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Death Bed: The Bed That Eats

  • 1977
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 18m
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4.3/10
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Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)
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A bed possessed by a demon spirit consumes its users alive.A bed possessed by a demon spirit consumes its users alive.A bed possessed by a demon spirit consumes its users alive.

  • Director
    • George Barry
  • Writer
    • George Barry
  • Stars
    • Demene Hall
    • William Russ
    • Julie Ritter
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    • Director
      • George Barry
    • Writer
      • George Barry
    • Stars
      • Demene Hall
      • William Russ
      • Julie Ritter
    • 58User reviews
    • 82Critic reviews
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    Demene Hall
    Demene Hall
    • Diane
    William Russ
    William Russ
    • Sharon's Brother
    • (as Rusty Russ)
    Julie Ritter
    • Suzan
    Linda Bond
    • The Resurrected
    Patrick Spence-Thomas
    • Voice of the Artist
    Rosa Luxemburg
    Rosa Luxemburg
    • Sharon
    Dave Marsh
    Dave Marsh
    • Artist
    Ed Oldani
    • Victim
    Dessa Stone
    • First Female Victim
    Marshall Tate
    • Side Order
    Samir Eid
    • Gangster
    Fred Abdenour
    • Gangster
    Jock Brandis
    • Priest
    • Director
      • George Barry
    • Writer
      • George Barry
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    • Trivia
      Comedian Patton Oswalt mentions the movie on his 2007 CD "Werewolves and Lollipops", where he does a stand-up routine on it (mistakenly referring to it as "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People"). He even specifically tells people to look up the movie on the IMDb to verify that he wasn't joking about its existence.
    • Goofs
      In the first scenes, the bed eats an apple and then returns the apple to the top of the bed with the core intact. This would be a mistake as the demon possessed bed consumes thanks to it's yellow colored acid, so the core of the apple should have been dissolved.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Voice of the Artist: I've been imprisoned behind my painting in this limbo for 60 years now since my death. I think half that time I've spent in listening to that monster snore.

      [gates creaks, crashes open]

      Voice of the Artist: Someone's coming! My god it's waking up!

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      Featured in The Cinema Snob: Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (2010)

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    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.
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    • Release date
      • 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La cama de la muerte
    • Filming locations
      • Gar Wood Mansion - Keelson Dr., Detroit, Michigan, USA
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    • Budget
      • $30,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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