Blood Like Mine

At the heart of this hybrid of horror and suspense there is a deeply felt but perhaps harmful mother/daughter relationship. Single mother Rebecca Carter has been traveling across the Southwest and living a hardscrabble life with her strange daughter Monica, whom Rebecca calls Moonflower. Because of what Moonflower is and the trail of bodies they leave in their wake, mother and daughter can never stay in one place for long. It is this trail of bodies that FBI agent Marc Donner follows until mother, daughter, and lawman collide. Mostly known for writing thrillers, Neville (The House of Ashes) tries his hand at horror, with solid results. Neville nails the scenes where Donner attempts to track down Rebecca and Moonflower, filling them with a crackling energy, even as Donner’s desire to apprehend them begins to poison his life outside the investigation. He also reveals his horror-writing chops, centering the horror within the emotionally deep yet frayed relationship between mother and daughter, showing through letters and journal entries how deeply Rebecca loves Moonflower.