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Summary: The Ultimate Thanksgiving Horror Film
Review: Get ready to watch one of the strangest gore movies ever made. Our hero,"Herschell", is an Elvis look-alike on a chopper who smokes superweed with the druggie sister of a bible fanatic and turns into a psychopathic turkey...you read that correctly...a killer butterball that has taken a special turkey serum from shady scientists.
The entire film is a load of laughs, and if you're looking for a so called "cult movie", you've found one on my top ten. Here's a drive-in cheese-pleaser will leave you needing one more helping of this undiscovered holiday classic.
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Summary: just bad, not enjoyably bad
Review: I guess I'm the lone reviewer here to date that found this film just bad/boring, not bad/fun. The production qualities (bad lighting, sound, "special effects," etc) are, for the most part, just annoyances. In "Plan 9 From Outer Space," it's fun to watch a scene turn from day to night and back -- or to see the strings the hubcap spaceships are dangling on. In "Blood Freak," the cheap plastic prosthetic leg that gets chopped off looks bad enough to elicit some laughs, but other mistakes (such as a long scene shot with such insufficient light that you can't see what's happening) are just poor workmanship, not fun. Am I supposed to keep laughing for several minutes because the director didn't know how to light a scene so he could capture it on film? I think not.
Sorry, but this movie is just not in the same camp league as Russ Meyers, John Waters, or Ed Wood. If you're a fan of camp movies, I suggest renting this before buying it so you can decide for yourself whether this is is bad/good or just plain bad.
The dvd is packed with lots of extras. I watched probably 3/4 of them and cannot say that I found any of them particularly fun, either. There is a soft core porn movie masquerading as a moralistic tale about the dangers of being a [...]. There is a very lame nudist colony movie which is neither funny nor titillating. Obviously compiled by someone who likes terrible "B" movies, most of these extras miss the mark by a wide margin as well. All in all, this dvd was enough to put me to sleep on my couch early.
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Summary: Giving the DVD a 5 and I've only seen the VHS!
Review: I willingly spent 30 of my hard-earned dollars to own a copy of this film when you only could get it on VHS. so all I own is the film itself, a film that brought me and ten of my friends into full-blown MST3K mode when we saw it once (complete with rewinding and watching a couple scenes over and over because they were so bad). A friend of mine had thought to bring PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE because he thought it was bad, but quickly yielded. This was worse. Obviously. And therein lies its beauty.The fact that the DVD contains something entitled "Brad Grinter: Nudist" puts it into the realm of the sublime.
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Summary: Giving the DVD a 5 and I've only seen the VHS!
Review: I willingly spent 30 of my hard-earned dollars to own a copy of this film when you only could get it on VHS. so all I own is the film itself, a film that brought me and ten of my friends into full-blown MST3K mode when we saw it once (complete with rewinding and watching a couple scenes over and over because they were so bad). A friend of mine had thought to bring PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE because he thought it was bad, but quickly yielded. This was worse. Obviously. And therein lies its beauty. The fact that the DVD contains something entitled "Brad Grinter: Nudist" puts it into the realm of the sublime.
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Summary: Blood Freak finally released in all its Glory!
Review: I've seen a lot of bad movies in my day, but frame for frame, nothing measures up to Blood Freak. The plot involves a Vietnam vet who assists a girl with car trouble, meets her evil skank of a sister, gets hooked on drugs, works for the girls' father, eats a drugged turkey, and becomes a turkey headed monster craving junky blood! This movie is delightfully tacky and inept in every possible way. Also, look out for the best line ever uttered in a movie, "You're just a dumb bastard who doesn't know where it's at anyway!" Thankfully, Something Weird Video has lovingly released this title on DVD with tons of extras! The short films are so campy and ridiculous; they are worth the price of the DVD themselves. This is a must for any serious fan of camp, sleaze, and just plain awful movies.
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Summary: Blood Freak finally released in all its Glory!
