Bo Svenson, born in 1941, is a Swedish-American actor known for his roles in American genre films of the 1970s and 1980s. He became a notable figure in cult cinema with his performance as Michael McBain in Breaking Point (1976), where he transforms from a murder witness to a vigilante. Svenson also took on the iconic role of Buford Pusser in Walking Tall Part II (1975) and Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977), solidifying his presence in the gritty landscape of exploitation films. His diverse roles, including appearances in The Inglorious Bastards (1978) and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1982), reflect the era's fascination with anti-heroes and moral ambiguity.
Primal Rage
A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a "rage virus" while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the infected baboons; the virus soon spreads to a trio of rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on killing sprees.
