The film features additional performances from producer Kanter, Jayne Bentzen, as well as a cameo appearance by Ted Raimi.

One night at a drive-in theater in 1974, young Terry sees his mother Maddy and her date begin kissing inside the car.

Ten years later, in 1984, a now-adult Terry lives happily with his mother in a sprawling but secluded apartment complex named Shadow Woods.

On Thanksgiving Day, Terry's long dormant murderous rage is revived when his mother gets engaged to her fiancé Brad, who owns the complex.

Terry also learns that twin brother Todd, whom he framed for murder a decade earlier, has escaped from his mental hospital and may be heading home.

She also tells Terry, who immediately disappears into the night in search of his twin brother, while Karen and her friends Gregg and Artie to go to Andrea's house to party.

After a very drunk Maddy contacts the police, she finds Terry's bloodied T-shirt in the garbage bin before making the horrifying discovery of Brad's body with his head split open.

[3] Scenes on the nature trails were shot on the campus of the University of North Florida, while the apartment complex was located in west Jacksonville.

[3] Kanter also noted that the production of the film was rocky, with star Louise Lasser and director John Grissmer not getting along on set.

[4] Nightmare at Shadow Woods (which was also the cable television title for this film) was heavily edited, abbreviating much of the gore, but it contained a swimming pool scene not found in the 1987 VHS Blood Rage version by Prism Entertainment.

[6] The latter contains all of the gore and includes an early scene, missing from the Nightmare at Shadow Woods version, where Maddy visits Todd at the mental hospital.

[11] The horror movie podcast Watch If You Dare reviews Blood Rage for their annual Thanksgiving episode every year.