Bloodsucking Freaks

Bloodsucking Freaks (1976, USA) is a Shock-Horror film directed by Joel M. Reed.

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Main Details

• Released in 1976
• Color
• Running Time: 91 min | Australia:89 min (uncut version) | France:88 min | USA:88 min (director's cut)
• Distribution Co: American Film Distributing Corporation (AFDC) (1976) (USA) (theatrical) | Troma Entertainment (1981) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release)
• Written and Directed by Joel M. Reed
• Starring Seamus O'Brien, Luis De Jesus, Viju Krem
• Produced by Alan C. Margolin, Joel M. Reed
• Original Music by Michael Sahl
• Cinematography by Ron Dorfman
• Film Editing by Joel R. Herson, Victor Kanefsky
• Special Effects by Bob O'Bradovich
• Choreography by Gyles Fontaine

Plot Summary

• Sardu, master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his assistant Ralphus run a show in which, under the guise of 'magic', they torture and murder people in front of their audience. But what the spectators see as a trick is actually real.

Also Known As

• Blood Sucking Freaks (USA) (reissue title)
• Bloodsucking Freaks (USA) (promotional title)
• Heritage of Caligula
• Incredible Torture Show (France) (video box title)
• Sardu (USA) (informal alternative title)
• Sardu, Master of the Screaming Virgins (USA) (original script title)
• The Heritage of Caligula: An Orgy of Sick Minds (USA) (video title)
• The House of the Screaming Virgins

Taglines

• Join The Fun!...Human Dart Boards..."Home Style Brain Surgery"...Dental Hijinks!
• You'll scream your head off!
• Only once in a century can such evil live...
• SARDU: he was the creator -- the director -- the master!