10 Most Ridiculous Monster Movies Of All Time
9. Blood Freak (1972)
Brad Grintner, the director that set Veronica Lake against Adolf Hitler in Flesh Feast (1970), delivers a Z-grade oddity guaranteed to put you off meat for life. Shot for $1.98 and full of Ed Wood-style dialogue, Blood Freak’s plot involves a drug addict who transforms into a monster with a turkey head and rampages through town cutting off limbs with a circular saw.
You see, Herschell (Steve Hawkes) needed cash for his habit, so he agreed to take part in trials at his local turkey ranch, where the animals are fed an experimental growth hormone. Faster than you can say Thanksgiving, Herschell grows a hilariously unconvincing papier mache head and develops a close attachment to his power tools.
In the best scene, he attempts to reconcile with his girlfriend. “Gosh, you sure are ugly,” she tells him. “If we got married, what kind of life would we have? What would our children look like?”