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| 3 | ->''"In the tradition of horror legends 'Psycho,' 'Halloween' and 'Friday the 13th!'"'' |
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| 5 | ''Blood Cult'' is a 1985 SlasherMovie. |
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| 7 | At an Oklahoma college, a SerialKiller is slaying women, taking one body part and leaving a gold medallion in its place. While investigating the crimes, a detective discovers that the amulets are connected to a cult that worshipped a dog god. |
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| 9 | This film is most notable for being the first DirectToVideo horror film ever made. Despite its advertising, it was not the first shot-on-video horror film, being predated by ''Boardinghouse'' in 1982 and ''Film/{{Sledgehammer|1983}}'' in 1983. A sequel titled ''Revenge'' was released in 1986. |
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| 11 | Despite being also called "Slasher", it has nothing to do with the series ''Series/{{Slasher}}''. |
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| 13 | !!This film contains examples of: |
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| 15 | * AntagonistTitle: The protagonist is Ron. |
| 16 | * BasedOnAGreatBigLie: The film claims to be a dramatization of a crime that happened in November-December 1985. The film was released in May 1985. |
| 17 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:Dr. White]] leads the cult. |
| 18 | * BMovie: The film was made to cash in on the success of slasher films at the time, and at a fraction of the cost. |
| 19 | * CallingCard: The killer takes a body part and leaves a medallion at each crime scene. |
| 20 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Tina throws herself off a fire escape.]] |
| 21 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Joel says that having Ron's career ruined would be just punishment for him prioritizing his job over his daughter. |
| 22 | * DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Ron learns that his daughter is the killer. After the final confrontation, she kills herself, leaving Ron in despair. The rest of the cult gets off scot-free.]] |
| 23 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: The cult is committing murders to make a body for their god, who then do... Something. The only cultist with any more motive than that is [[spoiler:Tina, who is mad at her father for neglecting her]]. |
| 24 | * GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath |
| 25 | * GreaterScopeVillain: The cultists worship a dog god named Caninis. [[spoiler:They intend to resurrect him so he can TakeOverTheWorld.]] |
| 26 | * MeaningfulName: The dog god is named "Caninis." |
| 27 | * MoralGuardians: Ron asks if there are any ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' groups on campus on multiple occasions during his investigation. |
| 28 | * OpeningScroll: The second scene is a description of the murders, when they happened and who solved them. |
| 29 | * TeamTitle |
| 30 | * VillainOpeningScene: The first scene features the killer slaying and claiming the forearm of the first victim. |
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