Bleeders (1997 film)

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Bleeders (1997 film), AKA Hemoglobin and The Descendant

Summary

Loosely based on "The Lurking Fear (fiction)"; a man tries to eradicate a clan of hermaphroditic monsters that feeds on human blood and corpses.

Details

• Release Date: 1997
• Country/Language: Canada/US, English
• Genres/Technical: Horror
• Runtime: 1 hr 29 min
• Starring: Gillian Ferrabee, Pascal Gruselle, Roy Dupuis, Rutger Hauer
• Director: Peter Svatek
• Writer: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, Charles Adair, H.P. Lovecraft (original story)
• Producer/Production Co: Fries/Schultz Film Group
• View Trailer: (link)

Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: R (Adult Content, Nudity, Violence)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

Reviews

Review Links:

• HorrorNews dotnet, (link) - "I’ll be damned if there was anything in this picture worth seeing again."
• MoviesFilmsAndFlix dotcom, (link) - "For such a slow-paced opening (and middle), I really enjoyed the story of this oft-forgotten B-release."

Synopsis

Loosely based on "The Lurking Fear (fiction)"; a man tries to eradicate a clan of hermaphroditic monsters (degenerate descendants of an outcast aristocratic European family with a rare genetic disorder) that feeds on human blood and corpses.

Notes

Associated Mythos Elements

• fiction: "The Lurking Fear (fiction)"