BLOOD SHINE
2026Dark Sky Films · 2026-08-21
BLOOD SHINE
2026
ROT SCORE
SYNOPSIS
Clara's a religious zealot living out in the middle of upstate New York, running her own private rituals worshipping light. When a problematic horror director named Brighton West shows up to finish his screenplay, one encounter with her drags him into a hallucinatory mess of faith, flesh, and body horror. Written and directed by Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks, who also star alongside Larry Fessenden.
SUBGENRES
Score Breakdown
GENRE SITES
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Bloody Disgusting | 3.5 / 5 | 70.0 |
| Dread Central | N/A | — |
| Daily Dead | N/A | — |
| Nightmare on Film Street | N/A | — |
| Certified Forgotten | N/A | — |
| JoBlo | N/A | — |
| GENRE SITES AVG | 70.0 | |
MAINSTREAM SOURCES
RT Critic + RT Audience are averaged together and count as 50% of this bucket. All other sources share the remaining 50% equally.
| SOURCE | RAW SCORE | NORMALIZED / 100 |
|---|---|---|
| RT Critic | 83% | 83.0 |
| RT Audience | N/A | — |
| Letterboxd | 3.08 / 5 | 61.6 |
| IMDb | 4.8 / 10 | 48.0 |
| Metacritic Critic | N/A | — |
| Metacritic User | N/A | — |
| Slash Film | N/A | — |
| IGN | N/A | — |
| The Film Stage | N/A | — |
| Collider | N/A | — |
| Roger Ebert | N/A | — |
| RT AVG (50% of bucket) | 83.0 | |
| MAINSTREAM AVG | 68.9 | |
FORMULA WEIGHTS
| SOURCE | NORMALIZED | BASE WT | ACTUAL WT | CONTRIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satan's Boardroom | — | 10% | — | — |
| Genre Sites | 70.0 | 50% | 55.6%* | 38.9 |
| Mainstream Sites | 68.9 | 40% | 44.4%* | 30.6 |
| Broad Excellence Bonus | — | — | — | +1.4 |
| ROT SCORE | 100.0% | 71 | ||
* Satan's Boardroom was unavailable. Weight redistributed proportionally across available sources.
Bonus awarded for strong agreement across multiple buckets.