John Boylan, an actor active in the late 1970s, brings a distinctive flair to cult cinema through his roles in Blood Relatives (1978) and King Solomon's Treasure (1979). In Blood Relatives, he navigates the complexities of familial bonds amidst horror, while King Solomon's Treasure showcases his ability to blend adventure with intrigue. Boylan's performances reflect the era's fascination with genre films, making him a notable figure in the landscape of exploitation and adventure cinema.
Blood Relatives
Tale of erotic romance in turn of the century England. A Montreal police inspector (Donald Sutherland) cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.Homicide detective Steve Carella is trying to solve the brutal murder of 17-year-old Muriel Stark. Her younger cousin Patricia, who saw the killer and barely escaped with her life, helps him. However, the case soon takes a bizarre turn. Montreal: Late at night the teenage Patricia flees into a police department, covered all over with blood. She states together with her cousin she took shelter from rain in an entry way on their way home from a party, when an unknown man threatened them, forced her cousin to perform oral sex and then killed her. Patricia could barely escape. The police starts searching among the known sex criminals - but then Patricia changes her statement and states her brother Andrew, who had an affair with his cousin, was the murderer. Inspector Carella doesn't quite believe both the statements.
