Nightmare in Blood
Nightmare in Blood | |
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Directed by | John Stanley |
Written by | Kenn Davis John Stanley |
Produced by | Kenn Davis John Stanley |
Starring | Jerry Walter Dan Caldwell Barrie Youngfellow Kerwin Mathews |
Cinematography | Charles Rudnick |
Edited by | Alfred Katzman |
Distributed by | PFE |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Nightmare in Blood is a 1978 American horror film directed by professional late night television horror movie host, and writer, John Stanley.[1]
Plot
[edit]Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen are kidnapping the convention guests. A horror writer, a Sherlock Holmes fan and an Israeli Nazi-hunter set out to stop him.
Production
[edit]Primary filming occurred at the Fox Oakland Theatre in Oakland, California.[2] The Fox was renamed the "Palace" in the film.
Release
[edit]The film ran in the drive-in theater circuit for nearly a decade and had a wide VHS release in the 1980s.
In 2004, Image Entertainment released the film on DVD.[3]
It had its broadcast premiere with a national syndicated showing on Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "John Stanley: Author and Creature Features Host".
- ^ "Homegrown Horror: 1978's Nightmare in Blood Unleashes a Vampire on San Francisco".
- ^ "Nightmare In Blood". DVD Drive-In. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ CinemaInsomnia.com. "Cinema Insomnia, with your Horror Host, Mister Lobo! - SHOW INFORMATION". CinemaInsomnia.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
External links
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- 1978 films
- 1978 horror films
- American supernatural horror films
- Films set in San Francisco
- Films shot in San Francisco
- American independent films
- American vampire films
- 1978 directorial debut films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s American films
- English-language horror films
- 1970s horror film stubs
- 1970s American film stubs