The Incredible Torture Show

One movie I've been fascinated with for awhile is Joel Reed's Bloodsucking Freaks (1975) I first saw it years ago and was grossed out by it but as time went on, it stuck in my head and sort of grew on me like a fungus. I eventually broke down and bought the DVD and have watched it several more times since. Maybe its the fact that Seamus O'Brien comes across as a sort of Z-grade Vincent Price, or the fact that up until recently with the current trend of 'torture porn' movies, modern horror just seemed so sanitized and bland. Here was a movie that was so gritty, filthy and over the top that you felt like you needed a shower after watching.

Here are 2 posters for the movie. The first is probably familiar to everyone as the cover used for the Troma DVD release. The other, under its alternate title of The Incredible Torture Show, is interesting in that it seems almost too classy for a movie such as this.