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Blood Car is a movie about a vegan school teacher named Archie Andrews (yes, like THAT Archie) in a time when gas prices have risen to the point where a full tank will likely cost you about $450, so no one can afford to drive anymore. In response, Archie has been trying to create a car that will run on wheatgrass and it’s not working. Once day when he accidentally cuts his finger he discovers that his car will, in fact, run on blood. And only human blood. So ensues the twistedly hilarious story of a man trying to find new and inventive ways to kill people so that the girl he’s just met will continue to screw him just because he has a car.

The guy who plays Archie is a loveable nerd played in exactly the manner one would expect if suddenly the world were offered to him only because he has a car. Played by a guy I’ve never seen before, but would enjoy seeing more of, Mike Brune, he creates the perfect anti-hero where you actually want this guy to keep killing people if only because it disgusts him so much. His girlfriend Denise is played by another relative unknown, Katie Rowlett, and who looks very much like someone else that I can not think of (but it’s bothering the heck out of me… please help. Who does she look like?) and I must say, for someone so new in the business she certainly delivered on the crassest of lines with precision and glee. Last addition to the cast and, I must say, most surprising is Anna Chlumsky who some of you may remember from My Girl in the 90′s. Looking at her imdb.com page I was shocked to see that she has actually been working quite steadily since her two turns as the loveably mischievous Vada Sultenfuss, which is good because she turned out to be smokin’ hot. And a very convincing actress too, even though she’s playing the worst of all roles in this movie. In fact, she makes awkward look so good that it gave me the creeps.

I also have to say that this movie is actually quite brave. There are a lot of places in which director Alex Orr doesn’t pull his punches. He doesn’t turn the camera away simply because society’s self-censor says that certain content isn’t okay. Quite frankly, if this guy continues in the vein he’s in he’ll likely be one of my generation’s most subversive filmmakers, provided Hollywood doesn’t get their hands on him, which is very likely, but oh well. At least we’ll always have Blood Car.