Blood Legacy (1971)

Director:

Carl Monson

Writers:

Carl Monson (story)
Eric Norden (writer)

Release Date:

17 March 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

In order to qualify to inherit the family fortune, the four heirs must spend the night in the family estate. However, during the night someone starts killing them off. |

Plot Keywords:

Heir | County Sheriff | Crushed To Death | Nazi Symbol | Dog

Cast

Rodolfo Acosta	...	Sheriff Dan Garcia
Merry Anders	...	Laura Dean
Norman Bartold	...	Tom Drake
Ivy Bethune	...	Elga
John Carradine	...	Christopher Dean
Richard Davalos	...	Johnny Dean
Faith Domergue	...	Veronica Dean
Buck Kartalian	...	Igor
Brooke Mills	...	Leslie Dean
Jeff Morrow	...	Gregory Dean
John Russell	...	Frank Mantee
John Smith	...	Carl Isenburg

Also Known As:

Legacy of Blood

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Trivia:

Final film of Rodolfo Acosta.

"This house is full of Hate"

A mega-wealthy man dies and leaves his money to his four heirs to divide. The only catch is that they must spend a whole week in the house. Also, to add some suspense, the will states that if none of the heirs live, then the money is to be divided between the three servants. Well, naturally we know that everyone is going to try to kill everyone in this rather typical storyline. What is not so typical is the level of incompetence used to achieve this goal. Now, unlike the other reviewers, I was able to sit through the whole film in one showing. And as bad films go, and make no mistake here.....this is a BAD film, you could do worse(try sitting through The Wizard of Mars in one sitting for a test of real endurance!) The murders are atrociously executed(both literally and figuratively). The editing leaves much to desire as we see...for seconds only...a head on a turkey platter...some piranhas devouring something, and so on. The acting is ridiculous despite the cast. The film not only has the Grand-master of Bad Horror films, John Carradine(very VERY briefly), but also Merry Anders(her last film), Rodolfo Acosta(his last film), and Jeff Morrow and Faith Domergue from This Island earth fame! Not to mention that guy that played Julius in The Planet of the Apes! You know what kind of film you have when two of the servants names are Igor and Elga, and that Igor has a fetish/need to be whipped by a cane every so often. The other servant, Frank the driver, has a lamp made of the skin from a German he killed during the war. They say good help IS hard to find! The ending is suppose to be comical I think, but more of a relief as you no longer have to see the messy proceedings anymore.