Bloody Knuckles is a Bloody Good Time

Not knowing what to expect from Bloody Knuckles I sat down to watch it. Not having expectations worked in my favour on this particular occasion; Bloody Knuckles was a silly and subversive horror with a sense of humor and a thinly veiled commentary. Think of it as Idle Hands meets Pineapple Express; Adam Boys plays Travis, an indie comic creator whose books are filled with tongue-in-cheek commentary, who gets into trouble when mob boss Mr. Fong (Kasey Ryne Mazak) is offended by his comic and cuts off his right hand. Unfortunately that is only the beginning of Travis’ trouble as he and his reporter friend Amy (Gabrielle Giraud) try to evade Mr. Fong through an S and M club, a never ending stream of dirty jokes and Travis’ re-animated severed hand.

It is important to note that if you do decide to watch Bloody Knuckles, be prepared for everything and anything the censors could warn you about. It has the right amount of cheesy gore and some completely gratuitous nudity as any horror movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously should. Watching the movie, it came across as an independent movie. The practical effects and rag-tag sets made me pause when I first noticed them, but in the end the entire movie was a ton of fun. I found myself giggling at each little film-making snag and not caring that they were there.

The highlight of the movie was Travis’ hand. It was a character unto itself and spent the movie wreaking havoc in a variety of ways. It takes turns tormenting and trying to motivate Travis back into action. The hand is something of a shit disturber and seems to have left it’s morality behind when it was separated from Travis’ body, and that what makes it so much fun. As Travis’ life digresses into an obscenity that mirrors his comics, the strangeness of his situation becomes more comical. Surrounded by a man who calls himself Homo Dynamus, the Chinatown mafia, and his own severed hand, Travis faces his biggest challenge and Bloody Knuckles throws the viewer into a spiral of hysterical depravity. Anyone who enjoys shock comedy and a healthy dose of gore will have a blast with this indie horror.