Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)

A bed possessed by a demon spirit consumes its users alive.

Director:

George Barry

Writer:

George Barry

Stars:

Demene Hall, William Russ, Julie Ritter

Cast

Credited cast:
Demene Hall	...	Diane
William Russ	...	Sharon's Brother (as Rusty Russ)
Julie Ritter	...	Suzan
Linda Bond	...	The Resurrected
Patrick Spence-Thomas	...	Voice of the Artist
Rosa Luxemburg	...	Sharon
Dave Marsh	...	Artist
Ed Oldani	...	Victim
Dessa Stone	...	First Female Victim
Marshall Tate	...	Side Order
Samir Eid	...	Gangster
Fred Abdenour	...	Gangster
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jock Brandis	...	Priest
Demene E. Hall	...	(as Demene Hall)

Storyline

A bed possessed by a demon spirit consumes its users alive.

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Plot Keywords:

possession | estate | supernatural murder | pain | reverse footage | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 February 2010 (Czech Republic)

Filming Locations:

Gar Wood Mansion - Keelson Dr., Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min 80 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Until its official DVD release in 2003 Death Bed had been circulated via pirated bootlegs and unbeknown to George Barry the film had gained an underground fan base. Barry said he discovered people discussing it on the Internet one evening and decided to put an official video release of the film into works.

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Connections

Referenced in The Comedians of Comedy: Live at The Troubadour (2007)

User Reviews

words cannot convey just how bizarre this movie is...

The premise- a demon falls in love with a maiden and assumes human form in order to make love to her. She dies as a result of this preternatural union, and the mournful demon cries tears of blood upon their carnal bed. The blood is absorbed, bestowing the bed with a predatory animate existence. Nestled within a ramshackle guesthouse, it lies in wait through the ages...a bloodthirsty canopy bed which consumes anyone unfortunate enough to rest upon it. A strange concept for a horror film, indeed, but the presentation is far, far stranger...

This no-budget oddity was composed with a very peculiar artistic finesse...not so much pretentious as self-consciously esoteric, it merges trash cinema sleaze with flourishes of oneiric surrealism(it's largely narrated by the spirit of 19th-century nouveau illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, helplessly imprisoned within a painting on a wall opposite the killer bed). This eccentric admixture doesn't really gel perfectly, but that is certainly not to imply that DEATH BED is a bad film, just that it's very bizarre and obvious of its restrictive budget...I personally consider it one of the most original and inventive amateur horror projects I have ever seen.

Opinions about this one will be all over the board, but there's no denying that DEATH BED is unique. I recommend it strongly to all fans of outré cinema. 7/10