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Seamus O'Brien, Niles McMaster, Viju Krim, Alan Dellay, Dan Fauci ... see more see more... , Helen Thompson , Rita Montone , Carol Henry , Viju Krem

Joel M. Reed directed this notorious cult-horror comedy, which was the center of impassioned protests by Women Against Pornography. Seamus O'Brien stars as the epicene Sardu, who stages Grand Guignol ... read more read more...torture performances at a downtown New York club. What the amazed audiences don't know is that the performances are real, using kidnapped victims who are kept in cages, mutilated, and later sold into white slavery by Sardu and his cackling dwarf assistant, Ralphus (Luis De Jesus). Sardu finally goes too far when he kidnaps a famous ballerina (Viju Krim) and a noted critic (Niles McMaster) for his demented shows, resulting in a revolt by the "Caged Sexoids." Reed pours on the gore by the bucket, as a nude victim is turned into a human dartboard, Ralphus gets oral sex from a severed head, Sardu uses human fingers to play backgammon, and a sadistic dentist sucks out a woman's brain through a straw. The fact that the film is intended as a comedy will relieve some and disgust others. Krim and De Jesus co-starred in Gerard Damiano's Let My Puppets Come the following year. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Joel M. Reed

Release Date: November 3, 1976

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DVD Release Date: July 12, 1998

 

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  • ajv2688
    January 6, 2011
    ajv2688
    This movie wasn't at all what I expected from the title, there wasn't any bloodsucking, but everyone in the movie was a freak. Overall this movie is pointless, it's barely got a plot, and really it's more of a series of people being tortured by freaks. I would advise people to ... read morestay away from this movie unless you enjoy pointless torture movies.
  • matertenebraum
    November 17, 2010
    matertenebraum
    Blood Sucking Freaks is often considered an exploitation classic, and is one of the select few Troma films to receive a reputation anything like that. It's not hard to see why this film is so well revered among fans of wayward cinema - the gore is disgusting, the torture scenes a... read morere extended and make for highly unpleasant viewing and there's an extremely misogynistic tone running throughout the film; something that is very popular with many fans of this sort of cinema. I definitely consider myself an exploitation fan, but I'm only going to rate this film as a must see for people like me; as in it's own right, Blood Sucking Freaks really isn't all that good. The film reminded me a lot of a HG Lewis movie, and the plot seems to take some influence from the "classic", The Wizard of Gore, as it follows a stage act. The stage act here concerns S&M and torture, and the "magician" at the centre achieves his realistic effects through actually killing his actors on stage while his crowd watch. Furthermore, the girls are put to use again for his own sick pleasure, and he has a cage full of rabid, meat-eating naked women in his basement...

    The main problem with this film as far as I'm concerned is that it gets too caught up in the sadistic acts and the plot doesn't move fast enough, so after a while it starts to get boring. Director Joel M. Reed clearly has an eye for nasty torture, however, as this film features some of the sickest sequences I've ever seen; chief among them being the guillotine scene, and the part where someone drills a hole in someone's head and proceeds to suck out their brains with a straw! Seamus O'Brien is the lead actor, and it's not surprising that this was one of only two roles for him. His acting is campy and silly, and I really couldn't see him fitting into any other kind of film...which is both praise and a criticism. The locations and special effects all look very cheap, and it's clear that this film was shot on a very low budget; but this grittiness creates a very unclean atmosphere, which helps the film overall as it bodes very well with the nastiness of the action on display. Overall, Blood Sucking Freaks isn't exactly a classic film for my money - but it is mandatory viewing for exploit fans.
  • fb100000185301014
    December 4, 2011
    fb100000185301014
    Ridiculous B movie, not as good as the title may be.
  • cacutshaw
    February 6, 2008
    cacutshaw
    I remember renting this as a kid and thinking this was the dirtiest movie ever made. My mom caught me watching it and got very angry at the video store that rented it to me. I rewatched it university, but I really don't remember liking it that much. I really should watch this a... read moregain, but I still kinda feel like I'm not allowed.
  • PumpkinGetsASnakeBite
    September 14, 2010
    PumpkinGetsASnakeBite
    Twisted, depraved, utterly offensive, and from a production standpoint, absolutely atrocious. I love it!!
  • MovieGuruDude72
    November 21, 2009
    MovieGuruDude72
    Not only looks gruesome, but retarded. And i was right. I watched it last night. I don't like using the word retard, but this was RETARDED!
  • ShaneWreck
    September 25, 2009
    ShaneWreck
    This movie is an extravaganza of depravity, and bad taste. An hilariously tasteless feast for the sick and twisted little worm that lives in all of our brains. Everything from human dartboards to impromptu brain surgery with a power drill. The acting is atrocious, the producti... read moreon value is virtually non existent, and the maker's sanity is highly questionable. This is one of those movies that tends to offend many of the people who watch it. What I don't understand is how anyone can take it serious enough to be offended. That being said, it's definitely not a film for everyone, but it's one that every gore hound should see at least once.
  • Johnlindsey289
    March 14, 2009
    Johnlindsey289
    Sick, twisted yet exciting sleaze feast that caused a stir back in the 70's and influenced the likes of "Hostel" and even the Torture Porn Genre.

    It's funny and disturbing at the same time and one of the better Troma movies.
  • iansubordinate
    December 22, 2008
    iansubordinate
    As a huge Troma fan, I wouldn't recommend this to the Toxie/Terrorfirmer croud. Instead this film is more like Wizard of Gore meets Hostel. Lotsa gore and boobs, good for a party.
  • saintboondock1
    September 18, 2008
    saintboondock1
    it took me a long ass time...but i found it on dvd at a yard sale for 50 cents on dvd and knew it was a gift from god....blood sucking freaks is kinda like cannibal holacost "not as good" but so infomus that it just begs to be owned and seen after i sat and watched it i was a lit... read moretle like "thats it?..." but hey it was good old fashion 70s grindhouse and after seeing certen parts there is no way in fucking hell eli roth cant say he got his idea for hostel from this... but one thing if your going to watch it get popcorn, a 30 pack, and a couple buds so you guys can get drunk as fuck and laugh and cheer with the movie its worth a high rating just to do that!

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Fernando F. Croce
November 15, 2009
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

Exists in that disconcerting crossroads of loathsome exploitation and annihilating art Full Review

Scott Weinberg
January 1, 2000
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

If you enjoy watching this movie, I honestly don't want to know you. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
November 1, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Shannon J. Harvey
February 10, 2003
Shannon J. Harvey, Sunday Times (Australia)

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Jeremiah Kipp
June 20, 2002
Jeremiah Kipp, ToxicUniverse.com

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