The twins are Parent’s trap Even things like deep and difficult movies. david cronenberg‘s dead ringer. Particularly those about the mysteries and connections between identical twins make for interesting content regardless of genre. And the horror genre is no exception. John GrismerA low budget slasher, blood rage. As a kind of strange subversion, john carpenter‘s halloween, Grismar devised a plan for someone to escape from the mental hospital, but that person was never the real culprit. With the evil and fun double acting of the lead actor mark soperand a number of nauseating gore effects. ed french, blood rage It’s a perfect entryway to a night of scary movies.
“Blood Rage” twin terrors
The film begins with a collage of young people at a drive-in theater, mostly boys and girls, pairing up to “watch” a featured presentation. In the opening scene, we see a suspicious-looking young man who seems to be quite interested in the preparations (cameo appearance). Ted Raimi) Condoms are sold in the men’s restroom. During this festivities, we see young twins Terry and Todd witnessing their mother Maddie (Louise Lasser) kiss a man. This excites Terry, who, in a fit of rage, starts murdering indiscriminate teenagers at the expense of his surprised brother. Poor Todd ends up spending the rest of his childhood in a mental institution, only to escape ten years later on Thanksgiving Day. This escape coincidentally coincided with Maddie’s happy news that she and her boyfriend Brad were getting married (william fuller) We are getting married. Brad happens to be the owner of the vast secluded apartment complex where Maddie and Terry live, and the murderous twins are not happy to hear about their mother’s engagement. Terry sets out again and begins a bloody spree of murders throughout the Shadow Woods Apartments, using his fugitive brother as a convenient scapegoat for his crimes.
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“Come hang out with me, Danny…”
Grismer takes advantage of the confusion caused by identical twins, and the hapless victims are left wondering if they are talking to Todd, who they think is the murderer, or if they are actually talking to Terry, who is the murderer. I can’t tell what you’re talking about. Mark Soper plays both roles, but his performance as Terry is truly special. The movie doesn’t explicitly say why Terry starts killing literally everyone he sees, but he seems to have a problem with sex. But aside from that, he really seems to enjoy killing, and Soper provides a sadistic, almost playful character to the role. Louise Lasser gives an earnest, if slightly melodramatic, performance as the twins’ mother, exemplified by the sonically confusing ending. While there are some awkward performances from the other actors, Soper’s performance is more than enough to keep all eyes glued to the screen.
Ed French puts “blood” into “Blood Rage”
Makeup effects artist Ed French has worked on some pretty big projects in his career, ranging from cult classics. sleepaway camp Even big movies like Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Here he is seen having fun and overdoing it with gore effects, and machete dismemberment is the fad of the day. In particular, there’s a scene where a man’s hand is cut off while holding a beer, giving him the classic blood-spurting wound. blood rage Bisected, then disemboweled, decapitated, skull disgustingly split open. It’s sure to captivate splatter movie lovers. All of these effects look incredibly frightening thanks to the French language, and go a long way toward adding to this B-movie’s cult appeal.
John Grismer’s twin horror may not be the most innovative idea to begin with, but He turns the “twin killer” trope on its head by making only one of the twins the bad guy. And it’s fun to watch the intrigue and mystery of this setting unfold on screen. Mark Soper gives a truly underrated performance as the killer Terry, and Ed French provides plenty of blood and gore to keep horror fans interested. It’s not a perfect movie, and some of the performances are a little amateurish and out of place, but as B-horror it pretty much lives up to its standards. blood rage is a fun gore movie in classic 80s fashion that has a lot to offer slasher and splatter fans alike.
blood rage
- release date
- March 29, 1987
- director
- John Grismer
- cast
- Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Julie Gordon, Jane Benzen
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