Blood Freak (1972)

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, then follows her to a turkey farm owned by her father, a mad ... See full summary »

Directors:

Brad F. Grinter (as Brad Grinter), Steve Hawkes

Writers:

Brad F. Grinter, Steve Hawkes

Stars:

Steve Hawkes, Dana Cullivan, Randy Grinter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Hawkes	...	Herschell
Dana Cullivan	...	Ann
Randy Grinter	...	(as Randy Grinter Jr.)
Heather Hughes	...	Angel
Larry Wright
Tera Anderson
Dolores Currier
Bob Currier
Jane Tarber
Anne Shearin
Lee Morris
Linda Past
Sam Taker
Debbie Smith
Francis Sipek

Storyline

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, then follows her to a turkey farm owned by her father, a mad scientist. The father turns the biker into a giant turkey monster who goes after drug dealers.

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Plot Keywords:

gore | turkey as food | stabbed in the head | severed foot | blood drinking | 

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Taglines:

Only the blood of drug addicts can satisfy the thirst of the blood freak monster!

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1972 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blood Freaks

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sampson Motion Picture Production Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 80 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Goofs

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."

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Quotes

Drug dealer: Unless you give me the dough, I cannot supply you anymore.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: The Geek (2010)

User Reviews

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.