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Blood Rage

  • 1987
  • R
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
6.3K
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Blood Rage (1987)
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B-HorrorPsychological HorrorSlasher HorrorHorror

A boy kills a man and accuses his twin brother of the murder, and the innocent brother ends up institutionalized, while his psychotic twin goes free. 10 years later, the innocent twin escape... Read allA boy kills a man and accuses his twin brother of the murder, and the innocent brother ends up institutionalized, while his psychotic twin goes free. 10 years later, the innocent twin escapes, which triggers his brother into killing again.A boy kills a man and accuses his twin brother of the murder, and the innocent brother ends up institutionalized, while his psychotic twin goes free. 10 years later, the innocent twin escapes, which triggers his brother into killing again.

  • Director
    • John Grissmer
  • Writer
    • Bruce Rubin
  • Stars
    • Louise Lasser
    • Mark Soper
    • Julie Gordon
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    6.3K
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    • Director
      • John Grissmer
    • Writer
      • Bruce Rubin
    • Stars
      • Louise Lasser
      • Mark Soper
      • Julie Gordon
    • 79User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Louise Lasser
    Louise Lasser
    • Maddy
    Mark Soper
    Mark Soper
    • Todd…
    Julie Gordon
    Julie Gordon
    • Karen
    Jayne Bentzen
    • Julie
    Marianne Kanter
    Marianne Kanter
    • Dr. Berman
    James Farrell
    • Artie
    • (as James Farrel)
    Chad Montgomery
    • Gregg
    Lisa Randall
    Lisa Randall
    • Andrea
    William Fuller
    • Brad
    Douglas Weiser
    Douglas Weiser
    • Jackie
    • (as Doug Weiser)
    • …
    Gerry Lou
    • Beth
    Ed French
    Ed French
    • Bill
    Dana Drescher
    • Little Girl
    Brad Leland
    Brad Leland
    • Teen Boy at Drive-In
    • (as Brad Williams)
    Rebecca Thorp
    • Teen Girl at Drive-In
    Bill Cakmis
    • Maddy's Date
    Keith Hall
    • Young Terry
    Russell Hall
    • Young Todd
    • (as Ross Hall)
    • Director
      • John Grissmer
    • Writer
      • Bruce Rubin
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    Michael_Elliott

    Great Gore But That's About It

    Blood Rage (1987)

    * 1/2 (out of 4)

    Terry commits a brutal murder at a drive-in but blames it on his twin Todd who is sent to a mental hospital. Flash forward ten years and Todd has broken out of the hospital and returns home where more bodies begin to pile up.

    BLOOD RAGE was filmed in 1983 but it sat on a shelf for four years before it was finally released without too much fan fare. The film was pretty much forgotten but over the years it has gained a rather large cult following and it's not too hard to see why. Even though I thought the film was pretty bad, there's no question that it contains some rather campy moments at times and the gore level is quite high.

    I think it's the gore that most people are going to be coming to the film for. The special effects aren't the greatest thing around and they certainly don't compare to the work of Tom Savini but they certainly have an appeal. It doesn't matter what happens to the victim you're going to see a ton of blood come flowing out. So if they're stabbed, shot or chopped...prepare for blood. There are some creative kills throughout including one poor woman who gets cut in half and another man who loses his head.

    The biggest problem with the film is pretty much everything else. The movie is available in three different cuts but I went with the original VHS version that clocks in at 82 minutes. Those 82 minutes feel triple that time because this thing drags so often. Whenever someone isn't getting killed off we're basically watching some pretty poor acting in a rather bad story without much going for it. There's no mystery, no suspense, no humor and not much of anything.

    Again, BLOOD RAGE is going to be remembered for its gore and I'd still recommend slasher fans check it out for this reason alone.
    6drownsoda90

    "You're gonna hurt my kitty!"

    "Blood Rage" begins with two twin adolescent boys at a drive-in with their mother on a date; the two slink off, and one of them murders a man in his car. Ten years later, the psycho twin is incarcerated in a mental institution. On Thanksgiving, the good twin and his mother go to visit, but find he has escaped. He returns to the woodsy community where his mother lives and begins carving up residents like turkeys.

