Blood Massacre (1991)

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Director:

Don Dohler

Writers:

Barry Gold, Dan Buehl

Stars:

George Stover, Robin London, James DiAngelo

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
George Stover	...	Rizzo
Robin London	...	Liz Parker
James DiAngelo	...	Jimmy
Thomas Humes	...	Pauly
Lisa DeFuso	...	Monica
Richard Ruxton	...	Howard Parker
Grace Stahl	...	Chrissy Parker
Anne Frith	...	Frances Parker
Lucille Joile	...	Bonnie
Herb Otter Jr.	...	Det. McGuire
Lucie Poirier	...	Bar Dancer
Ted Hakim	...	Vinnie
Barry Gold	...	Country Guy
Karl Otter	...	Cop 2
Gerard Vanik	...	Mr. Winston

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

woman showering | war buddy | video store | undead | trap | 

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Taglines:

The Hunters Become The Hunted ...

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

73 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When filming on the movie almost completed, director Don Dohler sent what had been made up until that point to his investors (as a show of progress). The investors then requested that he re-shoot the entire movie on lower-quality film. When Dohler completed the film the second time, the investors took the master-print and disappeared. They (and the film) resurfaced years later, when they attempted to present the film with a different title (and poor-quality editing, as well as unnecessary padding). After that, the director begrudgingly released the film, and made no attempts to fix what the investors ruined; he said in an interview that he wasn't in the mood to, "...shoot the film a third time.".

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Quotes

Det. McGuire: How do I get there?
Man: Go back about two miles, to a place where four roads meet. But be sure you just take one of them!

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Connections

References Gigi (1958)

User Reviews

Decent Slasher

Blood Massacre (1991)

** (out of 4)

Four punks rob a video store (hey kids, remember them?) and kill the owner's daughter. They decide to hide out in a farm house but they don't realize these farmers are actually blood thirsty cannibals.

Director Don Dohler made some interesting science fiction films in his career. He's certainly a rather interesting director but this film here is completely different than his earlier ones. What is most interesting about this film is the various production issues, which you can read about on various sites. There were basically two different movies shot, one sold illegally and then the director released what he had on his own.

As far as the film itself goes, there are elements of both THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT as well as THE Texas CHAIN SAW MACCARE. The director was obviously trying to cash in on the success of the slasher boom but by 1991 the boom was already dead so this was being released to a rather empty market. The film does have a few memorable moments that keep it from being a total waste but at the same time there's just nothing here original enough or fresh enough to hold the viewers interest.

I will say that I enjoyed the setting of the picture and the low- budget nature actually worked well with the story itself. Another plus is that there was a good finale with some nice gore but there's no question that the film needed more of it. The criminals were all rather annoying but the cannibal family were slightly interesting. As you can see, the film has some good but some bad as well and in the end it's a decent watch but that's about it.