"All things considered, “Blood Runs Cold” really is a pretty impressive achievement, as despite its miniscule budget the film looks better and more professional than most of its direct to DVD peers. Laguna is clearly a talented and genre savvy helmer, making great use of his resources to generate a pleasingly eerie atmosphere, and managing to work in some pretty reasonable frights and gore scenes. Although the film does still suffer from some of the usual pitfalls of the low budget genre, in particular some rather ropey acting and a few moments of awkward editing, it’s obvious that thought went into the script, and this effort certainly pays off, lifting it several notches above most other poverty row shockers. Entertaining, well made and even mildly shuddersome, whilst not quite strong enough to earn it break out appeal beyond low budget horror aficionados, it’s heartening indeed to see someone like Laguna proving that not all genre films made on the cheap need be dull found footage clones."
Oh yeah!
"Laguna’s hugely impressive and truly independent film – amazingly shot for just $5,000 US on a Canon 7D digital SLR using the camera’s movie mode function – not only succeeds in delivering plenty of shocks and gore, it also features a brilliant debut feature performance by newcomer Hanna Oldenberg in the lead role of Winona, a musician whose leisurely working vacation becomes a terrifying fight for survival."
I'm honored to have someone write such kind words on our film "Blood Runs Cold", we all need that kind of stuff being said about you in the midst of all work... Inspirational.
Sonny Laguna
Tonight we are continuing filming on our new horror WITHER.
We'll be out in the woods one last time for this film and then jump back to the main setting (a house), on friday.
Sonny Laguna
Our actress Lisa Henni as Ida in WITHER. Things aren't looking good for her...
Night. Complete darkness. Behind schedule. No food (Except for soda).
Really, really tired and cold. That's some of the ingredients in a feature film shooting.
Shooting continues tomorrow on our horror feature "WITHER". Today we went out to some nearby woods and shot some storyboard to make life a little easier.
A dream of ours has finally come true. Showing a product completely independent and self-financed on one of the biggest horror film festivals on earth. BLOOD RUNS COLD was made during the winter of 2010. We had no electricity, no heat, no money. What we did have was the knowledge to complete a sequence of moving images together to form a film.
If we hadn't shot our third feature, WITHER, we had been there to watch it ourselves. But this is just the beginning.
The days are starting to blur together, we've lost track of time and the real world. We are so in to the filmmaking proccess that we sometimes forget to eat or sleep. It's that rewarding and fun. Today marked the last day with actor Johannes Brost. We can now backtrack in the script to fill the gaps which we left behind while filming with Brost.
