The brilliance of man, in the 60s and 70s, gave us space exploration and organ transplant. The U.S. and Soviets were landing men on the moon and visiting planets. Doctors were on the verge of perfecting heart transplants. NASA and the medical profession then took another direction. NASA focused on irrelevant causes like the global warming hoax and the medical profession got all hot and bothered about cholesterol. Mad scientists were replaced by federal grant happy dorks with medical degrees. Today's feature harps back to the day when heart transplants still had us awe inspired, 1970's "Night of the Bloody Transplant," directed by David W. Hanson.
Dr. Jim Arnold (Cal Seely) is frustrated. He can't get the medical profession to listen to him. They think he's a quack. Jim says he can perfect heart transplants. He's way ahead of his time. Jim has a patient, Mrs. Woodruff, an old lady who is happy to fund him. His nurse, Beth (Elizabeth Rawlings), believes in him. So does his thug/prize fighting brother, Tom (Dick Grimm). Tom has a problem with women...they reject him and he murders them. The good news, after Tom murders a party girl, Jim now has a heart to transplant into Mrs. Woodruff.
The surgery goes well...for Mrs. Woodruff...not the lady Tom pummeled to death. Now the police are involved. Paul (David Haller), a detective, is hot on the clues. He follows the trail of murdered gals, who just happen to be missing their hearts. Tom becomes more unstable when another party girl blackmails him. Beth believes the well oiled machine of her and Jim would run a lot better without the brute Tom. More murders and more police scrutiny lead to Jim and Beth having to get more creative and also put them in major peril.
Drive-in quality all the way, there will be enough gore and cheese to satisfy. Has the Fauci-ization of the U.S. healthcare industry destroyed the possibility of ever perfecting heart transplants? Are stupid and fictitious vaccines the main thrust of U.S. medicine now that Big Pharma rules the day? Does pretty Nurse Beth stand a chance at surviving this film with a mad scientist and prize fighting thug surrounding her? For some good 1970s drive-in madness, see "Night of the Bloody Transplant."
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