Crimson Mass (2022)

*This article refers to the film. For an index page on the Crimson Mass series, click here.*

> "You have to take this blood, Father. It's the only way to fight the beast. You must submit. You are the clinical trial. This is like a vaccine, Father. You need to not question it. This is for your own good. Take the blood, Father... trust us... Yharnam would never lie..." - Henryk to The Father.
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### Genre

Grimdark, Video Game, Gory, action, horror

### Written by

Chase Youngblood, Jackson Warden of hell, Robert Fregoosi of population untitled goose game

### Box Office

3,500,050

***Crimson Mass*** is the third major screen production from B23 Shipwreck Studios, and the second live-action video game adaptation following the fianancial success of Silly Bears with Deep Secrets (2021). Although this is not explicitly stated in the film or its marketing, it is widely understood that Crimson Mass is a Chrisitan adaptation of FromSoftware's *Bloodborne* (2015). The film follows a retired baptist church leader (Tom Hardy) as he navigates the perilous landscape of Yharnam. The film is an indirect sequel to Midnight Mass (2021), The film was directed by Sam Raimi, with B23 Shipwreck Studios producing.

## Cast

* Tom Hardy as Nameless MC
* Ellen DeGeneres as ~~Eileen the Crow~~ Ellen the Bird
* Emma Stone as The Doll
* Jack Nicholson as Gehrman
* Elijah Wood as Alfred
* Chris Pratt as Micolash, Host of the Nightmare
* Betty White (DF) as Witch of Hemwick 1
* Bea Arthur (DF) as Witch of Hemwick 2
* Estelle Getty (DF) as Witch of Hemwick 3
* Rye McClanahan (DF) as Witch of Hemwick 4
* The Beatles as Shadows of Yharnam
* Robert Pattinson as Guy on Roof who turns into a beast (i dont play bloodborne)
* Kira Buckland as Iosefka
* Chase Young as Orphan of Kos
* Willem DaFoe as Blood Minister
* The Guy who voiced Overlord in Overlord as Martyr Logarius
* Grimes as Arianna, Woman of the Night
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Patches the Spider
* ~~Hulk Hogan~~ ~~MJF~~ ~~Luchasaurus~~ IDK as Ludwig, the Accursed
* Anthony Mackie as Henryk

## Plot

**Spoiler warning**: This article contains spoilers! Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film follows a nameless, faceless protagonist (Tom Hardy) through his first-person perspective. A retired member of the Christian Church, he must navigate an unfamiliar world after suffering a traumatic head injury. The film opens mid-battle, as our hero sprints to escape a perilous battleifleld. Amidst the chaos, an axe falls onto our character, jolting them awake in the Cathedral Ward in the Old Church, as a battle rages around him. Stumbling into Central Yharnam, he takes a moment to get his bearings.

He meets up with Iosefka (Kira Buckland), who is shocked as his newly wakened state. Iosekfa refers to him as "The Father", and tells him about the war and what he's missed since the injury, before giving him what she claims to be a blood transfusion that will help with his wounds. Little does he know, this was not actually Iosefka, and this transfusion begins "fuckin with him."

As The Father begins his downward spiral into insanity, he kills several "bosses" in the film, such as Vicker Emilia, Eileen the Crow, and the Cleric Beast. Henryk (Anthony Mackie) insists that the only way to fight this disease is to take blood. As this plotline progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that beast blood is allegorical for the COVID-19 Vaccine.

Towards the end of the film, our hero has gone downhill, and is now unrecognizable as the hero the movie began with. He has gone insane, and becomes a horrible beast, a "big-big-big wolf man." He has become The Father. As a gang of hunters arrive, The Father attempts to defeat them, but is killed in battle. Cut to credits.

## Background

Working titles for the film included *Bloodborne Origins*, *The Hunt*, *Night of the Hunt, Gascoigne, Father of Beasts, Father on the Hunt, The Father, Funny G, Father G, BloodChurch, Crimson Church, Crip Church, Let it Flow, Fear the Old Blood, Streets Run Red,* and *Crimson Mask.*

B23 had narrowed down the selection of directors to three major candidates: Robert Eggers , Sam Raimi, and Guillermo Del Toro. Sam Raimi was eventually chosen over the other two after careful deliberation. In order to make the film stand out from the source material, the crew decided to rebrand the fantasy-religious aspects of the film to be a direct Christian allegory. Alongside this christian theme, it was decided that the film would have an anti-vax message.

## Reception

Personally i thought it was pretty good

-some guy

The Recut is the ultimate experience, how legendary

How legenda

Someguy No.2￼

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## Trivia

* The film was originally slated to be an isekai-style first-person experience