Theatre of the macabre
Love this movie it's 1 of my favorites. I have watched this movie 20 times and played it for friends drinking beer. It's a must own for fans of sick gross out humor. I don't think anyone had ever made a film mixing torture,sex,gore and disturbingly dark comedy the way this laugh riot did prior to 1972. Can stand the test of time even in todays films. A complete trash piece of art.The dvd also has a ton of extras from troma.

One of the greatest exploitation films ever made!.
Bloodsucking Freaks is a very sleazy and gory low budget 70's exploitation flick directed by Joel M.Reed, the film was sleazy as hell but if you don't take it to seriously then you might actually like it but it depends cause its an acquired taste, there was some truly sick and disgusting stuff in it and it was done in bad taste but I still thought it was great and not to mention utterly hilarious but some might find this film to be offensive so I only recommend this to hardcore horror fans especially if your the type of person who enjoys this kind of trashy entertainment. A theater owner named Sardu along with his midget assistant Ralphus (who likes to dance and seems to be talented with a blow dart) attempt to create a production that will be critically acclaimed, he welcomes his audience to the stage show which is sort of like an S&M torture chamber or something featuring naked young women who are sadistically tortured and killed and what the audience doesn't realise is that the murders and tortures are all real and not staged. Some of the gory special fx were pretty good and convincing while others looked abit fake, my favorite scene is when a guy drills a hole into some woman's head then proceeds to suck out her brains through a straw yes very nice!. The film also has alot of gore, nudity, torture, human dart boards, cannibalism, dismemberment, decapitation etc. and it also has great lines like "Her mouth would make an interesting urinal" and the acting was horrendous but then again who watches these films for the acting? while it doesn't have much of a storyline it does compensate for being an over the top and cheesy 70's gore flick in fact I would say that it was a perfect example of an exploitation flick the type of film that both Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodrigeuz were trying to make a tribute to in Grindhouse. Bloodsucking Freaks is one of my favorite Troma films next to the The Toxic Avenger and I thought it was a very entertaining and sick horror film although some people might disagree and say that it was misogynistic, if you have a strong stomach and if your the type of person thats not easily offended then I highly recommend this cult clas-sick.

The mouth will make an interesting urinal
Saw, Hostel--EAT YOUR HEART OUT!!!
This is classick cult horror--only from Troma, and only from the 70's.
Come see a midget get some head. I'm talking about the decapitated kind.
Also plenty of full female nudity and grotesque, brutal, inhumane images of graphic torture. Good times!
My wife got sickened or offended watching only 2 minutes and left the room--so you know it's effective, hahaha!
A must-see for you freaks out there. Best Troma ever! (Along w/Combat Shock)

"Now we're getting the proper reaction"
Bloodsucking Freaks is one of those rare exploitation movie's that actually surpassess my expectation's as far as sleazy content is concerned. I mean it really has everything you could ask for in a movie; A crazy dwarf that run's around chopping off limbs, a guy who suck's brains out of peoples head's, torture/S&M show's, human dart board's, human trade ring's, ton's of gore and perversion...I mean it's all here. If your one of those people that laugh's when a girl rips off a dude's member and eats it, then Bloodsucking Freak's is for you. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!

*This Troma release has an audio commentary by Eli Roth of which is pretty cool also.

Dark, disturbing and disorienting
This film handles such heavy subjects as insanity, torture, abduction, corrupt police officers, white slavery, and much more and still manages to be entertaining. Much of this is due to the performance of Seamus O'Brien, who, as Sardu, delivers the sometimes surreal dialog completely straight faced. It is a shame this actor was killed by a burglar in his house early in his carreer, as I believe he could have been as great as Christopher Lee. The interaction with his assistant Ralphus (played by Luis De Jesus, who later found his way in the Star Wars universe as Ewok in Return of the Jedi) is very light-hearted, especially during some gruesome scenes of extreme horror. The music score also adds to a strange atmosphere by using very light themes during the heaviest scenes and rather disturbing sounds during rather comedic scenes but especially by not always using this technique, so that the viewer is constantly disoriented.
The production value of the film is enhanced by director Joel M. Reed's ingenious ways lighting, use of darkness and thus suggesting much more than there is without distracting from the story and the characters, but actually managing to add to the films atmosphere not in spite of, but because the limited budget. I very much doubt if the same wonderful result could be achieved, even today, over thirty years later, with a limitless budget and all the CGI effects in the world.
The DVD includes, amongst many other things, a very revealing introduction by Lloyd Kaufman. Plus interviews with some of the actors and a highly informative audio-commentary by Eli Roth, director, writer and producer of such films as Cabin Fever and Hostel.