Blood Freak (1972)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Directors:

Brad F. Grinter
Steve Hawkes

Writers:

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

Release Date:

1972 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

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:

Biker | Turkey | Monster | Turkey Farm | Severed Foot

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Blood Freaks

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Trivia:

The turkey-monster head that Steve Hawkes wears was made of paper mache.

Goofs:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in "TCM Underground: Blood Freak (1972) (#1.55)" (2008)

Incredible, simply incredible...

Man, oh man. What can one say about this film? There's no denying that it's a *bad* film. Of that we can be sure. But try to pigeonhole it into any other category, and you'll end up with a headache the size of Lake Michigan. What can one say about a movie in which a beefy Vietnam vet (resembling a late-60's Conway Twitty) follows a nice Christian young lady home, only to fall for her sister, get hooked on some bizarre strain of pot, eat an entire "experimental" turkey cooked up by some mad poultry scientists (who themselves are hooked on the wacky weed), turn into the ugly cousin of the San Diego Chicken, and become driven to feed on the blood of addicts? Where else can you see a tender love scene between a young woman and a turkey monster? Where else can you see a man in a bad turkey mask cut the prosthetic leg off of a drug dealer? Where else can you see the most insane bad-movie dream sequence this side of "Glen Or Glenda?" Where else can you see an entire cast made up of what appears to be either Foghat or their roadies? What other film features an almost-constant barrage of turkey gobbles that sound more like pencil erasers on glass? Where else can you see the director chain-smoke on camera, preach against defiling the body with chemicals, and have a coughing fit? Stop reading this review *right now* and track this baby down! I laughed until I wept. It's a beautiful thing.