BLOOD SONG is a movie that has a couple of interesting ideas but then totally writes them off in order to turn things into a stalker story.
Frankie Avalon plays a man named Paul, who escapes from the mental institution, making sure to take his homemade wooden flute with him. The flute is special to him and was made by his daddy when he was a kid. You see, he's crazy because he saw his father kill his mother and her lover in cold blood and then turned the gun on himself, which adds up to a very traumatic episode for little Paulie. The flute starts off interesting when Paul plays it and annoys the heck out of people like the guy in the van who picks him up hitchhiking, and then a female hitchhiker that Paul himself picks up after he steals the first guy's van. Then the flute is forgotten.
Donna Wilkes (JAWS 2, ANGEL) plays a young high school girl who has a bum leg. She eventually graduate from leg brace to walking stick. Soon after, her leg injury is totally forgotten about, as it doesn't even manage to become a plot device integral to the story. She has a doting mother and an alcoholic abusive father (Richard Jaeckel) who totally doesn't want her seeing her boyfriend. She is connected to Paul in a way that the movie doesn't really spend a lot of time on, and doesn't even bother exploiting it further after about halfway through the story. She received a blood transfusion after the car wreck that damaged her leg (caused by her drunken father), and the donator was Paul himself, since the mental institution was the closest hospital nearby. What a dumb idea! She has a psychic link and can see Paul murder people as it happens, but then this plot device is dropped as well.
Frankie Avalon is okay as the psycho killer, and has some good scenes early on, but then his character gets bogged down in a way-too-long chase after the young girl. She witnessed him burying one of his victims, and now he wants to killer her. Donna Wilkes tries so hard to get people to believe her stories that it gets repetitive.
There is some decent gore, but not enough action as the movie takes the slow build path to a climax that totally betrays everything that led up to it.
BLOOD SONG is an average thriller at best. Recommended for anyone who wants to see Frankie Avalon do anything other than Annette.
Frankie Avalon plays a man named Paul, who escapes from the mental institution, making sure to take his homemade wooden flute with him. The flute is special to him and was made by his daddy when he was a kid. You see, he's crazy because he saw his father kill his mother and her lover in cold blood and then turned the gun on himself, which adds up to a very traumatic episode for little Paulie. The flute starts off interesting when Paul plays it and annoys the heck out of people like the guy in the van who picks him up hitchhiking, and then a female hitchhiker that Paul himself picks up after he steals the first guy's van. Then the flute is forgotten.
Donna Wilkes (JAWS 2, ANGEL) plays a young high school girl who has a bum leg. She eventually graduate from leg brace to walking stick. Soon after, her leg injury is totally forgotten about, as it doesn't even manage to become a plot device integral to the story. She has a doting mother and an alcoholic abusive father (Richard Jaeckel) who totally doesn't want her seeing her boyfriend. She is connected to Paul in a way that the movie doesn't really spend a lot of time on, and doesn't even bother exploiting it further after about halfway through the story. She received a blood transfusion after the car wreck that damaged her leg (caused by her drunken father), and the donator was Paul himself, since the mental institution was the closest hospital nearby. What a dumb idea! She has a psychic link and can see Paul murder people as it happens, but then this plot device is dropped as well.
Frankie Avalon is okay as the psycho killer, and has some good scenes early on, but then his character gets bogged down in a way-too-long chase after the young girl. She witnessed him burying one of his victims, and now he wants to killer her. Donna Wilkes tries so hard to get people to believe her stories that it gets repetitive.
There is some decent gore, but not enough action as the movie takes the slow build path to a climax that totally betrays everything that led up to it.
BLOOD SONG is an average thriller at best. Recommended for anyone who wants to see Frankie Avalon do anything other than Annette.