The first story involves a troubled young woman (Britt Robertson) who leaves her parents’ wealthy home, and runs into a whole heap of trouble. (Apparently, sometimes the less subscribers know, the better.)Īfter a slow start, “Books of Blood” generally lives up (or down) to its title, but the three sort-of interconnected stories don’t add much to much, with the opening sequence – about hoods looking for a mysterious book – essentially bookending a pair of distinct yarns. The movie arrives with a lot of other just-in-time-for-Halloween streaming fare, including “Hubie Halloween,” Netflix’s latest vehicle for Adam Sandler, which wasn’t made available for review. Hulu reaches for that with “Books of Blood,” based on the work of horror author Clive Barker, and delivers a pretty lifeless affair, even by the gory standards of the genre.
The horror anthology was a staple of the past, with titles like “Trilogy of Terror,” “Tales from the Crypt” and “Creepshow,” movies rooted in the mini-scares provided by Eerie or Creepy magazine.
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