I've heard of this film for years now, and that's because when I was a pre-teen like 10 years ago I'd always watch random YouTube videos of creepy low-budget 60's and 70's horror film trailers. This film in particular stood out as so weird yet somehow intriguing. It's rated PG (PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED) for crying out loud.
As it turns out, Invasion of the Blood Farmers was made on a bubblegum budget of $24,000 and directed by someone named Ed Adlum. He paid his actors in 6 packs of beer for the most part, and shot the film over the course of three weekends primarily at his own home.
The movie's uncanny premise centers around a bunch of Druids (Aliens in the original script, but axed for budgetary reasons) who disguise themselves as farmers in upstate New York who maim and kidnap people for the purposes of draining every last drop of blood from their bodies so they can resurrect their queen. Other than that, the film just sucks, and for all the right reasons.
The script was shoddily written, and several actors having to read off cue cards didn't help things very much. The characters aren't well thought out, as most of who we see onscreen is killed in a fairly disturbing yet goofy way. Night and day shots are mixed THROUGHOUT the entire film, and none of the actors bother to add-lib exactly what time of day it really is for consistency purposes. Oh, and the ending SUCKS. It feels pissed away and seems to present the possibility of loose ends, not to mention the Druid Blood Farmers are defeated by an object a character pulls out that you can't even SEE. The film is devoid of logic.
Overall, Invasion of the Blood Farmers is a bad film. If you like bad films, check this one out!
As it turns out, Invasion of the Blood Farmers was made on a bubblegum budget of $24,000 and directed by someone named Ed Adlum. He paid his actors in 6 packs of beer for the most part, and shot the film over the course of three weekends primarily at his own home.
The movie's uncanny premise centers around a bunch of Druids (Aliens in the original script, but axed for budgetary reasons) who disguise themselves as farmers in upstate New York who maim and kidnap people for the purposes of draining every last drop of blood from their bodies so they can resurrect their queen. Other than that, the film just sucks, and for all the right reasons.
The script was shoddily written, and several actors having to read off cue cards didn't help things very much. The characters aren't well thought out, as most of who we see onscreen is killed in a fairly disturbing yet goofy way. Night and day shots are mixed THROUGHOUT the entire film, and none of the actors bother to add-lib exactly what time of day it really is for consistency purposes. Oh, and the ending SUCKS. It feels pissed away and seems to present the possibility of loose ends, not to mention the Druid Blood Farmers are defeated by an object a character pulls out that you can't even SEE. The film is devoid of logic.
Overall, Invasion of the Blood Farmers is a bad film. If you like bad films, check this one out!
