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Blood Frenzy

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Blood Frenzy
Directed byHal Freeman
Screenplay byTed Newsom
Story byRay Dennis Steckler
StarringLisa Loring
Distributed byHollywood Family Video
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100,000[1]

Blood Frenzy is a 1987 American slasher film directed by Hal Freeman and starring Lisa Loring.

Premise

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A psychiatrist takes a group of her patients out into the desert for a therapy session. They are stalked by a killer.

Cast

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  • Wendy MacDonald as Dr. Barbara Shelley
  • Tony Montero as Rick Carlson
  • Lisa Loring as Dory
  • Lisa Savage as Cassie
  • Hank Garrett as Dave Ash
  • Monica Silveria as Jean
  • John Clark as Crawford
  • Chuck Rhae as Lonnie
  • J'aime Cohen as Little Dory
  • Carl Tignino as Dory's father
  • Eddie Laufer as Little Lonnie

Production

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The film was based on a script by Ray Dennis Steckler called Warning - No Trespassing. Ted Newsom was hired to rewrite by Hal Freeman, who had made a lot of money making pornographic films and wanted to expand into other genres. Newsom made the script a cross between Ten Little Indians and Friday the 13th. He says Freeman financed the film entirely himself.[1]

Newsom wrote the film to be shot half on location and half in a studio but it ended up being shot entirely on location over two weeks. The film unit was based out of Barstow in California.[1]

Release and canceled sequel

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The film was released on video.

Newsom wrote a follow-up for Freeman called Judgment Night about a convicted murderer who escapes prison and seeks revenge. Freeman died before it was made.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Borseti, Francesco (2016). It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers. McFarland. pp. 3–19. ISBN 9781476666044.
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