Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Seamus O'Brien
Sardu
Viju Krem
Natasha Di Natalie
Niles McMaster
Tom Maverick
Dan Fauci
Police Sgt. John Tucci
Alan Dellay
Creasy Silo
Ernie Pysher
Doctor
Luis De Jesus
Ralphus
Helen Thompson
Sardu's Assistant - Curled Hair
Helen Thompson
Sardu's Assistant - Curled Hair
Alphonso DeNoble
Middle Eastern White Slaver
Ellen Faison
Sardu's Assistant - Straight Hair
Lynette Sheldon
Doctor's Compensaion
Crystal Sync
Caged Girl - Light Brown Hair
Carol Mara
Actress
Joel M. Reed
Director
Rita Montone
Maya
Joann Sterling
Human Dartboard
Juliet Graham
Caged Girl - Blond Hair
Alan C. Margolin
Producer
Arlana Blue
Caged Girl - Dark Hair
Michael Sahl
Composer
Ron Dorfman
Cinematographer
Jennifer Stock
Girl on Rack
Jenny Baxter
Electrically Shocked Girl
Joel R. Herson
Editor
Victor Kanefsky
Editor
Illa Howe
Girl on Guillotine
Gail Renay
Caged Girl
George Davalos
Delivery Van Driver
Robert Kirsh
Delivery Van Passenger
Freddie Rottnest
Sound Designer
Emil Neroda
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen DeVita
Gaffer
John Coleone
Assistant Camera
Bob O'Bradovich
Makeup Artist / Special Effects
Lloyd Kaufman
Presenter
Dan Tieger
Production Assistant
Michael Becker
Sound Mixer
Gale B. McCarty
Still Photographer
Richard Louis
Grip
Mayo Gray
Continuity
Dorothy Palmer
Casting
Ben Jennings
Grip
Gyles Fontaine
Choreographer
Linda Small
Karen Fraser
Sharani Gomez
Suzanne Wall
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 3, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Blood Sucking Freaks (originally released as The Incredible Torture Show) is a 1976 American exploitation splatter film directed by Joel M. Reed and starring Seamus O'Brien, Luis De Jesus, Viju Krem, Niles McMaster, Dan Fauci, Alan Dellay, and Ernie Pysher. Set in New York City, the film follows a human trafficking ring masquerading as an experimental theater group, which stages Grand Guignol-style performances for audiences, who are unaware that actual murders and torture are being enacted onstage.
Filmed under the working title Sardu: Master of the Screaming Virgins, it was originally released as The Incredible Torture Show in November 1976. Film distributor Troma Entertainment retitled the film Blood Sucking Freaks upon their acquisition of it in 1981. Troma initially made cuts in hopes of getting an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, but eventually released the version that had all of the most graphic scenes included and was labeled as an R-rated film despite having no such designation from the MPAA. The ratings group subsequently sued Troma for copyright infringement in applying the R-rating without permission; Troma withdrew the rating label, and to date the MPAA has refused to give Blood Sucking Freaks a review at all.
Blood Sucking Freaks went on to develop a cult following, and has been noted as a dark-comic parody of the New York City theater world. Filmsite.org named it one of the most controversial films of all time.