The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Blood Machines
Science Fiction · Horror · 2020
An artificial intelligence escapes her spaceship to turn into a female ghost and challenges two blade runners to a galactic chase.
Movie details
Blood Machines
“The Cosmic Opera”
2020 Science Fiction · Horror 50m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
An artificial intelligence escapes her spaceship to turn into a female ghost and challenges two blade runners to a galactic chase.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Blood Machines?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Raphaël Hernandez · Savitri Joly-Gonfard
Written by
Savitri Joly-Gonfard · Raphaël Hernandez
Elisa Lasowski
Corey
Anders Heinrichsen
Vascan
Christian Erickson
Lago
Natasha Cashman
Bald
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Walter Dickerson
Galdor
Joëlle Berckmans
Mima
Noémie Stevens
Tracy
Court is in session
Put Blood Machines on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.