6 Degrees Of Superheroes And Villains

Blood Creek (2009)

Featuring: Superman, Mick Rory/Heatwave, Magneto, Roger Dooley.

After the twin-travesties of Batman Forever/Batman And Robin, you would be forgiven for thinking that Joel Schumacher would have trouble finding superheroes to associate his projects with. The trick, apparently, is to cast just before they don their capes – ensuring the movie has a long and curious life beyond initial release. Such is the case for Blood Creek – a strange horror-thriller movie involving the Third Reich, the occult and some very bizarre goings-on in rural West Virginia.

Blood Creek brings together Superman – in the form of a young Henry Cavill – and Mick Rory/ Heatwave (Dominic Purcell), from the TV show The Flash. The pair star as brothers – the older of which (Purcell) has been imprisoned for two years on a rural farm outside his community, and the younger of which (Cavill) has been mourning his brother’s unexplained disappearance.

When the older brother suddenly returns, he and his sibling seek revenge on the farm owners – but uncover far more than they bargained for in the process. In addition to the soon-to-be super siblings, Blood Creek stars Michael Fassbender – who would go on to play a young Magneto in the X-Men franchise – and Shea Whigham, who plays Roger Dooley on the TV show Agent Carter.