BLOODSUCKING FREAKS is one of the most notorious films of the 1970s, an American B-movie chock full of violence, bloodshed, and the general degradation of women. The loose 'story' - if it can really be termed as such - involves the owner of a Grand Guignol theatre who shocks his audiences every evening with his scenes of torture and brutality. Little do they realise that these are no special effects...
This film really is criminally poor and manages to be offensive and offensively stupid at the same time. The overacting cast members mug their way through hopeless roles, coming across as having the same kind of talent as someone you'd see in an Andy Milligan film. I suppose you could argue that as a piece of exploitation, BLOODSUCKING FREAKS comes somewhere between the works of H.G. Lewis and the Japanese Guinea Pig films, but I've always disliked gore for gore's sake and this offering is truly pitiful and mean-spirited. There is some creativity in the torture sequences but the special effects are laughable which lessens any power they might have had otherwise. Horror? Don't make me laugh...
This film really is criminally poor and manages to be offensive and offensively stupid at the same time. The overacting cast members mug their way through hopeless roles, coming across as having the same kind of talent as someone you'd see in an Andy Milligan film. I suppose you could argue that as a piece of exploitation, BLOODSUCKING FREAKS comes somewhere between the works of H.G. Lewis and the Japanese Guinea Pig films, but I've always disliked gore for gore's sake and this offering is truly pitiful and mean-spirited. There is some creativity in the torture sequences but the special effects are laughable which lessens any power they might have had otherwise. Horror? Don't make me laugh...