Bloodeaters (1980)

After drug crops are sprayed with a chemical by a passing airplane, the growers of the crop are poisoned by the chemical and turn into zombie-like mutants.

Director:

Charles McCrann

Writer:

Charles McCrann

Stars:

Charles McCrann, Beverly Shapiro, Dennis Helfend

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charles McCrann	...	Tom Cole (as Charles Austin)
Beverly Shapiro	...	Polly Cole
Dennis Helfend	...	Hermit
Kevin Hanlon	...	Jimmy
Judith Brown	...	Amy (as Judy Brown)
Pat Kellis	...	Mother
Roger Miles	...	Father
Phillip Garfinkel	...	Jay
Bob Larson	...	Pilot
Hariet Miller	...	Pilot's Wife
Paul Haskin	...	Briggs
John Amplas	...	Phillips
Claude Scales	...	Farmer
Dennis Graber	...	Hippie Leader
Debra O'Leary	...	Leader's Girl

Storyline

After drug crops are sprayed with a chemical by a passing airplane, the growers of the crop are poisoned by the chemical and turn into zombie-like mutants.

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Plot Keywords:

chemical | nudity | cannabis | contamination | pesticide | 

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Taglines:

They Thought They Were Just Killing Some Weeds. Instead, They Grew A Whole New Kind Of Crop!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Forest of Fear

Company Credits

Production Co:

CM Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The rights holder to the film died in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Connections

Featured in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

User Reviews

Forest of amateurs

This film came to semi prominence in early 80's Britain when it was labelled a video nasty under the evocative sounding title Forest of Fear. The moniker I saw it under was 'Toxic Zombies' which really doesn't make an awful lot of sense. But no matter because it doesn't really make a difference what title this movie has, it's not going to improve it any. Its story is about a group of marijuana farmers who are sprayed with a toxic chemical by renegade federal agents. They turn into homicidal maniacs and terrorise various people in a forest.

Sadly, despite being an honest enough effort, this is a pretty boring movie. It's amateurish in every conceivable way. Its video nasty credentials are somewhat questionable too. It's one of many films from the notorious list that have no right being in any grouping of films that were considered a threat to society. The very idea of someone sitting through this and then being either traumatised or inspired to commit acts of violence is patently an insane one. The only thing anyone is in danger of is in falling asleep to be perfectly honest. Acting is universally amateur despite the presence of John Amplas who was so impressive in George Romero's excellent film Martin. While the music is a very poor man's Halloween score. The only thing truly of note has nothing to do with the actual film and that is the fact that the director Charles McCrann was one of the poor unfortunates who perished in the World Trade Center attacks back in 2001.