Blood Harvest (1987)

In a small town, people are being murdered by having their throats cut.

Director:

Bill Rebane

Writers:

Chris Vaalar (story), William Arthur (story),

Stars:

Tiny Tim, Itonia Salchek, Dean West

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tiny Tim	...	Mervo
Itonia Salchek	...	Jill (as Itonia Salochek)
Dean West	...	Gary
Lori Minnetti	...	Sarah
Peter Krause	...	Boyfriend
Frank Benson	...	The Sheriff
Albert Jaggard	...	The Priest
William Dexter	...	Man in Cafe
Arlene Dexter	...	1st Bank Teller
Jeanette Belant	...	2nd Bank Teller
Pete Van Ryan	...	Auctioneer
Harvey Woodward	...	Asstistant Auctioneer
Randy Scott	...	Game Player
Chris Jahnke	...	Game Player
Jim Zabella	...	Game Player

Storyline

Tiny Tim stars in his first dramatic film role in this taut drama. A Beautiful young girl, Jill Robinson, returns to her peaceful rural home town to find that her life has been turned upside down. The house she grew up in has been defaced, her parents are missing, and the whole town hates her father, the bank supervisor who had foreclosed on many of the local farms. Only "Marvelous Mervo" (Tiny Tim) seems happy to see her. He wanders around the community dressed in a clown's suit with a clown's permanent grin grotesquely painted on his face. Mervo's brother tries to re-kindle his love affair with Jill. Then, one by one, those closest to her are slaughtered like cattle... tied upside down from the rafters of the barn... until the surprise ending reveals the madman.. and a very unlikely savior.

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Plot Keywords:

clown | barn | cult film | gore | death | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

The Marvelous Mervo

Filming Locations:

Gleason, Wisconsin, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tiny Tim was making a personal appearance at a beer carnival in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, in 1985, and local filmmaker Bill Rebane was in the audience. He had an idea for a horror film and decided to see if Tiny Tim was interested in appearing in it. He was. This is the result.

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Connections

References Commando (1985)

User Reviews

Tiny Tim singing in the dark, nuff said.

Extremely odd flick about a young woman (Itonia Salochek) who returns from college to discover that her parents are missing. Her neighbors are none other than preppy Dean West and his brother played by that lovable minstrel Tiny Tim, who may or may not know what has happened. Meanwhile, a masked killer slaughters whoever comes near the woman and just who it is becomes more and more obvious to the viewer past the first thirty minutes. Despite being notorious for Tiny Tim's one and only starring feature, this film is comprised mostly of hopeless time filler. Tiny Tim is fairly decent, however, as the creepy clown-faced weirdo who skulks around the farm. In fact it's his antics, Salochek's abundant nude scenes, and relatively realistic special effects which save this less than thrilling time waster. The only really effective scene is the opening sequence; featuring Tiny Tim squawking a tune in the dark. That's guaranteed to make your skin crawl in any film.