The production consists of two stories loosely connected by a third tale where two hitmen/debt collectors are looking for the title book. The first tale is about a dowdy Jenna (Britt Robertson0 who is off her medication. She doesn't like noise. She runs away from home and winds up at a B&B run by a friendly couple, maybe too nice. In the second story, Simon (Rafi Gavron) convinces a professional skeptic he can talk to her dead son Miles.

The stories had nice Clive Barker twists and endings. Well done on the slow build up.

Guide: F-wprd, sex, Make butt nudity.

As I sat down to watch the 2020 movie "Books of Blood" I wasn't aware that it was a horror anthology. And as much as I love horror, there is a tendency of anthologies set within the horror genre of being somewhat less than mediocre.

However, I must admit that "Books of Blood" was a much welcomed addition to the horror anthologies, because this was actually a rather enjoyable collection of stories that proved to be nicely interwoven with one another in a satisfactory manner.

And I am astounded to find out that the stories told in "Books of Blood" apparently are based on Clive Barker writings. That is just very interesting and cool actually.

The stories were quite different in their contents, so chances are high that you will find something suitable for your particular tastes and preferences. I enjoyed all three tales, however, I found the one with the bed & breakfast to be the most enjoyable and interesting.

The acting in the three stories was good, generally speaking for everyone involved. I was definitely content with the performances that were put on, and they had a good ensemble of casted actors and actresses to bring the various characters to life on the screen.

I will say that "Books of Blood" is definitely a horror anthology that is well-worth taking the time to sit down and watch if you get the chance to do so. I was more than genuinely entertained by what writers Adam Simon and Brannon Braga managed to present with this anthology.

My rating of "Books of Blood" is a six out of ten stars.

Trying to collect on a payment, a thug receives word of a special book that would pay off his clients' debts and sets off in search of it, where several of the fabled stories are told.

The Good Stor(ies): None.

The Bad Stor(ies): Jenna-Reeling over a past tragedy, a woman moves into her old home with her parents only for her nervous behavior to get on their nerves and threatening to have her kicked out. Fed up with their lifestyle and judgement, she heads out on her own but comes to find the people she chooses to stay with are harboring secrets of their own and can't be trusted. There isn't much to this one at first. The opening intro here gives us no clue about the girl or her problems, only that there is one and several casual throwaway lines don't help matters since nothing we get here makes any sense as to what problems she might have. The constant gags with the headphones drowning out the noise of the outside world do lead to some tense moments at times but even those are squandered on predictable jump-scares and white-noise static substituting for something else entirely. With no real scares involving her stay with the friendly couple she stays with resulting in a dreary pace that goes on way too long without much of anything happening, by the time it does the interest is gone and it just feels too little too late.

Miles-Trying to move on with her life, a scientist comes across a man who claims to have supernatural powers enabling him to talk to the dead and allow her to talk with her dead son. After thinking he's the real deal, a revelation comes to pass that enables her to turn the table on him once and for all. This effort was absolutely dreadful and had very little to like about it. What that is constitutes the idea of her son coming back into her life through the mysterious stranger and his powers, which is a dark idea in concept but is so mishandled here that it doesn't really register at all. Their borderline incestual relationship comes out of nowhere and has very little build-up which makes it quite unnatural, while the lethargic pacing makes the scenes of her lecturing and studies about his condition just unbearably bland. The revelations made here cause all interest and care to drop out of this making the final outcome just come across as expected rather than cathartic, rendering this one just plain dull and nearly unwatchable.

Bennett-Learning about the location of a fabled book, a man and his friend set out to the site of its owner. When he arrives and learns of its true purpose of existence, he realizes too late that his fate has been sealed and he's doomed himself into a different path than he expected. There's almost nothing to this one. The attempt to bridge all the stories is tedious and painfully inept, there's no suspense or scares at all and the cheesy gore effects are lame. Overall, the end result is just a pointless exercise that should've never been filmed with how badly and unusable this entry is.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and Male Rear Nudity.