the process. Reg and Wes work together to escape, and Reg enters the house alone to confront his brother. Reg overhears Lindsay tell Nancy that Reg has moved away, perhaps permanently. As Reg gathers his courage, Lindsay and Nancy begin to have sex. Severely disturbed, Reg decides instead to stealthily steal Lindsay's keys. As he is about to take them, Wes stumbles into the house, looking for his missing hand. In a fit of rage, Lindsay kills Wes and Nancy, and Reg flees with the keys. James and Sophie panic when they hear the gunshots, but Sophie decides to return to the farm when she hears Reg call out to her; James angrily breaks up with Sophie as she leaves. After a brief struggle, Lindsay overpowers and ties up Reg. As Lindsay prepares Reg for grinding, Sophie returns and distracts Lindsay. Reg is able to pull him in to the grinder, killing him; afterward, Sophie and Reg share a momentary attraction. In a post credits scene, James hysterically runs onto the road and is struck and killed by the truck of frustrated "Morgans Organic" customer "Charlie Wick & Sons", the potato farmer, determined to get his fertilizer that he's been denied over the course of the movie. Cast Damon Herriman as Reg Morgan Angus Sampson as Lindsay Morgan Anna McGahan as Sophie Oliver Ackland as James James "Jamie" Kristian as Wes Chrissie Page as Nancy John Jarratt as Burke Paul Blackwell as Charlie Wick Production Producer Julie Ryan met the Cairnes brothers at the Australian Film Commission's IndiVision Lab in 2008. Her company Cyan Films (then including Kate Croser) became attached to the project just prior to the Cairnes brothers winning the Horror-Thriller category for scriptwriting at the 2010 Slamdance Writing Competition. The film was funded by Screen Australia, South Australian Film Corporation, Film Victoria and the Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund.http://www.sbs.com.au/films/blog-articles/126468/100-Bloody-Acres-mixes-gags-and-gore 100 Bloody Acres mixes gags and gore Special Broadcasting Service Groves Don 16 July 2012 20 March 2013 19 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130419141030/http://www.sbs.com.au/films/blog-articles/126468/100-bloody-acres-mixes-gags-and-gore dead In January 2012, production for the film started in Adelaide, South Australia.http://if.com.au/2012/01/16/article/100-Bloody-Acres-begins-production-with-Damon-Herriman-and-Angus-Sampson/GZCBWGYVVN.html 100 Bloody Acres begins production with Damon Herriman and Angus Sampson IF.com.au Swift Brendan 16 January 2012 20 March 2013 25 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130225123248/http://if.com.au/2012/01/16/article/100-Bloody-Acres-begins-production-with-Damon-Herriman-and-Angus-Sampson/GZCBWGYVVN.html dead Release The film premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2012. It was then an Official Selection at the 2013 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival,http://bifff.net/shop/index.php?main_page=bifff_movie&movie_id=293&zenid=2jle6n99jd1etsqlpjedr3v0e7 100 Bloody Acres BIFFF (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival) 27 March 2013 https://archive.today/20130413161643/http://bifff.net/shop/index.php?main_page=bifff_movie&movie_id=293&zenid=2jle6n99jd1etsqlpjedr3v0e7 13 April 2013 dead and released in the US on 28 June 2013.http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/174667-watch-an-exclusive-clip-from-100-bloody-acres/ Watch an Exclusive Clip from 100 Bloody Acres Turek Ryan Shock Till You Drop 27 June 2013 25 July 2014 Reception May 2020 Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reported that 79% of 38 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 6.48/10.https://rottentomatoes.com/m/100_bloody_acres_2013/ 100 Bloody Acres (2013) Rotten Tomatoes 21 May 2020 Metacritic rated it 63/100.https://metacritic.com/movie/100-bloody-acres 100 Bloody Acres Metacritic 25 July 2014 Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com called it "the best low-budget horror comedy since Shaun of the Dead, and one of the most assured first features in ages."https://rogerebert.com/reviews/100-bloody-acres-2012 100 Bloody Acres Seitz Matt Zoller Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com 28 June 2013 15 May 2014 Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote that film lacks originality but "has its own hick charm, mostly because of performers who never overplay their hands."https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/movies/100-bloody-acres-offers-campy-horror-and-a-secret-recipe.html Think Fertilizer Is Yucky? Try This Kind Catsoulis Jeannette The New York Times 27 June 2013 15 May 2014 Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times called it a "giddy, delightful gross-out horror-comedy mash-up".http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-100-bloody-acres-review-20130626,0,6726809.story Review: '100 Bloody Acres' of goofball gore Olsen Mark Los Angeles Times 27 June 2013 15 May 2014 Drew Hunt of the Chicago Reader wrote, "Though entertaining enough as a genre exercise, the film is too simplistic to transcend its base concept."http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/100-bloody-acres/Film?oid=10095302 100 Bloody Acres Hunt Drew Chicago Reader 27 June 2013 15 May 2014 4 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201004171810/https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/100-bloody-acres/Film?oid=10095302 dead Megan Lehmann of The Hollywood Reporter called it an "off-the-wall Australian splatter-comedy" with "lively performances" and "a shrewdly structured screenplay".https://hollywoodreporter.com/review/100-bloody-acres-film-review-575868 100 Bloody Acres: Film Review Lehmann Megan The Hollywood Reporter 26 June 2013 15 May 2014 Richard Kuipers of Variety called it "a gory and funny riff on the trusty standby of city kids being menaced by rural types".https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/100-bloody-acres-1117948083/ 100 Bloody Acres Variety Magazine Kuipers Richard 19 August 2012 27 March 2013 Kwenton Bellette of Twitch Film wrote that it "stand out from most horrors; it plays with convention and molds it into a sick and twisted form."http://twitchfilm.com/2012/08/miff-2012-review-100-bloody-acres.html MIFF 2012 Review: 100 BLOODY ACRES world premiere Twitch Film Bellette Kwenton 20 August 2012 27 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130508083101/http://twitchfilm.com/2012/08/miff-2012-review-100-bloody-acres.html 8 May 2013 dead Awards Award Category Subject ResultAACTA Award(3rd)Best Original ScreenplayCameron CairnesColin CairnesBest Supporting ActorAngus SampsonAustralian Film Critics Association AwardsBest Supporting ActorBest ActorDamon HerrimanBest ActressAnna McGahanBest ScriptCameron CairnesColin CairnesCatalan International Film FestivalCarnet Jove Jury Award - Midnight X-Treme See also Cinema of Australia References External links 2290065 100_bloody_acres_2013 Category:2012 films Category:2012 comedy horror films Category:Australian serial killer films Category:Films set on farms Category:Films set in South Australia Category:Films shot in Adelaide Category:Australian splatter films Category:2012 slasher films Category:2010s serial killer films Category:Slasher comedy films Category:Australian comedy horror films Category:Australian slasher films Category:2010s exploitation films Category:Australian exploitation films Category:Australian black comedy films Category:Films about brothers Category:2012 Australian films