Wildflower (aka Blood Related) is a low budget thriller with a fairly serviceable plot - made in the days before a hostile takeover by hydra headed sharks, giant octopi and aging Playmates.
After a wealthy patriarch (and corporate oligarch - although we never learn what this mighty organisation actually does) dies during a sex induced heart attack with a sadistic hooker, his dysfunctional family rendezvous at a chalet/cottage deep in the beautiful California countryside (easily the outstanding feature) to claim his/their fortune. Of course, there's endless backstabbing, scheming and even murder; the loose cannon amidst the intrigue is a mysterious hitchhiker with her own agenda.
Silly and cheesy as it is, Wildflower is still a cut above the average erotic thriller nonsense. Although overacting abounds throughout, there's a decent opening theme and it is generally well edited and photographed. The lifting and loading Is amply provided for by the stunning duo of Tamie Sheffield and C.C Costigan - the former became a poster girl for the rest of the decade; the latter made a few more films, dabbled in reality TV, and then disappeared thereafter.
