Hemoglobin ( Bleeders ) ( The Descendant )

Hemoglobin (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Bleeders
Alternate Title: The Descendant
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Svatek

Written By:
Charles Adair
Dan O'Bannon

Actors:
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
Leni Parker ..... Baby Laura
Lisa Bronwyn Moore ..... Toot

Synopsis:

A family of incestuous Dutch aristocrats emigrates to New England, and 300 years later, their long-lost descendent returns to the ancestral environs to research his rare blood disorder in this low-budget horror flick based on a mothballed Dan O'Bannon script. Orphan John (Roy Dupuis) yearns for more information about his family -- and the genetic disorder that threatens his life. Arriving on the Maine island to which he's traced his ancestry, just as its cemetary is being dug up and relocated due to health-code violations, he and his wife, Kathleen (Kristin Lehman) encounter a gin-soaked old M.D. (Rutger Hauer) who agrees to help them in their search for more information. Meanwhile, residents of the island begin to disappear one by one and it appears that a race of horrific mutants is to blame. Slowly realizing the links between John's family legacy and the attacks, the island's surviving residents band together to fend off the monstrous threat.

In HEMOGLOBIN, John Strauss (Roy Dupuis) is dying from a mysterious blood disease. Having traced his roots to an eerie New England island, John arrives there with his wife, Kathleen (Kristin Lehman), in the vain hope that he may find a cure and a link to his family. He succeeds in discovering some relatives--unfortunately, they happen to be horribly deformed creatures. Rutget Hauer also stars in this chillingly grotesque horror film.

A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. While it was thought that his relatives were all dead he actually finds them to be living underground. However because they have been inbreeding for all these years they don't look right, plus they have developed a pretty bad eating habit. Will he chose his girlfriend or his people?

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 25 May, 2011.

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