As the situation escalates, the sickly woman realizes that she must shed her human form to save her son and the rest of the hostages. But it soon becomes clear that they are willing to shed blood to get what they want and send a message to their hostages. In the trailer, the hijacking scenes switch between the terrorists insisting that their demands are strictly monetary. In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash the inner monster she has fought to hide.” Netflix hasn’t always focused on horror, but Blood Red Sky ’s plot seems to balance the genre of action-thriller alongside its vampiric protagonist (Baumeister). He released a short film version of the project back in 2015 with a different cast and crew.Īccording to Netflix, the synopsis of the film describes that “a woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. If you can look past the fairly meagre plot, this is an action-packed fright-flight, with blood, fangs, and a strong turn from lead actress Peri Baumeister.The vampire movie, formerly known as Transatlantic 473, was directed and co-written by Peter Thorwarth. Some of the material is generic, including the one-note personalities of the bad guys (the gruff leader, the psychopath, etc), but for the most part what’s on offer works quite well. It takes the terrorism/hijacked plane angles of those films, chucks in some vampire designs that have a whiff of Blade II (2002) about them, and mixes it all around to create what is essentially, Vamps on a Plane. A dubbed version of the movie is available on Netflix, but I recommend you watch the subtitled edition which contains 50% English anyway.Īs for the type of movie this is, Blood Red Sky is in essence a horror version of Passenger 57 (1992) or Turbulence (1997). Half of the dialogue in Blood Red Sky is spoken in German, while the other half is spoken in English. However, while this is a German language movie, I should point out that it is somewhat of a German/English hybrid. The condition Nadja requires treatment for is vampirism and although she had previously supressed her desire to feed, she now has a taste for blood.Ĭan she control her bloodlust long enough to ensure the safety of her son, or will she go berserk on the plane? And more importantly, what will happen to the terrorists if they are bitten? Image: ©Netflixīlood Red Sky landed on Netflix this morning and is yet another entry in the streaming service’s ever-expanding portfolio of world cinema titles. Some of the terrorists attack the passengers, and Nadja is shot twice in the chest and left for dead.īut Nadja is not dead, and instead makes her way to the cargo hold, where she drinks the blood of a dog, followed by the blood of one of the terrorists. The pair board the plane and are confident they will encounter no major problems on their journey, but shortly into the flight, the aircraft is hijacked by a group of terrorists. Nadja has a health condition which requires urgent attention, and is due to undergo surgery upon arrival. In the movie, Nadja and her son, Elias, are travelling to the US in order to make an important medical appointment. The film – directed by Peter Thorwarth – stars Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch, and Dominic Purcell, and tells the story of a vampire who takes on terrorists, whilst aboard a commercial flight from Germany to the US. New to Netflix this weekend is the German action horror movie, Blood Red Sky.
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