Showing posts with label Steve Hawkes Blood Freak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Hawkes Blood Freak. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2026

MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: BLOOD FREAK, ON OSI74 ROKU

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia's Jive Turkey Friendsgiving Special: Blood Freak is now streaming on OSI74's Roku Channel. 

Mr. Lobo, Sally the Zombie Cheerleader, Yella Fever and the gang bring lots of groovy, side-dish flavor to this cult favorite that director/narrator Brad F. Grinter coscripted with actor Steve Hawkes way back in far-out 1972.

In the hippy-dippy trip, Hawkes portrays a doomed biker/Vietnam vet named Herschell, who lands a stint at a turkey farm, where company scientists transform him into the titular, beaked beast.

Grinter pays tribute to the Amazing Criswell by appearing on camera at the film's start and finish, instilling the narrative with a powerful, Filmation-esque warning, which viewers are certain to keep close to their ravenous hearts well after the appetizing fable ends.  

No matter when one feasts upon Blood Freak, it'll always fill one's aesthetic belly, albeit in a most "misunderstood," mutant-ous way. Gobble! Gobble!

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

MR. LOBO'S CINEMA INSOMNIA: BLOOD FREAK, THANKSGIVING SPECIAL

Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia offers a tasty, new "misunderstood" dish: the monster-"turkey" epic, Blood Freak

Director/narrator Brad F. Grinter coscripted this 1972, hippy/drug-oriented opus with Steve Hawkes, who plays its doomed biker/Vietnam vet, Herschell. As poor Herschell's luck would have it, he lands a job at a turkey farm, where a couple of company scientists transform him into the titular, rampaging beast, a sort of spiritual, vampiric cousin, if one will, to The Giant Claw, or so some cinema buffs have argued. 

This Ed Wood-ish entry is lots of fun, with its profound, drug-warning message, scary tactics and pretty girls, but it becomes even more fulfilling thanks to Mr. Lobo and special guest Sally the Zombie Cheerleader, who fringe it with plenty of off-the-cuff stuffing.

One can own a copy of this fine serving (and even gain on-screen credit) if one orders the Blu-ray release. It can be procured and secured at

https://osi74.square.site/s/search?q=blood%20freak