Was filmed in Miami in only nine days and cost just under $25,000 (some sources say $60,000) and earned back millions for its creator and associates.
Producer David F. Friedman came up with some very effective publicity stunts for "Blood Feast" which included giving theater goers vomit bags reading "You may need this when you see 'Blood Feast'" and obtaining an injunction against the film in Sarasota, Florida (which of course only generated more interest in the film).
Included on TIME Magazine's list of the Top 25 Horror Films of All-Time.
Stephen King tweeted: "What is the worst horror movie you ever saw? For me, BLOOD FEAST."
This was the oldest film on the UK DPP 72 list of official video nasties.