Invasion of the Blood Farmers (1972)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Ed Adlum

Writers:

Ed Adlum (writer)
Ed Kelleher (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

They planted the LIVING and harvested the DEAD!

Plot:

Somewhere in upstate New York, a young woman is terrorized by a group of rural farmers primarily interested in a harvest of blood. |

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Violence | Sect | Occult | Decapitation

Cast

Norman Kelley	...	Dr. Roy Anderson
Tanna Hunter	...	Jenny Anderson
Bruce Detrick	...	Don Tucker
Paul Craig Jennings	...	Creton
Jack Neubeck	...	Egon
Richard Erickson	...	Sontag
Cynthia Fleming	...	Queen Onhorrid
Tom Edwards
Lucy Grant	...	Mrs. Greenman
Frank Iovieno	...	Police Chief Frank Spano
Warren D'Oyly-Rhind	...	Ogmar
Joseph McDermott		(as Joe McDermott)
Allan Charlet
John Stewart
Richard Kennedy
Arthur Pyle
Xanthe Ellis
David Scuccimarra
Jon Greenman
James Foley
Stanley Roseman
Eduoard Dauphin
Pat Rriarch
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ed Adlum	...	Victim in shower / Narrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Ed Adlum

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ed Adlum		writer
Ed Kelleher		writer

Produced by
Ed Adlum	....	producer
Milton S. Greenman	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Beau Eurell		(as Beau Burell)
A.J. Smutt		(as A.J. Smut)

Cinematography by
Roberta Findlay		(as Frederick Douglass)

Film Editing by
Michael Findlay

Makeup Department
Rod Griswold	....	makeup artist (as Red Griswold)

Production Management
Kay Kressi	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ronald Davis	....	assistant director
Ed Kelleher	....	associate director

Art Department
Mildred Green	....	set designer
Mildred Green	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Roget Phoenix	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Frederick Elmes	....	assistant camera (as Fred Elmes)
Nathan Joshua	....	lighting technician
Stefan Jovanovich	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ortrum Tippel	....	costume supervisor (as Ortrun Tippel)

Other crew
Betti Gilbert	....	continuity

Production Companies

• The Farmer Company

Distributors

• N.M.D. Film Distributing Company (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Prima Film (1973) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Video Universal Holland (VUH) BV (1983) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Regal Video (1984) (USA) (VHS)
• CMV Laservision (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Thunderbird Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:(Banned) (video rating) | USA:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Westchester County, New York, USA

Company:

The Farmer Company

Trivia:

According to the director, most of the cast members worked for a six-pack of beer as payment.

Goofs:

Continuity: Constant mix of day and night shots, with dialog that further demonstrates the mismatches (i.e, saying "Good night" in broad daylight).

Quotes:

Dr. Roy Anderson: Old Jim Carrey dropped dead Sunday.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005) (V)

I can't get this movie out of my head.

It has been at least three years since I watched this somewhat piece of crap and to this day I can still not get it out of my head. The title is so intriguing that I find myself putting it into all of the scripts I write. The film it's self pretty much sucks and has no connectedness. It feels as if it has never been edited properly. Here are my thoughts on this film's integrity 1. The lighting is good for a film that is obviosly very cheap 2. The actors all look like hicks and thus gives reality to the piece 3. The most awesome part of this movie is that there is a character by the name of Jim Carry who goes missing and following this throughout the whole film character will repeat where's Jim Carry and it's funnier now since their is a famous actor by that name. This said the movie is pretty crappy aside from that one recurring joke thats not even really a joke. I say avoid unless you like crap like I do!