BloodStream is a platform focussed on the genre stuff the Fantastic Pavilion is constantly supporting: “horror, thriller, and science fiction.” BloodStream was created by Studio Dome’s Shaked Berenson, with both fans and creators in mind. Their rich offering includes the following worthy horror movies:
Freaks (1932)
The pre-Code controversial masterpiece by Tod Browning (The Unknown, Dracula).
BloodStream’s synopsis: “Trapeze beauty weds dwarf Hans for wealth; his fellow freaks uncover her plot and exact chilling revenge.”
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
The legendary Italian director Mario Bava directed this colorful and violent proto-giallo film.
BloodStream’s synopsis: “A fashion house of glamorous models… becomes a terror house of blood.”
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
After Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) and Blood and Black Lace, it was Dario Argento who properly started the giallo boom in Italy with his debut feature The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.
BloodStream’s synopsis: “An American writer in Rome witnesses an attempted murder by a mysterious figure in raincoat and gloves but can’t intervene.”
Horror Express (1972)
Eugenio Martín’s take on the classic John W. Campbell novella Who Goes There?, which also served as the basis for The Thing from Another World (1951) and The Thing (1982). Horror Express stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, of Hammer horror fame.
BloodStream’s synopsis: “While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former’s cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic alien lifeform.”
Eaten Alive (1976)
After changing the course of horror with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), the great Tobe Hooper directed this equally disturbing picture.
BloodStream’s synopsis: “A cult grindhouse tale of a deranged innkeeper and his crocodile sidekick.”
The Driller Killer (1979)
Abel Ferrara’s potent video nasty is a portrait of a psychopath (played by Ferrara himself) in New York City.
BloodStream’s synopsis: “Stressed artist loses sanity, roaming NYC nights and killing homeless people with a power drill.”
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
The quintessential and incredibly controversial Italian cannibal horror flick. Directed by Ruggero Deodato, Cannibal Holocaust is also a precursor of the found footage phenomenon.
BloodStream’s synopsis: “A group of four documentary filmmakers experience brutal death at the hands of a South American tribe of flesh-eaters.”
Pieces (1982)
Juan Piquer Simón’s brutal slasher/giallo Pieces is one of Eli Roth’s favorites.
BloodStream’s synopsis: “The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.”
