In this episode, I talk about BLOOD HARVEST (1986) (aka BLOOD FARM and NIGHTMARE) on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome. This horror film is directed by Bill Rebane. The screenplay is written by Ben Benson & Emil Joseph (Leszek Burzynski’s writing pseudonym). The story is about a young woman named Jill Robinson (Itonia Salchek) who returns from college to her country hometown. She discovers that her parents are missing and her childhood home has been vandalized. Her father is the local banker who had foreclosed on many of the local farms.
The only person who seems happy to see Jill is Mervo (Tiny Tim). He is the eccentric older brother of her childhood friend and former lover, Gary (Dean West). Jill becomes the victim of a series of strange assaults. Meanwhile, her friends are killed one by one by a knife-wielding maniac wearing a stocking as a mask.Suspicion falls on “Marvelous Mervo,” who wanders around the town in a clown suit and with a permanent grin painted on his face. He is perceived as the “town crazy.” Some people believe the killer isn’t Mervo and that the real murderer is trying to set him up.
