A man travels to an island with his girlfriend in search of his relatives but he finds maybe more than what he wanted to know.
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Gillian Ferrabee | ... | Eva Van Daam / Her Twin Brother / John's Twin Sister |
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Pascal Gruselle | ... | Vermeer |
| Roy Dupuis | ... | John Strauss | |
| Kristin Lehman | ... | Kathleen Strauss | |
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John Harold Cail | ... | Ferryman |
| Joanna Noyes | ... | Byrde Gordon | |
| Felicia Shulman | ... | Yolanda | |
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Janine Theriault | ... | Alice Gordon |
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Michelle Brunet | ... | Ramona |
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David Deveau | ... | Ben |
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Spencer Evans | ... | Squeakie |
| Rutger Hauer | ... | Dr. Marlowe | |
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Carmen Ferland | ... | Mrs. Shea (as Carmen Ferlan) |
| Leni Parker | ... | Baby Laura | |
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Lisa Bronwyn Moore | ... | Toot (as Lisa Bronwyn-Moore) |
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A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. While it was thought that his relatives were all dead he actually finds them to be living underground. However because they have been inbreeding for all these years they don't look right, plus they have developed a pretty bad eating habit. Will he chose his girlfriend or his people? Written by <semihtareen@yahoo.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
31 July 1997 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
The Descendant See more »Filming Locations:
Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, CanadaEdit
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CAD8,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Dr. Marlowe: Let's hope he wakes up.
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In the prologue, the "King of Holland" is mentioned in relation to the year 1652. Holland was part of the Dutch Republic from 1581 through 1795, and had no king. See more »Quotes
Kathleen Strauss: [after giving John a shot of his medicine] He'll sleep for awhile.Dr. Marlowe: Let's hope he wakes up.
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Alternate Versions
The version released under the title, BLEEDERS is missing approximately one minute from the love scene between Roy Dupuis and Kristin Lehman, basically cutting out all of the nudity. The version titled, HEMOGLOBIN is uncut. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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An uncredited adaptation of the Lurking Fear, Hemoglobin (as it is titled in the current US DVD release) stars Rutger Hauer as a drunken doctor recently moved to a small New England fishing community. The arrival of John Strauss (played in near-albino fashion by Roy Dupuis) raises some interesting questions.
The basic theme of Lovecraft's story remains unchanged. A family of incest-deformed monsters live beneath the town, feeding on the dead. Of course, Lovecraft provided a description of the horror in the Lurking Fear and yet, to my knowledge, there is no adaptation that has bothered to be true to this fairly simple detail.
The movie is fairly fast paced, though the insertion of a sex scene comes off as forced and staged, interrupting the film's progression for the purpose of a few quick breast shots. The creature effects aren't that great, indeed, they are probably one of the poorer portions of the film. The footage of the underground catacombs though? That is just wonderful.
The film tries to play with atmosphere, and does us the courtesy of not waving badly made up monsters in our face. Indeed, one of the more tense scenes plays out mostly in shadow as the creatures storm the local lighthouse.