Invasion of the Blood Farmers

Invasion of the Blood Farmers

Year: 1972

Runtime: 78 mins

Language: English

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After planting the living and harvesting the dead, a sinister group of upstate New York farmers become obsessed with a literal blood harvest. When a young woman stumbles into their isolated community, she finds herself stalked and tormented by the blood‑thirsty group, fighting for survival.

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Jefferson Valley, Upstate New York

Jefferson Valley is a quiet upstate New York town that becomes the center of a chilling mystery. Disappearances ripple through the community, and a bar scene with a blood-streaked arrival signals that something sinister is afoot. Behind the town's normal facade, a druidic cult called the Sangroids operates in secret, using the local farm as their meeting ground.

🏘️ Small town 🗝️ Ancient relics 🧪 Scientific anomalies 🩸 Blood rituals

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Main Characters – Invasion of the Blood Farmers (1972)

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Dr. Roy Anderson (Norman Kelley)

A local scientist who discovers that a dead man's blood cells reproduce at an impossibly fast rate. He links the killings to the Sangroids and leads the charge to stop them, relying on reason and persistence to protect his family and community.

🧠 Investigator 🧬 Scientist 🛡️ Protector

Jenny Anderson (Tanna Hunter)

Roy's daughter who becomes entangled when her fiancé Don pursues the culprit. She is kidnapped by the Sangroids to serve as a host for the resurrected queen and becomes a focal point of the investigation.

👩‍👧 Family 🕵️‍♀️ Target 💪 Courage

Don Tucker (Bruce Detrick)

Jenny's fiancé who searches the woods for clues and discovers the key. He is kidnapped by the Sangroids, becoming another catalyst for Roy's fight against the cult.

💑 Fiancé 🧭 Rescuer

Egon (Jack Neubeck)

A farmer who is revealed to be a Sangroid. He inadvertently drops the Key of Menanon, tying him to the resurrection plot and the cult’s pursuit.

🧟 Cultist 🗝️ Key-bearer

Creton (Paul Craig Jennings)

Leader of the Sangroids who masterminds the resurrection plan and scolds Egon for losing the Key of Menanon.

👑 Leader 🧭 Mastermind

Sontag (Richard Erickson)

A Sangroid who operates under the alias Sontag and retrieves the key for Creton, guiding the cult's schemes.

🕵️‍♂️ Spy 🗝️ Key-bearer

Queen Onhorrid (Cynthia Fleming)

The Sangroids' resurrected queen who will be restored to purity through the host, fueled by blood and ritual.

👑 Queen 🩸 Vessel

Police Chief Frank Spano (Frank Iovieno)

The town's police chief who leads the investigation into the disappearances and the Sangroids' activity.

👮 Authority 🕵️‍♂️ Investigator

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🩸 Blood Rituals

Blood is the currency of power for the Sangroids as they drain civilians to feed the resurrected queen. The queen Onhorrid’s return hinges on pouring blood into her body through the host, a ritual that reveals both ritualistic cruelty and a perverse purity myth. The film uses this macabre process to explore fear of contagion and the limits of humanity when confronted with ancient cults. The destruction of the queen at the quarry marks the breakdown of the ritual and the cult's control.

🧪 Science vs Occult

Dr. Roy Anderson represents rational inquiry, diagnosing a bizarre phenomenon: blood cells reproducing at an impossibly fast rate. He experiments with an iodine-ammonia mixture that makes blood cells shrink, using science to counter the Sangroids' mysticism. The tension between deduction and superstition drives the investigation, exposing how fear can motivate both skepticism and zeal. The narrative demonstrates the power and peril of scientific method when faced with an ancient occult threat.

👑 Resurrection

Resurrection is the central aim of Creton and the Sangroids, seeking to restore Queen Onhorrid to purity via a living host. To accomplish this, they kidnap civilians and drain their blood, funneling it into the queen at their farm-grounds. A missing Key of Menanon and a hidden quarry site underscore the ritual's complexity and the cult's arrogance. The plan is sabotaged when Roy’s mixture destroys the queen, ending the Sangroids’ threat.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 17:31

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