Bad Blood (1982)

Directed by

Mike Newell

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II in a small New Zealand town, police hunt a local man who committed multiple murders. The film follows the manhunt and the tense standoff between the killer and the authorities.

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What happens

Bad Blood is a 1981 British-New Zealand thriller film set during World War II in the small town of Koiterangi (now Kowhitirangi) on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, and is based on the factual manhunt for mass-murderer Stanley Graham. The film was directed by English director Mike Newell, who went on to direct Four Weddings and a Funeral. Much of the film was shot at the original locations. The script was based upon Manhunt: The Story of Stanley Graham, by H. A. Willis (Whitcoulls, 1979) and adapted by New Zealand-born Andrew Brown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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