''Volumes of Blood'' is a 2015 American horror

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directed by P. J. Starks (segment "Ghastly"), Jakob Bilinski (segment "13 After Midnight"), Nathan Thomas Milliner (segment "The Encyclopedia Satanica"), John Kenneth Muir (segment "A Little Pick Me Up"), and Lee Vervoort (segment "That’s A Wrap!"). It stars Kristine Renee Farley, Jason Crowe, Jim O'Rear, and

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Premise

A sociology student and three friends meet in a library and craft four new urban legends.

Production

Director P. J. Starks and Jim Blanton of the Daviess County Public Library in

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developed the "Unscripted Film School" program so people from Owensboro could experience filmmaking for themselves. Their first project was an eight minute horror short and their second would be ''Volumes of Blood''. Using

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, the crew raised over $4,000 for the film.

Reception

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'' awarded the film 7/10. ''

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'' called the film "the Best Damn Anthology This Year."''

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'' awarded the film 3.5 stars and praised it to have "all the right bits in place to entertain the horror masses"

Sequels

In a 2015 interview, P. J. Starks said he had ideas for a second and third volume. A sequel, entitled '' Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories'', premiered on October 29, 2016 at the Owensboro Convention Center in Owensboro, Ky. ''

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'' has called it "hands down, the most entertaining anthology in years." In an interview with ''

'', producer P. J. Stark announced a second and final sequel called ''Devil's Knight: Volumes of Blood 3''.

References

External links

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