Overview: A Remake of H.G. Lewis’ notorious splatter classic! Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run an American-themed diner. Since business is not going well, Fuad also works the graveyard shift in a museum of ancient Egyptian culture.

During these long nights, he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive goddess, Ishtar. As his fascination with Ishtar grows, she begins speaking to him in visions. One night, Fuad succumbs to her deadly charms and begins a new life of murder and cannibalism.

He prepares a lavish feast for Ishtar dripping with the blood, organs and intestines of his victims. As the bodies pile up, Fuad slips further into madness until no one, not even his wife and daughter, is safe from the desires of the bloodthirsty goddess!

A fun and ultra-gory homage to H.G. Lewis’ original 1963 BLOOD FEAST, this remake is presented uncut and in 4K Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) for the first time ever on home video! Stars genre favorites Robert Rusler (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE), Caroline Williams (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2) and Sophie Monk (THE HILLS RUN RED).

Blu-ray Verdict: Lewis, known as the Godfather of Gore, did extreme and extremely silly high concept horror films like The Gore Gore Girls and 2000 Maniacs (remade as a Robert Englund flick about a decade ago). Now, I’m not a huge fan of his and my interest in this movie had more to do with its marketing, which swore it was a hardcore, over-the-top gore film! Honestly, though, this movie seems almost apologetic for its intense content, but it does provide just enough to keep you watching along, that’s for sure.

It tells the story of an unstable, American restaurant own that moves to Paris with his wife (Caroline Williams of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and Hatchet 3) and college aged daughter (Sophie Monk of The Hills Run Red). He is going broke and goes off his meds then promptly begins hallucinating, believing he has been ordered by an Egyptian goddess to perform a blood sacrifice in her name.

He begins murdering and cooking young people while his suspicious wife noses around and his oblivious daughter is romanced by a local cop. Blood is spilled but it’s often slightly off camera, which is disappointing. The opening is pretty awesome and the finale is great, but (and in truth) the entire middle section is take it or leave it story line wise.

In conclusion, Blood Feast is a little goofy, bloody and gruesome. It holds the same spirit as the original, but isn’t as memorable. Overall though, it’s not a bad movie, and I’ve certainly seen worse, especially as far as remakes go. Give it a shot. You won’t regret it.

Special Features:

Making of featurette
Indiegogo promotional trailer
Theatrical trailer
Chilli Con Curtis Tonite - Music Video
BLOOD FEAST - Red Carpet Premiere 2018
BLOOD FEAST - Scare Cam
English SDH Subtitles

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