2004 - Blood

I just got back from seeing Saw (yeah, the one with the puppet—no spoilers). Don't get me wrong, the blood looked sticky and real when that reverse bear trap thing happened. But then I rented Van Helsing last week. Huge mistake. Kate Beckinsale is literally fighting werewolves, and there’s like... two drops of blood? On her leather corset ? Come ON.

— (MCR fan, obviously) Want me to adjust the tone (more emo, more film nerd, or early internet cringe)? blood 2004

What's the goriest thing you've seen this year? Shaun of the Dead doesn't count (that’s comedy blood, different category). I just got back from seeing Saw (yeah,

Can we talk about how blood in 2004 movies is either or way too beautiful ? Huge mistake

Meanwhile, Kill Bill Vol. 2 gave us that crazy anime-style geyser blood again, but Tarantino said it was “homage.” Sure, Quentin. 🙄

In 2004, "Blood" was everywhere in genre media, and if I had to craft a (think LiveJournal, early IMDb boards, or a geocities blog), it would look something like this: Subject: Blood: The Last Honest Horror Trope (2004 Rant)