Legacy of Blood - Cinematic Titanic Review
Legacy of Blood is the fourth offering by Cinematic Titanic. For those not in the know, Cinematic Titanic is the new project by five cast members from Mystery Science 3000: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, J. Elvis Weinstein and Mary Jo Pehl.
Cinematic Titanic follows the same concept as the original series, with the performers appearing in shadow against the film (this time at the sides instead of the bottom) and riffing the typically abysmal B-Movie nonstop. Legacy of Blood continues the tradition of horrible films with a truly dreadful offering that, while excruciatingly dreadful on its own, provides wonderful fodder for the performers. The general premise follows a family of siblings that hate each other, forced to spend a week in the recently deceased father’s mansion in order to claim their inheritance. Naturally this doesn’t lead to reconciliation and reminiscence but instead to a series of somewhat brutal murders as the siblings are eliminated one by one.
In this offering the performers are showing how well they have settled into things, the riffs are excellent with several laugh out loud moments, the freeze-frame ‘host segment’ is the best one yet, and the pre-show segment is great for poking fun at itself and previous pre-show segments.
All in all I’d have to say that each episode of Cinematic Titanic has been better that the previous (though they started out well) and this is no exception. At this rate I can’t wait for their next offering.
