Blood Suckers from Outer Space

From the blood-spewing opening, to the incredible theme song, to..., well, everything else, BLOOD SUCKERS FROM OUTER SPACE is an ultra-low-budget spectacular!

Jeff Rhodes (Thom Meyers) is a small town reporter investigating a series of strange deaths. He soon becomes entangled in a zombie onslaught, brought on by extraterrestrial means. When a group of idiot scientist and the military get involved, things go from bad to worse.

If you enjoy movies made entirely of cheeeze byproducts, you'll be in ecstasy! BSFOS makes the best of its nonexistent budget. It features: Sinfully bad "acting", ludicrous dialogue, and the world's most insane, house-destroying love scene!

PLUS: The beautiful, banjo-enhanced fight to the death sequence!

AND: Nothing can possibly prepare you for the headless farmer dance routine! Nothing!

Gorehounds are guaranteed a gloriously gushy good time!

Give this juicy gem a try, and fun will surely follow!...

One of the best B movie soundtracks I've heard. The movie is goofy but fun and I hear a DVD is in the works. In answer to one of the commentators above, no the film makers were not serious. Also for any child of the 60's you get to see Pat Paulson fulfill his dream of being President of the United States. I also suspect he enjoyed being surrounded by a bevy of babes. Pat Paulson accounts for the lions share of the budget, obviously. When it was actually touring theaters, in South America and Southern Europe, it had to use "Bloodsuckers from another Planet" so that it wouldn't step on the audience for "Clowns from Outer Space" which I've never seen. I wonder if the clowns were bloodsuckers? There is no doubt the bloodsuckers were clowns.

Yeah it's full of plot holes and bad acting but I still enjoyed this movie. I love that they acknowledge that the plot doesn't make any sense. See it if you can.

I think there's one thing that a guy who reviewed this before me didn't realize -- this wasn't supposed to be a serious film. At least, I hope it wasn't supposed to be a serious film...

I'm sorry if I'm evil for saying this, but I *LOVED* this movie. There were so many bad things about it: the actors were horrid, a lot of things didn't make any sense (like how nitrous oxide did *NOTHING* to the main character), the music itself and the fact that none of the four cameras actually moved come to mind. And yes, I believe it was intentionally supposed to be humorous. But still, it's a zombie movie, and you can't expect zombie movies to be serious masterpieces.

If you're one of those people who enjoys quoting bad films, seeing obviously fake blood and/or gore or you just have a 'different' sense of humour, pick up 'Blood Suckers from Outer Space' if you can find it -- you'll probably enjoy it. But if you are a straight on serious zombie freak, pass it over -- you'll hate it.

Blood Suckers from Outer Space (1984)

* (out of 4)

A failed photographer and a hot lady somehow (and unbelievably) run into one another while in Texas and before long they are heading out to see his relatives. It turns out that they have already turned into "blood suckers from outer space" as well as other farmers. The two must try and battle the creatures without turning into them as well.

Look, comedy is a very subjective thing. There's no question about that and I'm sure there are many people out there who fell for the charm of this movie and really love it. Yes, it's poorly acted, has awful sets and at times is poorly made but I'm pretty sure all of this was on purpose. I'm sure many will love the low-budget look and style of the picture but sadly it just didn't work for me.

What can I say? The comedy and the attempt at spoofing these type of low-budget horror movies just didn't work for it. I understood what the film was going for and I give the filmmakers credit for it but the only thing is that the film never really grabbed me to the point where I fell for its humor and enjoyed what I was watching. It's really as simple as that.

Usually when I give a film such a low rating it means that I hated the picture for one reason or another but that's certainly not the case here. It's just better to say that I didn't connect with the film but I'm sure others will. I will say that I loved the look of the creatures and the no-budget gore effects were nice.