Nightmare in Blood explained

Nightmare in Blood
Director:	John Stanley
Producer:	Kenn Davis John Stanley
Starring:	Jerry Walter Dan Caldwell Barrie Youngfellow Kerwin Mathews
Cinematography:	Charles Rudnick
Editing:	Alfred Katzman
Distributor:	PFE
Runtime:	90 min.
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Nightmare in Blood is a 1978 American horror film directed by professional late night television horror movie host, and writer, John Stanley.^[1]

Plot

Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen are kidnapping the convention guests. A horror writer, a Sherlock Holmes fan and an Israeli Nazi-hunter set out to stop him.

Production

Primary filming occurred at the Fox Oakland Theatre in Oakland, California.^[2] The Fox was renamed the "Palace" in the film.

Release

The film ran in the drive-in theater circuit for nearly a decade and had a wide VHS release in the 1980s.

In 2004, Image Entertainment released the film on DVD.^[3]

It had its broadcast premiere with a national syndicated showing on Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Stanley: Author and Creature Features Host.
2. Web site: Homegrown Horror: 1978's Nightmare in Blood Unleashes a Vampire on San Francisco.
3. Web site: Nightmare In Blood. DVD Drive-In. 15 November 2010.
4. Web site: Cinema Insomnia, with your Horror Host, Mister Lobo! - SHOW INFORMATION . CinemaInsomnia.com . CinemaInsomnia.com . 15 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100328140102/http://www.cinemainsomnia.com/show.php . March 28, 2010 .