Blood Song

Blood Song, also released under the title Dream Slayer, is an American slasher film from 1982. The movie was directed by Alan J. Levi, produced by Frank Avianca and Lenny Montana, and stars Frankie Avalon and Donna Wilkes. The story centers on a young woman living with a disability in a small coastal town in Oregon, who becomes the target of a killer wielding a hatchet. The killer is a psychopath from whom she once received a blood transfusion, and the film is noted for showcasing a different kind of performance from Avalon than his usual work.

The screenplay was adapted by Joseph Shink, based on his own short story, with contributions from producers Avianca and Montana. Filming took place in the fall of 1980 in Coos Bay and Coquille, Oregon. Although it was never prosecuted for obscenity, the film was not seized or confiscated in the United Kingdom under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the "video nasty" controversy.

The plot begins in 1955 in Portland, Oregon, where a businessman discovers his wife in bed with another man. He kills both of them and then himself, and his young son, Paul, witnesses the triple murder-suicide, leaving him traumatized. Twenty-five years later, in 1980, Paul is confined to a psychiatric institution near Stanford Bay, a small Oregon coastal town. He manages to kill an orderly, retrieve a wooden flute his father gave him, and escape.

Meanwhile, teenager Marion is struggling with her disability. A car accident caused by her drunken father, Frank, left her unable to walk without a leg brace. Her home life is strained by her father's verbal abuse toward her and her mother, Bea. She dreams of leaving Stanford Bay once her fisherman boyfriend, Joey, gets a job in Portland.

After escaping, Paul hitches a ride with a truck driver. When the driver gets annoyed by Paul's flute playing, Paul kills him with a hatchet and steals his vehicle. He then picks up a female hitchhiker, takes her to a motel in Stanford Bay, and strangles her to death after failing to impress her with his flute, later dismembering her body. Marion begins having bizarre dreams and visions of these murders, which she realizes are premonitions. During her hospital stay after her accident, she received a blood transfusion from Paul, which gave her extrasensory perception of his actions.