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A demon’s heartbreak spawns a bed with an insatiable appetite—for flesh.

DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS

1977 · 1h 17m · NR · Horror · IMDB TMDB

At the edge of a grand estate, near a crumbling old mansion lies a strange stone building with just a single room. In the room there lies a bed. Born of demonic power, the bed seeks the flesh, blood and life essence of unwary travelers… Three pretty girls arrive on vacation, searching for a place to spend the night. Instead, they tumble into nightmares – and the cruel, insatiable hunger of the Bed!

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Proof that some beds do bite back—sleep tight.

Programmer's Pick

When a demon gets amorous and things go south, the result isn’t a curse—it’s a carnivorous four-poster with a taste for trespassers. Only in the hands of George Barry do vacationing girls, a stone-walled room, and an immortal artist trapped behind a painting become ingredients for a horror oddity that’s as straight-faced as it is surreal.

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Quick Answer
What is Death Bed: The Bed That Eats about?

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is a 1977 American horror film directed by George Barry about a demon-conjured bed that comes to life and devours anyone unlucky enough to sleep in it.

Synopsis

Long ago, a demon fell in love with a woman and conjured up a bed on which to make love to her. The woman died during the act, and, in his grief, the demon wept tears of blood which fell on the bed and caused it to come to life. While the demon rests, the bed's evil is contained, but once every ten years, the demon wakes, giving the bed the power to physically eat human beings. Only one man, an artist identified as Aubrey Beardsley, was spared, as the bed condemned him to immortality behind a painting, where he must forever witness the bed taking victims. The bed passed from owner to owner until the present day.

Breakfast

A young couple trespass into the building and discover the bed. They make love on the bed, and the bed devours them. The artist mocks the bed for its stupidity. Enraged, the bed telekinetically destroys most of the house except for the room it is in.

Lunch

Three women discover the now-destroyed house. The bed eats one of the young women, but reacts to one of the other women by bleeding in agony. The artist realizes that the bed reacts with pain to the woman because she resembles its "mother" (the woman whose death caused the bed's creation). Elsewhere, the brother of one of the women goes out looking for her.

Dinner

One of the two remaining women sleeps on the bed. She wakes as the bed begins eating her, but as she tries to escape, the bed snares her in its sheets and drags her back to be eaten. The last woman unsuccessfully tries to save her. The brother locates the surviving woman, only to have the bed trap them both. The brother attempts to rescue the previously eaten woman, only to have his hands eaten to the bone by the bed.

Just Desserts

The demon that created the bed falls asleep, which renders the bed powerless and allows the artist to communicate with the woman. The artist describes a ritual that will destroy the bed. The woman carries out the ritual, which teleports the bed out of the room and revives the bed's real "mother," but at the cost of killing the surviving woman. The bed's mother completes the ritual by having sex with the brother, causing the bed to burst into flames and die, allowing the artist to finally pass on. 
Details & Specs
Director
George Barry
Writer
George Barry
Release
1977
Runtime
1h 17m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Genres
Horror
Also Known As
На смертном одре: Постель-людоед, Deathbed

Why Cult

Demonic Furnishing

The bed isn’t just a prop—it’s the movie’s monstrous star, brought to life by a demon’s grief and now hungry for human victims.

Immortal Observer

The artist Aubrey Beardsley is condemned to immortality behind a painting, forced to witness the bed’s gruesome meals for eternity.

Vacation Gone Wrong

Three unsuspecting girls, seeking a weekend getaway, stumble into a nightmare where the guest room wants more than rent.

Surreal American Horror

A singular blend of supernatural folklore and offbeat horror, born in the 1970s underground of American genre cinema.

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Questions from the Vault

What is Death Bed: The Bed That Eats about? +

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is a 1977 American horror film directed by George Barry about a demon-conjured bed that comes to life and devours anyone unlucky enough to sleep in it.

When was Death Bed: The Bed That Eats released? +

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats was released in 1977.

Who directed Death Bed: The Bed That Eats? +

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats was directed by George Barry.

How long is Death Bed: The Bed That Eats? +

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats has a runtime of 77 minutes.

What genre is Death Bed: The Bed That Eats? +

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is a horror film.

Where can I watch Death Bed: The Bed That Eats? +

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats is available to stream on SassyFlix.