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After a ballgame gone wrong, a stranded women's softball team fights for survival in the woods.

BLOOD GAMES

America's favorite pastime just turned nasty!

1990 · 1h 30m · R · Action / Thriller · IMDB TMDB

A team of softball players get lost in the woods after their bus breaks down. They get attacked, beaten, raped and murdered by some psychotic men. The women fight back with baseball bats and bows and arrows.

Quick Answer

What is Blood Games about?

Blood Games is a 1990 American action-thriller directed by Tanya Rosenberg about a women's softball team stranded in the woods after their bus breaks down, who are attacked by vengeful locals and forced to fight back.

Programmer's Pick

Blood Games pitches exploitation, hixploitation, and revenge into one sweaty, blood-soaked ballpark. Where most sports movies end with a handshake, this one brings out bats and bows for payback—just don't expect the umpire to call time.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

When 'Babe & The Ball Girls', a traveling women's softball team, handily defeat a local squad, their victory quickly sours as their bus breaks down in a remote wooded area. Stranded and disoriented, the women attempt to find help, only to become the targets of enraged fans from the losing team. What begins as a sports road trip escalates into a harrowing fight for survival, as the women are brutally assaulted and hunted through the wilderness. Armed with whatever they can find—from baseball bats to bows and arrows—they're forced to defend themselves against the violent onslaught, turning the game of baseball into a battle for their lives.

Details & Specs

Director
Tanya Rosenberg
Writers
Craig Clyde, James Hennessy, Jim Makichuk, George Saunders
Release
1990
Runtime
1h 30m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Also Known As
Baseball Bimbos in Hillbilly Hell, Jogos de Sangue

Cast & Crew

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Director: Tanya Rosenberg Writers: Craig Clyde +3 more

Why Cult

Softball Survival Showdown

A women's softball team must turn their sports skills into weapons when stranded and hunted in the woods.

Hixploitation Revenge

The film blends hixploitation grit and the rape-and-revenge formula, pitting rural predators against determined survivors.

Female-Led Action

With an all-girl team at its center, the movie features women fiercely fighting back with bats, bows, and guns.

Exploitation Aesthetic

Expect a mix of nudity, violence, and slasher elements characteristic of late-'80s and early-'90s exploitation cinema.

Scene Gallery

Threat File

Trigger

Bus breakdown in the woods

Threat

Vengeful local men

Effect

Assault, rape, and murder of the team

Countermeasure

Women fight back with bats, bows, and guns

Setting

Remote wooded area

Questions from the Vault

Who directed Blood Games? +

Blood Games was directed by Tanya Rosenberg.

How long is Blood Games? +

Blood Games has a runtime of 90 minutes.

What genre is Blood Games? +

Blood Games is an action and thriller film.

Where can I watch Blood Games? +

Blood Games is available to stream on SassyFlix.

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