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Blood Salvage

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  • 1h 38m
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5.0/10
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Danny Nelson in Blood Salvage (1990)
ComedyHorror
Twisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. He then proceeds to sell their organs on the black ... Read allTwisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. He then proceeds to sell their organs on the black market to Mr. Stone. Everything is fine until he kidnaps the handicapped April and finds t... Read allTwisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. He then proceeds to sell their organs on the black market to Mr. Stone. Everything is fine until he kidnaps the handicapped April and finds that she is harder to control than the others.
IMDb RATING
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579
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    • Tucker Johnston
    • Tucker Johnston
    • Ken Sanders
  • Stars
    • Danny Nelson
    • Lori Birdsong
    • Christian Hesler
    • Tucker Johnston
    • Tucker Johnston
    • Ken Sanders
  • Stars
    • Danny Nelson
    • Lori Birdsong
    • Christian Hesler
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    • 15User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Lori Birdsong in Blood Salvage (1990)
    Lori Birdsong in Blood Salvage (1990)
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    Lori Birdsong in Blood Salvage (1990)
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    Danny Nelson
    • Jake Pruitt
    Lori Birdsong
    • April Evans
    Christian Hesler
    • Hiram
    Ralph Pruitt Vaughn
    • Roy
    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Clifford Evans
    Laura Whyte
    • Pat Evans
    Ray Walston
    Ray Walston
    • Mr. Stone
    Andy Greenway
    • Bobby Evans
    Dan Albright
    Dan Albright
    • Sheriff Reynolds
    Gil Roper
    Gil Roper
    • Emcee
    Lonnie R. Smith Jr.
    • Policeman
    • (as Lonnie Smith)
    Byron Cherry
    Byron Cherry
    • Newlywed Man
    P.J. Shinall
    • Newlywed Woman
    Evander Holyfield
    Evander Holyfield
    • Boxer
    Lou Duva
    • Trainer
    Ken Sanders Sr.
    • Boxing Spectator
    • (as Ken Sanders)
    Frank Kube
    • Sparring Partner
    Suzanne Ventulett
    • Tina Matthews
      • Tucker Johnston
      • Tucker Johnston
      • Ken Sanders
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Last film to be released by Paragon Arts International.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning in the RV is the boom mic visible in the top of Aprils mother.
    • Quotes

      Jake Pruitt: Praise The Lord... Another Convert

    • Connections
      Referenced in DVD-R Hell: Pagan Invasion: Halloween, Trick or Treat? - Part 1 (2013)

    User reviews15

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    6/10
    "Helping people is my business".
    "Helping people is my business". Jake is completely… MAD! So are his two sons. The older son (whose animated facials and yokel dialogue delivery will always have you in stitches) drives a Torino with spikes at the front bumper. This is used to smash and knock off innocent people from the road, so his daddy Jake can turn up with his tow truck to help them out. However he is actually there to help himself to their fresh, healthy body organs, so he can sell them on the black market to a travelling salesman (a terrifically edgy Ray Walston). Yep this southern religious fanatic is just not a tow-trucker driver, but a surgeon at trade… a rough one too. But he has his eyes set on a beautiful young crippled teenager who he believes he can cure, as she and her family are returning home from a beauty pageant when they encounter vehicle trouble. Guess who is on the spot to help them out. "Mad Jake" aka "Blood Salvage" is a sickly twisted and insane backwoods horror outing with plenty of pitch-black tongue-in-cheek humour and the story/visuals really do wear its influences proudly. What came to mind are Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Eaten Alive", especially for the use of a hungry alligator roaming Jake's property. Also "Motel Hell" and "Slaughterhouse". Still this little on-the-cheap b-picture is a simple mish-mash, made much more the merrier for its wacky performances (great villain performances -- Danny Nelson), in-jokes (one regarding Elvis' whereabouts and cameo by Evander Holyfield), nasty surprises/images and of course a horror favourite the always commendable John Saxon. The suspense is certainly sustained in patches and a definite feel of helplessness feels the air when the young, if totally obnoxious handicapped girl (played with girt by Lori Birdsong) finds herself at the mercy of Jake and his sons (well not so the bulky, dim-witted one). It probably goes on for a little too long, but the encounters were certainly amusing (can't get enough of roof hitting with a broomstick) and the direction surefooted in installing a secluded atmosphere. The music score did become grating at times. One thing though don't you just hate it when the video / DVD synopsis spoils certain twists… even if it's typically foreseeable. Daft, but oddly fun.
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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1990 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Blood Salvage
      • High Five Entertainment
      • Paragon Arts International
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
      • Color
      • Ultra Stereo

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