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Nightmare in Blood

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Nightmare in Blood
Directed byJohn Stanley
Written byKenn Davis
John Stanley
Produced byKenn Davis
John Stanley
StarringJerry Walter
Dan Caldwell
Barrie Youngfellow
Kerwin Mathews
CinematographyCharles Rudnick
Edited byAlfred Katzman
Distributed byPFE
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
90 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nightmare in Blood is a 1978 American horror film directed by professional late night television horror movie host, and writer, John Stanley.[1]

Plot

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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

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Primary filming occurred at the Fox Oakland Theatre in Oakland, California.[2] The Fox was renamed the "Palace" in the film.

Release

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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

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  1. ^ "John Stanley: Author and Creature Features Host".
  2. ^ "Homegrown Horror: 1978's Nightmare in Blood Unleashes a Vampire on San Francisco".
  3. ^ "Nightmare In Blood". DVD Drive-In. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. ^ 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.
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