Blood Freak (1972)

Directors:

Brad F. Grinter
Steve Hawkes

Writers:

Brad F. Grinter
Steve Hawkes

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 | Monster | Turkey Farm | Violence | LSD

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
Francis Sipek
Linda Preuwet
Steve Vaughan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tera Anderson
Brad F. Grinter	...	Narrator

Directed by
Brad F. Grinter
Steve Hawkes

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Brad F. Grinter
Steve Hawkes

Produced by
Brad F. Grinter	....	producer
Steve Hawkes	....	producer

Original Music by
Gil Ward

Cinematography by
Ron N. Sill

Film Editing by
Gil Ward

Sound Department
Randy Grinter	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Rafael Hernandez	....	assistant camera
Ron N. Sill	....	camera operator

Distributors

• Variety Films (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2002) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Regal Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Simitar Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Video Treasures (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Vídeo Dimas (1987) (Spain) (video)

Also Known As:

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:

Years later when asked about the movie, Steve Hawkes referred to it as "a sad chapter in my life."

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: After Herschell gets in a fight with the dope dealer (Guy) he pins him on the ground, lifts away his hands, and as the dope dealer lies there, the director can be heard saying, "Get up slowly."

Quotes:

Party-goer:He sees a chick he digs, and he swings, man.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Extra Weird (2003) (V)

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.