Night of The Killer Flutist: Blood Song (1982)

Blood Song (1982) (AKA Dream Slayer)
Rating: ***
Starring: Donna Wilkes, Richard Jaeckel and Antoinette Bower

They sure don’t make them like this anymore!

In 1955, young Paul Foley witnessed his reasonably pissed-off dad murder his wife and her lover after finding them having sex. Once the dark deed was done, Mr. Foley then puts his pistol to his mouth and fired away, leaving a traumatized Paul to plays his flute.

No really, he plays a friggin' flute in shock. Well, at least it's a healthier alternative compared to, I dunno, him trying to eat the dead bodies...?

Anywho, fast forward to 82’, Marion (Donna Wilkes) is having these vivid dreams about a psycho, the now grown up Paul Foley (played by Frankie Avalon, who's years older after his teen idol status), escaping his ward and now offing people who disliked his flute solo. Frightened and confused, Marion tries to tell her folks and her boyfriend about these horrid visions but, typical in these films, nobody believes her.


As the visions got more brutal and the killer apparently getting closer to her, it begins to take toll on Marion's sanity and her life, so she decided to take a long stroll on the beach one day and, as bad luck have it, she stumbles upon none other than Paul, burying the latest addition to his murder spree. After escaping his clutches, Marion becomes Paul's little prey and he's not gonna give her up that easy...

As you can tell by now, the film is far from a certified classic. For starters, the idea of clairvoyant visions is already tackled by far-superb titles such as The Eyes of Laura Mars (1979) and The Slayer (1982), and a lot of the stalk-and-chase sequences here often reminds me of Halloween (1978) or at least one of its clones. However, thanks to the odd characterization of Avalon's loonie stealing the show with his demented, sweaty, loonie persona, and too the cheesiness of the situation itself, Blood Song (1982) is, also, far from being bad!



Production-wise, it's practically a well made movie despite the odd story, with decently played casts, great cinematography, fair air of suspense and a good enough run of murders. It's pile upon pile of the good shit coating a rather corny plot involving psychic links, thus nothing too fancy, just your average B-grade affairs! 

If you're looking for a fun trashy movie for a trashy afternoon or evening, this should be at least recommended once! Especially for those who wanted to watch a former teen star go sweaty as a maniac killing innocent bypassers!

Bodycount:

1 male and 1 female shot offscreen

1 male shot on the mouth

1 male strangled to death

1 male gets a hatchet to the face

1 female strangled with necklace, later dismembered with hatchet

1 male hacked to death with hatchet

1 male crushed against the wall by a reversing forklift

1 female presumably killed

Total: 9