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Director:
Writers:
Charles Adair (screenplay) and
Dan O'Bannon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
31 July 1997 (Italy) more
Genre:
Tagline:
It's in the blood
Plot:
A man travels to an island with his girlfriend in search of his relatives but he finds maybe more than what he wanted to know. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
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Alien Writer O'Bannon Dies
 (From WENN. 18 December 2009, 4:21 AM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Gillian Ferrabee ... Eva Van Daam / Her Twin Brother / John's Twin Sister
Pascal Gruselle ... Vermeer
Roy Dupuis ... John Strauss
Kristin Lehman ... Kathleen Strauss
John Harold Cail ... Ferryman
Joanna Noyes ... Byrde Gordon
Felicia Shulman ... Yolanda
Janine Theriault ... Alice Gordon
Michelle Brunet ... Ramona
David Deveau ... Ben
Spencer Evans ... Squeakie

Rutger Hauer ... Dr. Marlowe
Carmen Ferland ... Mrs. Shea (as Carmen Ferlan)
Leni Parker ... Baby Laura

Lisa Bronwyn Moore ... Toot (as Lisa Bronwyn-Moore)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hemoglobin (UK)
The Descendant (USA) (TV title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some strong sexuality and violence.
Runtime:
Greece:94 min | USA:89 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
South Korea:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:MA | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Spain:18 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Quebec)

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Factual errors: In the prologue, the "King of Holland" is mentioned in relation to the year 1652. Holland was part of the Dutch Republic from 1581 through 1795, and had no king. more
Quotes:
Kathleen Strauss: [after giving John a shot of his medicine] He'll sleep for awhile.
Dr. Marlowe: Let's hope he wakes up.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Lurking Fear (1994) more

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9 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Why am I writing this?, 25 February 2005
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Author: Lukeydude-1 from United States

These days, I tend to get all my movies from Blockbuster video sales. They have piles upon piles of VHS that they'll sell for either very little money or a completely expendable body part. I simply can't get enough.

It was at one of these sales that I found Bleeders. This wasn't the first time I had shopped for cheap movies, and I had already amassed a collection that included some of the all time classics ("Elves," "Jack-O"). I found Bleeders and thought it would fit in nicely with what I already had.

I wasn't so much disappointed as I was completely apathetic. I simply didn't care about Bleeders. I didn't care what happened to the townsfolk. I didn't care what happened to the increasingly ugly John Strauss. I didn't even care what happened to the Bleeders themselves.

Sure, it seems neat in theory. A pale, scrawny, utterly intolerable mainlander named John Strauss comes to a small island community looking for clues to his past. Why? I'm not really sure. Whoever he's looking for is probably just as hideous and obnoxiously dull.

Anyway, he uncovers a deadly secret in the form of the Bleeder beasts, who proceed to terrorize the town blah blah blah blah blah. It really isn't worth it to elaborate. Put simply, a story is told that could have been exciting, but is instead overacted and underproduced. While I wouldn't call it a complete failure, its shortcomings place it somewhere in the middle, where I'm sure it will quickly fade into obscurity.

I didn't turn the movie off early, but I was reading a book while it played. That's the kind of film no one needs to see.

But since I did, I suggest all of you do too. Please.

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