Fear the cure.
Bleiberg Entertainment’s Compound’s Strange Blood is now available on VOD with a DVD release slated for June 9th via XLrator Media.
In the film, “When a brilliant but obsessive scientist (Robert Brettenaugh) goes to extremes to develop a universal cure for all disease, he finds himself infected with a bizarre parasite that begins to transform him into a bloodthirsty madman. Time running out, and with the aid of his med student assistant (Alexandra Bard), he must find a way to stop the monster that is growing within and prevent the rest of the world from being “cured.””
Bloody Disgusting caught up with Strange Blood director Chad Michael Ward who shared with us his “5 Favorite Blood-Thirsty Parasite Films.”
SHIVERS (David Cronenberg, 1975)
“This is where it all started for me. Early Cronenberg that set the stage for the hyper-sexual body horror work that would permeate his work and influence me for years to come.”
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (Fred Dekker, 1986)
“One of the many horror movies I found while working at a video store in the late 80s that’s always stayed with me. A perfect blend of 1950s sci-fi, gross-out horror and Dekker’s hallmark comedy bits.”
SLITHER (James Gunn, 2006)
“Before blowing up with the recent Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn gave us SLITHER. A close-cousin to the aforementioned Night of the Creeps, SLITHER brought the gross and the funny with a real budget and great actors like Nathan Fillion and Michael Rooker. This one gets played pretty often in my studio.”
THE STUFF (Larry Cohen, 1985)
“Another great find back in my video store days, THE STUFF gave us killer marshmellow fluff that turned people into zombies. Very much a “what the fuck” kind of moment the first time I saw it. Oddly enough, a film like this is the perfect metaphor for today’s obsessive consumer culture.”
DREAMCATCHER (Lawrence Kasden, 2003)
“Go, Duddits! Amirite?”