Death Bed: The Bed That Eats

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats

Year: 1977

Runtime: 77 mins

Language: English

Director: George Barry

HorrorComedyFantasyHorror

Avoid the Bed at all costs. On the fringe of an estate, beside a crumbling mansion, stands a lone stone building with a single room. Inside lies a demonic bed that craves flesh, blood and life essence of unsuspecting travelers. When three vacationing women seek shelter for the night, they become trapped in a nightmare, feeding the Bed’s hunger.

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Timeline & Setting – Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)

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Time period

1897 and present day

The story begins in 1897 when a demon creates the bed after a tragic love affair. The bed remains dormant for a decade at a time, waking in a new cycle and devouring people. In present-day events, the artist and a surviving woman attempt a ritual to destroy the bed and end the cycle.

Location

Abandoned mansion, Countryside

The primary setting centers on an abandoned mansion where the bed resides. The mansion houses a room with the bed that devours its victims. Surrounding scenes follow the trio of women as they traverse the countryside and uncover the ruined house. The eerie interior and the mansion’s haunted atmosphere drive the bed’s cycles of awakening.

🏚️ Haunted 🏞️ Desolate ⚠️ Dangerous

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Main Characters – Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)

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Aubrey Beardsley (Artist) — portrayed by Dave Marsh

An immortal artist who witnesses the bed’s carnage and holds the key to its destruction. He is wry, perceptive, and instrumental in guiding the ritual to end the bed’s reign. Though bound to a painting, he maintains agency and moral clarity amid the horror.

🎨 Artist 🧠 Intelligent 🕯️ Mysterious

Sharon

One of the three women who encounter the bed’s remnants in the countryside. She is sensitive to the bed’s reactions and shares in the danger of discovery. She participates in the events leading to the ritual and ultimately faces a tragic fate.

💃 Woman 🧭 Perceptive 🩸 Victim

Diane

Another traveler who helps uncover the bed’s haunted past. She becomes entangled in the bed’s cycles and its deadly mood. Her fate is linked to the bed’s reactions and the ritual’s outcome.

👗 Traveler 🌀 Curious 🔪 Victim

Suzan

The third woman who is drawn into the mansion’s horrors. She is the victim strangled by the bed’s crucifix-wielding attack. Her death marks one of the bed’s many killings and foreshadows the ritual’s stakes.

👩‍🦰 Woman 🪝 Victim 💔 tragedy

First Female Victim

An early victim who falls prey to the bed’s appetite in the mansion’s initial intrusion. The killing scene establishes the bed as a predatory force and sets the grim tone for the cycle.

👁️ Victim 🩸 Horror 🏚️ Death

Victim

A later victim whose death demonstrates the bed’s ever-hungry appetite and the growing peril surrounding the house. The bed’s hunt intensifies as the cycle continues.

🩸 Victim 🕯️ Suspense 🪦 Death

Voice of the Artist

An embedded narrative device through which the artist communicates during the ritual. He provides guidance and perspective, linking the painting’s witness to the living world.

🎤 Narrator 🧭 Guide 🖼️ Eternal

The Resurrected

A revived figure tied to the bed’s powers and the ritual’s consequences. She embodies the cycle of life, death, and rebirth that defines the film’s core conflict.

👤 Supernatural 🔥 Revived 🕯️ Otherworldly

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Major Themes – Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)

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🩸 Horror

A demon-created bed becomes a relentless predator that consumes human bodies. The film builds suspense through grisly attacks and a supernatural premise. The cycles of awakening add an inexorable, chilling dread.

👻 Supernatural

Mythic forces, a cursed object, and a demon’s sorrow drive the plot. The bed’s life, its tears of blood, and the revelation of its 'mother' create a web of otherworldly causes and consequences. The artist’s immortality and the bed’s sentience anchor the supernatural tone.

🔥 Ritual and Sacrifice

A ritual devised by the artist and a final ritual by the bed’s revival 'mother' attempt to end the bed’s reign. The conflicts hinge on ritual acts and the price paid by the living, including the brother and the surviving woman. The ritual ultimately destroys the bed, but at the cost of life.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 17:22

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