Bloodbeat – aka Blood Beat – is a 1982 American supernatural slasher horror film written, edited and directed by Fabrice A. Zaphiratos. There is extensive use of classical music, but the original synth score was composed by director Fabrice A. Zaphiratos and Chris Zaphiratos.
The film stars Helen Benton, Terry Brown (Copycat), Dana Day, James Fitzgibbons, Claudia Peyton, Peter Spelson, Franck Miley, Carol Wagner, Charlie White.
Plot:
Deer-hunting country, deep in rural Wisconsin. At Christmas time, when her family have come to share the festive season, an artistic mother is possessed by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior…
Reviews:
“The wintry atmosphere is certainly welcome, and its chilly sense of dread and desolation offsets the more laughable qualities. Blood Beat is one of those concoctions that really shouldn’t work, and I’d say it should be the next breakout “bad movie” that’s set to be enjoyed in ironic, derisive fashion, but this one’s a legitimate blast that deserves to break through the obscuro-ranks.” Brett Gallman, Oh, the Horror!
” … a mildly diverting slasher journey that’s perhaps a little unlucky to be so overlooked. At times taut and suspenseful, almost always intriguing and bizarrely bemusing to boot, Blood Beat isn’t that bad if you can find yourself a copy. It’s strange but bizarrely alluring.” Luisito Joaquín González, A Slash Above…
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“Bloodbeat is no work of operatic tragedy. Amateurish on all levels, it has more in common with the deer entrails Gary pulls out with his bare hands: messy, smelly, something you’d rather not see.” Rod Lott, Flick Attack
“Gore is minimal as Zaphiratos goes for weirdness through music (some classical), enigmatic characters and a sexual link between the sister and the spectral samurai.” John Stanley, Creature Features
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” … fans of obscure trash, offbeat 80s slashers and bad cinema will find Bloodbeat entertaining – even lovable, everyone else should avoid it like the plague.” The Church of Splatter-day Saints
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