IMDb 6.1 2021 HD

Blood Red Sky

Blood Red Sky

2021
Action Horror Thriller
123 min TV-MA Germany
6.799 / 10
6.1 IMDB

A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to protect her son…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Peter Thorwarth
Starring
Peri Baumeister / Carl Anton Koch / Kais Setti / Alexander Scheer / Dominic Purcell / Graham McTavish / Roland Møller / Chidi Ajufo

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

intense thrilling gory suspenseful action-packed dark supernatural maternal violent compelling brutal engaging

Reviews

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Chloe Davies
Mar 30, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

For those craving a high-concept genre flick, Blood Red Sky delivers a potent, if occasionally uneven, experience. The core idea of a mother’s hidden monstrous nature emerging during a terrorist attack is a compelling hook. Peri Baumeister’s performance…

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Liam O'Connell
Mar 30, 2026
4.5 / 5
4.5

A breathtakingly inventive take on the airplane thriller, Blood Red Sky is a masterclass in controlled chaos. Peri Baumeister is phenomenal, her journey from a frail, ill woman to a primal force of nature is utterly captivating. The…

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Sophia Chen
Mar 30, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

Blood Red Sky attempts to fuse a tense hijacking thriller with a creature feature, with mixed but often engaging results. Peri Baumeister carries the emotional weight of the story as a mother pushed to her absolute limit. The…

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Marcus Bellweather
Mar 30, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

This is a surprisingly robust genre exercise that knows precisely what it wants to be. Blood Red Sky thrives on its central conceit: a mother’s terrifying secret unleashed under duress. Peri Baumeister delivers a commanding performance, embodying both…

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Eleanor Vance
Mar 30, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Blood Red Sky offers a familiar premise – a mid-air hijacking – but injects a potent dose of the supernatural to elevate the proceedings. Peri Baumeister anchors the film with a performance that skilfully navigates maternal protectiveness and…

FAQs

The mother's 'dark secret' is the narrative engine of Blood Red Sky. It's revealed that this secret is intrinsically linked to a hidden, monstrous nature that she has actively fought to conceal. The hijacking forces her hand, compelling her to expose this power to protect her child. The unfolding of this secret is central to the film's dramatic tension and its eventual resolution, transforming a survival scenario into something far more primal.