Blood Song is a 1982 horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 directed by Robert Angus and Alan J. Levi

Alan J. Levi

Alan J. Levi is an American fiilm, television director, television producer and writer.-Career:Working in television since the 1960s, Levi has amassed a notable credits, beginning his career as a writer on the television series National Velvet...

 and starring Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon is an American actor, singer, playwright, and former teen idol.-Career:By the time he was 12, Avalon was on U.S. television playing his trumpet. As a teenager he played with Bobby Rydell in Rocco and the Saints...

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Plot

A young woman (Donna Wilkes) witnesses the murder of a hospital attendant by a psychopath during his escape from a mental institution. The young woman, who once was given a blood transfusion from the killer, proves to be his potential next victim.

Release

The film was given a limited release

Limited release

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 theatrically in the United States

United States

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 by Summa Vista Pictures in 1982. It was subsequently released on VHS

VHS

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 by various companies including Coast-to-Coast Video.

The film was released on DVD

DVD

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 by BCI Entertainment as part of their Exploitation Cinema double feature

Double feature

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 line alongside the film Mausoleum

Mausoleum (film)

Mausoleum is a 1982 supernatural horror film directed by Michael Dugan and starring former Playboy Bunny Bobbie Bresee.-Plot:Susan Nomed was ten when her mother died. Now thirty, blonde and beautiful, she is heiress to the family fortune. But for the women of the Nomed family there is another...

. This version is currently out of print

Out of print

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