BLOOD FEAST 1997
Air date: April 1997
50 min.
This is the only remake I have ever done and I had a blast making it. I forget why I wanted to remake Herschell Gordon Lewis' 1963 film Blood Feast. I was a big fan of the film back when I first saw it in the late 80's. I even wrote a sequel to his other film 2000 Maniacs (and no it wasn't called 2001 Maniacs, my story never saw the light of day for the public eye). I actually came across the famous Suez Motel with Sphinx's head in the front. This is where Lewis shot some of the scenes from the movie. I went back there one day on my spring break vacation and recorded some shots of the Sphinx which I later used in the opening credits. For those of you that haven't seen the original it's about a madman who worships the goddess Ishtar and sacrifices young women to the great goddess. We had a great cast for this one. Eric Hilddebrand did an awesome job as Fuad Ramses the killer. Even walked with a limp just like in the original. This was one of the most popular episodes of the series and the longest which is almost an epic compared the length of the others. It had great special effects that were done by Matt Wolin and had a cool heavy metal soundtrack featuring Marilyn Manson, Coven, White Zombie, and others.
Eric Hildebrand
Mike Mathews
Elizabeth "ELi" Leaberry
Matt Wolin
Rob Rinkus
Michele Crane
Jamie Doucette
Dan Traugott
Gina Gitto
Elanna Kardulas
Jeremy Sheldon
Kat Gengler
Tom Punzo
Jocelyn Brenner
Julie Morris
Derek Ingber
Justin Mieles
Brett McDavid
Chris Woods
OPENING AND CLOSE CAST:
Chris Woods as The Red Freak
SOUNDTRACK:
Marilyn Manson - 'Beautiful People'
White Zombie - 'Welcome to Planet Mother Fucker/Psychoholic Slag',
'Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A & Radio 2-B)', and 'One Big Crunch'
Tool - 'Sober'
Coven - 'Monger' and 'Creature of Duty'
Paradise Lost - 'The Last Time'
Type O Negative - 'Christian Women'
Herschell Gordon Lewis - 'Blood Feast Score'
