Blood Freak (1972)

Note des utilisateurs:

4.3/10   

Directors:

Brad F. Grinter
Steve Hawkes

Writers:

Brad F. Grinter (writer)
Steve Hawkes (writer)

Release Date:

1972 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Accroche:

A Dracula On Drugs!

Plot:

A biker comes upon a girl with a flat tire and offers her a ride home. He winds up at a drug party with the girl's sister...

Plot Keywords:

Smoking | Religion | LSD | Marijuana | It Was All A Dream

Avis des utilisateurs:

Blood-drinking turkey monster mania!

Ensemble

Steve Hawkes	...	Herschell
Dana Cullivan
Heather Hughes
Bob Currier
Anne Shearin
Linda Past
Debbie Smith
Sandy Kneelen
Domink Grutta
Randy Grinter
Larry Wright
Dolores Currier
Jane Tarber
Lee Morris
Sam Taker

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Blood Freaks

Durée:

86 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

USA:R (re-rating) (1975) | USA:X (original rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Miami, Florida, USA

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Herschel and Anne are seen smoking weed, the director can be heard saying, "Action."

Movie Connections:

References "Star Trek" (1966)

Blood-drinking turkey monster mania!

A very shaky camera follows leatherclad 'Nam vet Herschell (Steve Hawkes) down the Florida turnpike, where he helps Angel, a stranded, bible quoting "seeker of the truth" in hot pants. The two go back to her place, where a hippie drug party hosted by Angel's cute, baby-voiced "far out" sister Anne is taking place. When Herschell ignores the advances of a woman, she informs him, "You' re nothing but a dumb b***ard who doesn't know where it's at, anyway!"

Herschell ends up getting a job at the father's turkey farm, Anne gets him "hooked" on pot and scientists in lab jackets trick him into eating chemicals that transform him into a turkey headed monster that gobbles, hangs people upside down, slits their throats and drinks the blood, all while dressed in flared bell-bottom pants!

One very blood, standout murder scene has a guy getting his leg cut off with a table saw. Some real turkeys are beheaded, too, for additional gore. But the action stops cold when the on-screen, chain-smoking narrator (played by director Grinter) reads preachy, pro-Christian commentary off of cue cards on a desk!

The big, muscular Hawkes sports Elvis hair, thick sideburns and weird, blotchy skin, and is one of the worst actors I can think of. Other cast members flub or forget their lines and often look directly at the camera and laugh! No one is credited with writing it on the version I have (the original VHS copy), but with lines directed toward Hawkes like, "He's strong, he's handsome and he enjoys being attractive to the opposite sex," I strongly suspect he had his hand in there somewhere.

Do NOT miss this movie!

Score: (technically speaking) 1 out of 10 / (for laughs) 10 out of 10!