History Film / BloodRedSky

** [[spoiler:When Nadja needs a lot of fresh blood to fight her way through the vampires to save her son, she kills the pilot who was in league with the the terrorists, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness after verifying Farid can land the plane by himself]].]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The stockbroker grabs an oxygen mask off the old German lady, only to get severe internal injuries when a food trolley careens down the aisle into him as the plane dives to a lower altitude.

* MassOhCrap: Eightball and the other terrorists panic [[spoiler: when Nadja emerges from the cockpit, tears out Berg's throat and eyes up them as a second course]].

* PlotHole: Bastian explains not to press the big button on the detonator as it is connected to a bomb on the fuel tank. [[spoiler:However, Elias hits it in the climax to breach the cargo hatch and again on the ground to detonate the fuel, with no indication of reprogramming or multiple detonators.]]

* TheToothHurts; A flashback shows Nadja removing the fangs growing over her normal teeth with pliers.

* VillainousCheekbones: Eightball, courtesy of Alexander Scheer (who in turn bares CelebrityResemblance to Creator/KlausKinski), making his psychopathic villainy all the more obvious.

* WhamLine: When Elias takes off Nadja's sunglasses and saw her red eyes, he asked "Did you drink blood?", revealing he knows that the medicine isn't for a normal illness.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim

* FiveRoundsRapid: The assault team [[spoiler:boards the plane and gets torn apart by vampires. Their submachineguns and assault rifles take down a few, but there are just too many]].

* AdultFear:
** For any parent with a serious illness or other issue, Elias's quietly competent behavior--he's so used to having to step up on adult responsibilities Nadja couldn't do, he never got to be a kid.
** Getting stuck in a plane hijacked by terrorists is bad enough, but being the passengers' only hope of fighting against them, while having to expose a horrifying part of yourself knowing might never see your child again even if you survive. Worst of all, hurting your child against your will.
** In a flashback, Nadja is shown preparing formula for her baby because she can't risk infecting him by breast feeding.

* DeathOfAChild: Other than Elias, there is at least one other child onboard the plane, a little girl of similar age that Berg threatens to shoot if Nadja won't open the cockpit door. [[spoiler: Farid and Elias end up the only survivors of the entire incident, meaning she unfortunately died off-screen anyway, either killed by the vampires or when the plane exploded.]]

* DeathOfAChild: Other than Elias, there is at least one other child onboard the plane, a little girl of similar age that Berg threatens to shoot if Nadja won't open the cockpit door. [[spoiler: Farid and Elias end up the only survivors of the entire incident, meaning she unfortunately died anyway, either killed by the vampires or when the plane exploded.]]

* DeathOfAChild: Other than Elias, there is at least one other child onboard the plane, a little girl of similar age that Berg threatens to shoot if Nadja won't open the cockpit door. [[spoiler: As Farid and Elias are the only survivors, she unfortunately died anyway, either killed by the vampires or when the plane exploded.]]

* DeathOfAChild: Other than Elias, there is at least one other child onboard the plane, a little girl of similar age that Berg threatens to shoot if Nadja won't open the cockpit door. [[spoiler: As Farid and Elias are the only two survivors, she unfortunately died anyway, either when the plane exploded or was killed beforehand.]]

* DeathOfAChild: Other than Elias, there is at least one other child onboard the plane, a little girl of similar age. [[Spoiler: Considering Farid and Elias are the only two survivors, she either died when the plane exploded or was killed beforehand.]]

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Several Humvee's are seen at RAF Drybridge in Scotland, despite no service in the British armed forces using them in reality. Similarly, the [[spoiler:special forces soldiers who board the plane at the end of the film]] are seen carrying B&T [=MP9=] submachine guns, also not used by the British military in reality.

* HighConcept: Film/SnakesOnAPlane, except replace the snakes with vampires and framed with a conventional airplane hijacking.

* BaldWomen: Nadja's hair has fallen out because of her infection, forcing her to wear a wig.

** For any parent with a serious illness or other issue, Elias's quietly competent behavior--he's so used to having to step up on adult responsibilities Nadja couldn't do. He never got to be a kid.
** Having to expose a horrifying part of yourself to protect your child, knowing well you might die and never see them again even if you survive. Or worse, harm your own child.

* LetterboxArson: The Mercedes sedan in the cargo hold is equipped with strong bulletproof glass, [[spoiler:protecting Eightball from a multitude of bullets fired by Nadja. However she damages the glass enough to pour flammable liquid through a hole and set him alight, only the fire suppression system is activated before Eightball burns to death.]]

* WeaponisedCar: The Mercedes sedan in the cargo hold which is equipped with strong bulletproof glass, [[spoiler:protecting Eightball from a multitude of bullets]].

* TheNoseKnows: Foreshadowing for TheReveal of Nadja's vampirism is when Eightball violently stabs the air marshal to death, even though the murder is committed out of her sight her nose can be seen twitching in response. When Eightball gets too close to her later on she can barely restrain herself.

* SchmuckBait: The hijacking is started by one of them starting a ruckus to draw out the air marshalls, who act to subdue the unruly passenger.

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Eightball stabs an air marshal to death, then [[MilkingTheGiantCow proudly displays]] his bloodsplattered white steward's shirt to the passengers to intimidate them. When he gets too close to Nadja, she has to restrain herself from vamping out in response to the smell of blood. When Eightball shoots her, she's wearing a white jumper to make the bloodstains clear to the audience before she comes back to life.

''Blood Red Sky'' is a 2021 German-American action/horror film directed by David Thorwald, written by Thorwald and Stefan Holtz, and starring Peri Baumeister, Roland Møller, Creator/GrahamMcTavish, and Creator/DominicPurcell. It premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on July 23, 2021.

* VampireProcreationLimit: Nadja tries to enforce this when, after biting [[spoiler:Berg]], she stabs him in the heart as he starts to turn, and when she tries to set [[spoiler:Eightball]] on fire. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the plane's fire suppressant systems kick in before Eightball dies, and he infects the rest of the hijackers save for Bastian, who managed to escape.]]

** One of the fall guys can't read Arabic, and so is [[MakeAnExampleOfThem shot by Berg]] when Farid tries to get clever.

** Berg order Carl to shoot Eightball if he steps out of line again, causing Carl to mutter that they should do that right away. He regrets not doing so.

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Eightball stabs an air marshal to death, then [[MilkingTheGiantCow proudly displays]] his bloodsplattered white steward's shirt to the passengers to intimidate them. When he gets too close to Nadja, she has to restrain herself from vamping out in response to the smell of blood.