["Where's the Love" is my new blog series, where I do my best to taut astonishingly obscure horror movies that have yet to find proper DVD distribution (see my previous two entries below).]If you ever find yourself lucky enough to get your fry-greasy fingers on a print of Bloodstalkers (1978), pick it up! I just made a car payment bigger than the budget, and the acting is pretty shaky, but this little treasure boasts tons of creepy atmosphere, as well as a nifty trick ending.
The premise: Four adults hole up in a secluded cabin, despite repeated warnings from locals of creatures in the swamps. Before you can scream "horror cliche," the beasts come out at night to play, and pretty much everyone winds up dead. But! Things aren't necessarily as they seem, and when one of the characters decides to fight back, we're treated to—gasp!—a second bloodbath. Actually, the bloodletting here is pretty minimal, but the uber-grindhouse feel of the flick more than makes up for it.
Like I said, this one's pretty damned obscure, and you may have to search, but it's worth it. Bloodstalkers—has any title ever sounded more deserving of a proper DVD release? Jesus, people, where’s the love?
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