A samurai spirit haunts rural Wisconsin in this surreal slice of 1980s horror.
BLOOD BEAT
A force of evil!
A family in rural Wisconsin is stalked by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
Proof that you never know what might be lurking in the Wisconsin woods—sometimes it's a samurai.
Samurai armor meets deer season in this oddball Midwest horror. Fabrice A. Zaphiratos directs a cast of family and small-town eccentrics as supernatural mayhem erupts in the Wisconsin woods. For fans of genre mashups and unexpected cultural collisions, Blood Beat is a curio that slices straight through the ordinary.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Blood Beat is a 1983 American horror film directed by Fabrice A. Zaphiratos about a family in rural Wisconsin stalked by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
- Director
- Fabrice A. Zaphiratos
- Writer
- Fabrice A. Zaphiratos
- Release
- 1983
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Horror
- Also Known As
- Bloodbeat, Sortilèges, Blood Beat - Pulsschlag des Schreckens
Why Cult
A Japanese samurai ghost terrorizing an American family brings a unique cultural twist to rural horror.
The film grounds its supernatural chaos in the unlikely backdrop of the Wisconsin countryside.
Helen Benton, Terry Brown, and Claudia Peyton anchor a cast of characters facing supernatural peril at home.
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Questions from the Vault
What is Blood Beat about? +
Blood Beat is about a family in rural Wisconsin stalked by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
When was Blood Beat released? +
Blood Beat was released in 1983.
Who directed Blood Beat? +
Blood Beat was directed by Fabrice A. Zaphiratos.
How long is Blood Beat? +
Blood Beat has a runtime of 85 minutes.
What genre is Blood Beat? +
Blood Beat is a horror film.
