Bloodbird (2012 movie)

Bloodbird is a 2012 Jonathian serial drama movie written and directed by Liam Walsh, filmed by Merverte Studios, and distributed by Studio2. It stars Wilbur Murphy, Terrence O’Neill, and Patrick Whitaker. The film surrounds a high-school student who encounters a murderer on the run.
The film was released on September 17th, 2012, and received mostly positive reviews upon release.
== Plot ==
During a seemingly peaceful night, the town of Panneby is awoken to screaming and a loud bang. When the town residents investigate the next morning, they find fellow resident Gerald O'Sullivan lying in a puddle of blood in his lawn. When the police arrive minutes later, Sgt. Liene (Patrick Whitaker) simply states him as "dead", and puts out a statement warning Panneby's residents to beware of the "Panneby Murderer".
A 15-year-old high school student, Harry (Wilbur Murphy) wanders his back garden with his cat Jinja in tow, school having been cancelled due to the murder. He hears a creaking noise in his back shed and decides to investigate. There he finds Greg, roughly the same age. Harry decides not to inform his parents on the incident, fearing he may be next on what he calls "the slice and dice board".
Several days go by, with a murder on each one. The police figure out a pattern, and suspect the murderer may be going in the order of house blocks. Greg and Harry talk in the shed, where Harry informs Greg of the police's knowledge of his plan. Greg, with this new knowledge, decides to instead attack the farmer on Lareda Street, bringing Harry along as an assistant. As the pair leave the property at 10:30pm, Greg and Harry notice police patrolling a block of houses on Redpark Lane. Greg quietly laughs to himself.
The pair arrive at the farmer's house at roughly 11:05pm. Greg runs in first, while Harry helps Greg sneak in. Harry acts as a decoy, while Greg sneaks up on the farmer. However, the farmer alerts the authorities, causing Greg and Harry to make their escape. The two leave in the farmer's white tow truck, and drive away on the M44. Police pursue the tow truck as it cruises along the streets and into the town of Iridgion. Greg destroys several police cars and runs over many pedestrians, while Harry feels regret over his decisions.
Greg then makes a detour with the tow truck and deliberately crashes the truck into a street light and later a ditch, leaving the police no choice to call off the search and proclaim the Panneby Murderer dead. In the darkness of the night, Greg and Harry sneak out of the car, proceeding to steal a cyan sedan. Back in Panneby, Harry's parents report Harry's disappearance. Sgt. Liene suspects he may have been kidnapped, and would have likely died in the car crash. Just as the police are ready to call off the search, the sedan arrives in Panneby. Sgt. Liene orders all police cars to descend on the sedan.
During the chase, Greg manages to destroy the majority of the new entourage of police officers, while simultaneously murdering onlookers. When police finally catch the pair, Harry betrays Greg and hands him in to the police. Greg is carried away to a police car. Harry's parents reunite with their son. In the background, the police car containing Greg makes an odd U-turn, before disappearing down an alleyway. Harry is sent home, where he continues to walk through his backyard, with his cat in tow.
In a post-credits scene, Harry sits in the shed, at the area where Greg once stood. He takes a deep breath, and expresses to himself his disgust regarding blood and death.
== Cast ==
* Wilbur Murphy as Harry
* Terrence O'Neill as Greg
* Patrick Whitaker as Sgt. Rupert Liene
* Noah Jansson and Yon Estego as Harry's parents
* Oliver Snow as the farmer
* Brian Fox, Robert Clarkson, Simon Blythe Jr., and Gareth Muller as police officers
* Michael Thompson as a police officer assisting Sgt. Liene
Also, while remaining uncredited, Liam Walsh played Gerald O'Sullivan, though the character had no lines.
== Production ==
=== Concept and writing ===
=== Casting ===
=== Panneby in real life ===
The two towns (Panneby and Irigdion) and the M44 motorway exist in real life, and are located in St. Gelta's 6th voting district. Most filming of the actual movie was done in the area, although the farm scene was filmed in nearby Haybier. The household featured as Harry's house, 39 Winchester Street, was demolished in 2018 to make room for council housing.
=== Filming ===
Filming took place between April 28th and May 7th of 2011.
== Release ==
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