Synopsis
You just might get blood on you.
Female students on a college campus are being killed and their body parts used for blood sacrifices.
Blood Cult
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01 May 1985
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Good evening and welcome fellow Children of Chaos.
"Are there any clubs on campus that play games like Dungeons and Dragons?"
-When investigating a cult.Good ol' satanic panic. The real fear from D&D is weird neckbeards being really creppy to women and asshole DMs who get a boner fucking over players.
Anyway someone is chopping up bodies in some kind of cult activity. Mostly it is a super boring detective narrating to himself though.
The ultimate sin of B-horror, it's boring. Marvel can get away with it by looking really good.
This... This does not.
There is a bit of a nutter ending, though it is as telegraphed as an AEW match.
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I generally love 80’s SOV horror films so I did enjoy this one even if it’s not the best one I’ve seen. I can totally understand most people absolutely hating this but, for some reason, I just find all of these types of films to be immensely watchable. Maybe it’s nostalgia. Maybe it’s shitty taste. Maybe it’s just my tendency to love what others hate. Whatever it is, it made me sit contentedly through this cheap-ass schlockfest of a movie.
The plot (term used loosely) is about a cop investigating a series of sorority girl murders and, well, that’s really about all you need to know! There is more...but none of it really matters, right? The film starts off very…
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OH LOOK, POLICE INVESTIGATING STUFF, HOW FUN AND ORIGINAL. HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THAT??? When I think about what I want from a horror movie it is definitely old men sitting in offices talking about stuff for extended periods of time.
Stop ruining you're beautiful fucking SOV movies with PO-PO story lines that no one has ever or will ever care about. No one likes cops, not even fictional ones that catch killers. They are BORING. I always want to call this a cop out but then I become aware of the pun and feel self conscious. But it is in fact a COP OUT.
Reminded me of Slash Dance and Streets of Death a little because they…
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The trailer declares "Blood Cult - the first movie made especially for the home video market - is a film you won't soon forget" but I'm questioning that claim.
A killer is stalking coeds on a college campus and collecting body parts to use in a blood ritual. Luckily, the daughter of the sheriff tracking the killer just happens to be the university's librarian and the library just happens to have a lot of information on cult rituals and sacrifices. Because of this, the daughter ends up doing more of the police work than the sheriff. The daughter also lives on campus which leads to repeated scenes of the sheriff trying to convince her to move back home. They occur…
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Police procedural featuring the oldest goddamn investigators you’ve ever seen. The only mystery I trust them with is locating the Werther’s Originals
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As I left for work yesterday, I checked the mailbox and to my shock, there was the movie I had been waiting on. I have been waiting two weeks to watch this movie. Was it worth it? Not really.
The story starts with scrolling text about how in the winter of 1985, a series of murders occurred. The local Sheriff was on the case and the following shows his efforts to solve the case. The story then contradicts itself by showing the next murder. I assumed the story would be told from the Sheriff's point of view, but that isn't always the case. We see each murder as it happens and there are conversations that happen when the Sheriff is…
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The decade: 1980s. The place: Oklahoma. The genre: slasher. That's 3 out of 3, baby. I may have the dumbest checklist ever, but I'm always game for an Okla-splatter fest (as dry as Blood Cult can be in other respects).
Sorority girls are being hacked up by a cleaver-wielding killer. The sweet old sheriff investigates these brutal murders by going to the library, and all signs point to the mysterious witch cult of Caninus.
Like I wrote before, the gore is pretty nasty in contrast to how tame and light the rest of the movie is. This makes the horror scenes more jolting and the non-horror scenes more friendly, I think. Overall, I wouldn't call it the most sensational thing in the world, though I think it's a joy. An important entry in the shot-on-video canon. 🐶
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That driving music is the soundtrack of my LIFE!
Look, we can debate all night whether it was this or Sledgehammer that can claim the title “first horror movie made for the home video market” - it WAS Sledgehammer and Boardinghouse arrived even earlier as the first theatrical SOV – but you know what? Doesn’t matter, ‘cause this one’s better than both of ‘em!
It looks better, sounds better, and even though the script is weak and some of the acting is dreadful, Blood Cult feels like an actual movie, albeit one shot like an alarmist after-school special. Its surprising rental success, no doubt aided by the slasher boom and boisterous advertising, allowed the Tulsa-based United Home Video and director Christopher…
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"Is this some sort of Dungeons and Dragons kinda thing?" Lo-fi Metamucil tinted Murder He Wrote where random ttrpg enthusiasts disguised as suburban satanists hack up a bunch of co-eds as a sacrifice to their infernal master in exchange for who the hell knows what at this point. Rambling and linear to the point of utter boredom. There's a pleasant hokey earnestness to the performances, and the narrative is way out there, but it still lacks that bonkers random insanity that you would expect in a sov of this caliber and significance. Which altogether makes it barely competent and somehow less enjoyable. Treasure hunters beware, not the hidden gem you were led to believe.
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Ghastly mutilations are being committed by a cult of satanic dog lovers. Detective Peepaw is in charge of solving the case, if he doesn’t break his hip first. I attempted watching this years ago, but could not handle the stagnant grandpa pacing—like watching your IV bag drip to empty. I’ve learned to be much more patient, but I get where old me was coming from. The casting choices are very bizarre. The lead actor is a drama professor 20 years into retirement, but we’re meant to believe he’s a sheriff capable of solving a murder spree. He looks like a feebler Larry Bud. His daughter is a chain-smoking 45 year old living in a college dorm. In the right mindset, this should take you back to 1985: where this is playing at a sleepover with some kid (who you don’t actually like), and you’re just really worried about mom finding out you watched it.
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Okay. This one kind kind of stings. I watched this one primarily because its Wikipedia article seems to describe a wildly entertaining film that hits a few of my buttons... only the entry is describing the wrong damn movie. I actually have no idea what movie it is describing, because the only link in the article is a link to the IMDb entry for the correct film. The one I watched. The one that has absolutely nothing in common with the one described in that article.
And please, don't think that my rating is an overreaction to the fact that the movie isn't what I was expecting to see. It's just so bad, you guys. You get a few so-so…
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College girls are being totally killed. Murder Ensues!
Shooting this on Uncle Mike's Handycam gives this a slightly cute vibe. With these kinds of films it's always a good idea to pump up the blood and nudity.
The opening scene fulfilled this and I got my hopes up but then the police procedural voiceover stuff kicks in and my eyes started to glaze over.
A weird fisheye lens was used in some shots, probably because of the use of existing locations. In one scene not only can you see a boom mic, but the crew member holding it too! Cinema!!!
Mentioned Dungeons and Dragons, yuk yuk, Satanic panic, yuk yuk. Shlubby middle aged guys in offices have endless boring convos,…