THE BLOODY BROOD
A pioneering work of Canuxploitation, Roffman’s feature debut stars Jack Betts as a straight-and-narrow cat who, investigating his brother’s death from eating a hamburger seasoned with ground glass, descends to a seedy underworld of beatnik baddies, a druggy cult commanded by a self-appointed prophet—a plummy Peter Falk, gnashing scenery in his first film.