Review: I've seen a lot of bad movies in my day, but frame for frame, nothing measures up to Blood Freak. The plot involves a Vietnam vet who assists a girl with car trouble, meets her evil skank of a sister, gets hooked on drugs, works for the girls' father, eats a drugged turkey, and becomes a turkey headed monster craving junky blood! This movie is delightfully tacky and inept in every possible way. Also, look out for the best line ever uttered in a movie, "You're just a dumb bastard who doesn't know where it's at anyway!" Thankfully, Something Weird Video has lovingly released this title on DVD with tons of extras! The short films are so campy and ridiculous; they are worth the price of the DVD themselves. This is a must for any serious fan of camp, sleaze, and just plain awful movies.
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Summary: Greatest bad Movie, EVER
Review: If you like bad movies/B movies you will love this movie, and if you don't well I think you shouldn't even waste your time reading this review. Horrible acting, very obvious fake gore, laugh out loud monster, weird dialog, unbelievable characters, and a "twist ending". This movie has everthing that makes a movie so bad its good. the dvd is packed with extras noted above. If you are a bad movie fan you must see this film!!!
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Summary: Greatest bad Movie, EVER
Review: If you like bad movies/B movies you will love this movie, and if you don't well I think you shouldn't even waste your time reading this review. Horrible acting, very obvious fake gore, laugh out loud monster, weird dialog, unbelievable characters, and a "twist ending". This movie has everthing that makes a movie so bad its good. the dvd is packed with extras noted above. If you are a bad movie fan you must see this film!!!
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Summary: Slice up the turkey, ma!
Review: This is a GREAT brain-damaged disc! BLOOD FREAK is a cautionary tale about smoking marijuana and then eating Thanksgiving turkey -- you run the risk of becoming a white-headed Turkey monster in flaired jeans! WAH!
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Summary: Caution: Extremely Fowl Movie!
Review: This movie is absolutely sublime. If you appreciate truly terrible cinema, you MUST order this turkey now! Right now! This movie has it all! Terrible plot, awful dialogue, wooden acting (I am convinced some of the actors are actually made of wood), and THE most ridiculous monster in movie history, period. The plot revolves around Herschell, an ex Vietnam vet biker who gets involved with some pretty unsavory situations in the diabolical and powerful poultry industry, but thanks to the Grintner treatment, we never quite understand what is going on, and confusion reigns. As bad as this sounds there is so much more that combines on so many levels to make this one of the very worst of the worst. This is worse than anything by Ed Wood or Al Adamson. My favorite diversions in the movie are twofold. First, director Brad Grintner (you see a lot more of him in the DVD extras) narrates this whole mess with a pro-religion, anti-drug, anti-giant mutant murdering turkey monologue, which I could make neither heads nor tails of. In the manner of William 'One Shot' Beaudine and Ray Dennis Steckler, he clearly did the narrative all in the first take, so you get a bonus of Grintner lighting cigarettes, smoking, and having horrible hacking coughing fits on camera. The second delicious diversion in the film is the scene right after Herschell becomes the turkey monster when he reunites with his girlfriend. I won't spoil it for you, but it's certainly a scene that you will never forget. I won't say more on the subject other than that I guarantee that you will love this film. Also of note are all the extras, including a documentary on poultry farming, and other short subjects, two of which must be singled out for special mentions: "Brad Grintner: Nudist" is a short featuring Grintner and pals frolicking in the buff (note: this will NOT arouse you in any way); and, "Narcotics, Pit of Despair!" starring Kevin Tighe, future star (as Roy DeSoto) of TV's hit show "Emergency!" from the late seventies. Here he plays John Scott, a good looking high school student hooked on all sorts of bad stuff. Of course drug addiction is a terrible thing, and not to be mocked, but you are allowed a few smirks in this heavy-handed anti-drug film. Just say no to drugs, but say yes to this movie. It is an inspired work of utter brilliance; in its own fowl way.
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