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BLOOD ON HER NAME Review: A Darkly-Redemptive Exercise On Moral Flexibilty

Having found its way into festival favor in the past year, Matthew Pope’s feature directing debut presents a stunning, dramatic glimpse into middle-American suburbia in cerebral crime drama, Blood On Her Name. Opening with the shot of a tipped-over gas can, the movie begins with a follow-up shot of Leigh (Bethany Anne Lind), mildly wounded and struggling to compose herself after what appears to have been a physical struggle. A bloodied wrench lies next to the body of a seeming male assailant who is dead, his corpse lying in plain view of the open drive-in door of Leigh’s garage. The film follows Leigh’s every desperate attempt to hide the body before eventually dumping it in the shed of the owners related to the corpse. It is during this process that Leigh’s actions continue to weigh heavily on her mind as it slowly begins to affect her day-to-day routine as a […]

BLOOD ON HER NAME Stains With Foreshadowing In The New Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Director Matthew Pope’s Southern-Goth crime drama, Blood On Her Name, was a winning crowd favorite at the festivals last year. He shares scripting duties with writer Don Thompson for a story that brings actress Bethany Anne Lind to the forefront of a grisly tale of a desperate mother willing to do anything to protect her family. The dead body lies at her feet, its blood still draining onto the floor. It was an accident, borne of self-defense, but its discovery could have devastating consequences for local garage owner Leigh Tiller and her son. In a panic, Leigh decides to conceal the crime, cleaning the bloody scene and scrambling to dispose of the body. But can she actually disappear a man from the earth—from his family—leaving them forever wondering? As Leigh is torn between her primal instincts and tortured conscience she struggles to keep her sins hidden from her estranged father–a […]

BLOOD ON HER NAME: Catch The Teaser For Matthew Pope’s Searing Crime Drama

Lee B. Golden III

Debut director Matthew Pope’s Blood On Her Name was especially of the more jovial feats for festivalgoers last year. Regrettably, I never got around to this title while it made the rounds for Yellow Veil Pictures at Fantasia, and eventually at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles for its U.S. premiere, but a release is definitely much closer now with with a day-and-date select theatrical and VoD rollout scheduled for February 28. Billed as “a character-driven thriller that explores questions of guilt, moral identity, and the irrevocability of choices in the direst circumstances”, Blood On Her Name features actress Bethany Anne Lind as local garage owner Leigh Tiller, forced to endure the aftermath of an act of self-defense. Torn between her primal instincts and tortured conscience, Leigh is forced to deal with the moral quandary of hiding her crime from her estranged father, a cop with long history of moral compromise, […]

BLOOD ON HER NAME: Catch The First Teaser For Matthew Pope’s Fantasia Thriller Debut

Lee B. Golden III

Debut director Matthew Pope and producer Don Thompson are currently readying their place at this year’s Fantasia Festival to showcase their latest offering, Blood On Her Name. The two also penned the film which will screen for the Cheval Noir Competition whereupon both will be on hand to host the film’s Fantasia rollout. That event is just over a week out as of this piece with screening dates set for July 17 and July 19. The festival just rolled out an official teaser – firstly revealed by Entertainment Weekly – for the new dramatic thriller for which festival programmer Mitch Davis has obliged folks curious to see what Pope is bringing to his first crowd. A body lies bleeding on the ground in front of small-town garage owner Leigh Tiller (OZARK’s Bethany Anne Lind). The killing wasn’t planned, it was an accident, borne of self-defense. In a panic, she decides […]