    Let's face it—evil twins are to horror films what pumpkin pie is to Thanksgiving. It just works. "Blood Rage," a little-known slasher filmed in the early 1980s, knows this, and takes full advantage of the trope. The film fell into obscurity and wasn't even released theatrically until 1987; it made it to small theaters and B-movie drive-ins, and all but disappeared. What's interesting is that the film actually offers all of the hallmarks that genre fans love about these films: a holiday setting, corny one-liners, young adults copulating, and some impressive special effects set to a pounding synth score. You'd think the film would have at least garnered a cult following, but the limited availability of it until Arrow Video's 2015 release prevented it from ever really catching on.

    The film is admittedly a mess in areas; some of the performances are hammy and the dialogue contrived, while the pacing is certainly bizarre at times, but for a low-budget B slasher film, these are typically taken for granted, and if anything are part of the charm. Louise Lasser spends the majority of the film boozed out screaming into a telephone and eating Thanksgiving leftovers on her kitchen floor, while her good twin boy searches ruthlessly for his unhinged brother. Bodies start piling up, and elaborate gore effects take precedent over plot development at times. The script overall is vaguely sketched and doesn't completely feel rounded out, and the film does suffer from a frankly nonthreatening villain, but the final act is tongue-in-cheek and well handled.

    Overall, the film is a nice slice of eighties slasher pie that somehow got left behind. It's not a great film by any means, but it's also not a bad one when pitted against the genre standards. The ending is rather grim, and Lasser's turn as the mentally destroyed mother is hammy, Oedipal, and at times poignant. In many ways, the film reminded me of "Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker," another eighties slasher that never really caught on, in both tone and thematics. "Blood Rage" is most definitely worth a look for genre fans, and is a hokey, gory effort if nothing else. 6/10.
    7mpaulso

    "That's not cranberry sauce..."

    "That's not cranberry sauce..."

    Blood Rage has some GREAT kill scenes and practical effects (machete through the back) and it's filled with 1980's nostalgia from the can-opener beer cans, drive in movies, old video games and short shorts.

    I was really tempted to give this movie 4 stars. It has a cool unique story of a brother who framed his twin brother for a murder he committed and when his brother breaks out of the mental institution he see an opportunity for another killing spree to frame his brother and get him thrown back in the mental institution again.
    6Fella_shibby

    Good effects, unique location n lots of gory kills but the end product is ok.

    I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently. Found this film and Ruggero Deodato's Body Count lame during those days. After revisiting both, I found Body Count bad but this one good cos of the gory kills. The film starts off very well n continues with a good pace n solid killings but in the middle it becomes slow n boring. The only plus point of this film is the gory effects. A face gets slashed by a hatchet, a hand gets chopped by a machete, a head gets split open like a watermelon, a body gets cut into half, etc. The unique thing about this 80s slasher is that the action takes place in a sprawling, secluded apartment complex called Shadow Woods with lots of trees, woods n neighbors around.
    7benjithehunter

    Thanksgiving Murder Fest

    A homicidal child blames his twin brother for a grisly axe murder he committed and he's sent away until one Thanksgiving when he's released and the murders starts up at their mother's apartment complex again.

    There's a hint of Greek tragedy throughout Blood Rage that doesn't always hit the mark, but you have to admire the filmmakers for daring to make something more than just another run of the mill slasher. If that's what you're looking for, you'll still be more than satisfied, because in it's uncut form, Blood Rage might be one of the bloodiest slashers from this era. Hands are lopped off, heads are split in half, and torsos are torn apart. Louise Lasser also blesses us with one of the great unhinged performances of all time.

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    Related interests

    Bridget Hoffman in The Evil Dead (1981)
    B-Horror
    Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out (2017)
    Psychological Horror
    Roger Jackson in Scream (1996)
    Slasher Horror
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
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    • Trivia
      The film was shot in 1983, but it wasn't released to theaters until 1987.
    • Goofs
      In the beginning drive-in scene, the boy in the blue shirt is the one who finds the ax and walks away with it, but immediately after, the boy in the white and red shirt is shown wielding it.
    • Quotes

      Todd: [Repeated Line, As 'Terry'] That's not cranberry sauce...

    • Alternate versions
      Nightmare at Shadow Woods (which was also the cable television title for this film) was heavily edited, abbreviating much of the gore to avoid an "X" rating, but it contained a swimming pool scene not found in the 1987 VHS Blood Rage version by Prism Entertainment. The latter contains all of the gore and includes an early scene, missing from the Nightmare at Shadow Woods version, where Maddy visits Todd at the mental hospital.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Cinema Snob: Blood Rage (2011)

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rostro del asesino
    • Filming locations
      • University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Film Limited Partnership
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 22m(82 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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