Blood Magic

A group of friends attempt to summon a demon out of boredom, only for their inner demons to really come out and play mental havoc with the group.

This was a very groovy script with strong performances by the entire cast that was elevated with some genuinely original dialogue and commentary.

For mine I think just a bit of an increase in pacing and movement could have elevated the film, and slightly more visual panache as well in terms of location, but you had me grinning from ear to ear with a couple of your zingers.

What I liked:
Really really great location. Would love to see more younger teams seek out unique settings like this.

What I didn't like:
Pretty confusing story - I think the major beats are clear enough but everything in between left me struggling to follow along.

Something else I liked:
While underutilised, I love the use of the tampon for the voodoo doll - was surprised nothing more was done with the titular blood and the tampon? What if a used tampon was how they scored their blood for the ritual?

Loved your team intro - securing that voice over guy was a real coup.

As AJ mentions above such a great location - would have been cool to see even more of it. Your set-up for this story is really good - characters established and some nice bits of character too - Tom in particular smashed it (that role in "Updog 24" was obviously great prep) with just about every piece of dialogue he had. Like AJ I thought you were really going to go hard on a used tampon for the ritual and I was actually shocked when you didn't! (I told you not to feel constrained by being a school team and your SwearyMcSwearFest later shows you somewhat weren't). Loved the Billy Elisih line and when Tom loses his accent. Also the awkwardness towards the end when carefully avoiding Annemieka - so good. My main critique is that there was a lot of characters sitting around in the same two, three or four shot - you needed more variety to make it a bit more visdually interesting. We could see a crew member out the back too just standing around which was distracting. Your ending was a bit cliché so next time (and I know you now have the 48HR bug) go for something unexpected.

A great debut entry! I really do hope you do it again and again like so many of your Lincoln predecessors.

I won't repeat anything already said because I agree with all of it.
I thought I'd figured out the twist when I saw a mysterious figure lurking behind the wall for most of the conversation scene. But it turns out this was just a crew member? Because they were never acknowledged by the film.

As I write this, I realise it's a pretty minor thing to complain about but I think viewers should be rewarded for looking at things closely! And I was genuinely confused.

Anyway, huge potential on display here. Having one short scene before the main film to establish our protagonist's conflict went so far in keeping me interested in what would happen to this character. The fight scene was pretty great too!

I won't repeat anything already said because I agree with all of it.
I thought I'd figured out the twist when I saw a mysterious figure lurking behind the wall for most of the conversation scene. But it turns out this was just a crew member? Because they were never acknowledged by the film.

As I write this, I realise it's a pretty minor thing to complain about but I think viewers should be rewarded for looking at things closely! And I was genuinely confused.

Anyway, huge potential on display here. Having one short scene before the main film to establish our protagonist's conflict went so far in keeping me interested in what would happen to this character. The fight scene was pretty great too!