I Drink Your Blood (1970)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

David E. Durston

Writer:

David E. Durston (writer)

Release Date:

December 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A band of satanist hippies roll into a town and begin terrorizing the local folk. They rape a local girl and her grandpa goes after them...

Plot Keywords:

Satanist | LSD | Rape | Blood | Machete

Cast

Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury	...	Horace Bones (as Bhaskar)
Jadine Wong	...	Sue-Lin
Rhonda Fultz	...	Molly
George Patterson	...	Rollo
Riley Mills	...	Pete
John Damon	...	Roger Davis
Elizabeth Marner-Brooks	...	Mildred Nash
Richard Bowler	...	Doc Banner
Tyde Kierney	...	Andy
Iris Brooks	...	Sylvia
Alex Mann	...	Shelley
Bruno Damon
Mike Gentry

Also Known As:

Phobia (USA) (working title)
State Farm (USA) (working title)
Blood Suckers (West Germany) [de]
Buveurs de sang (France) [fr]
Die Satansbande (West Germany) [de]
Die Tollwütigen (West Germany) [de]
Dipsao gia aima (Greece) [el]
La rabbia dei morti viventi (Italy) [it]
Perros rabiosos (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

90 min | Australia:85 min | Japan:73 min (original version) | USA:83 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R (edited for re-rating) | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Norway:(Banned) (video rating) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Sharon Springs, New York, USA

Company:

Jerry Gross Productions

Trivia:

This was the first film ever to be rated X by the MPAA based on violence alone.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Rollo is about to stab Roger while he is on the table, right before Rollo raises the dagger, you can see a crew member in the far back left of the house

Quotes:

Molly: There's no-one left in Valley Hills because of your damn dam!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V)

Hippie Dippy Rabies Man

I saw this film a while ago when I was on a big Z-grade zombie movie kick. I was not disappointed by this little number. Naturally, there were some problems with the film. The biggest one I can think of is the soundtrack. It sounds like some kids decided to have fun with a synthesizer and the film makers wanted to put it in for kicks. The acting wasn't too good either, but it's obviously on a low budget, so I can forgive that.

The plot is that a group of Satan worshiping hippies come to a small town to wreak havoc on the local population. The hippie bunch end up molesting a local girl and then shacking up in an abandoned hotel. They run afoul of a local brat after feeding his grandfather acid (oh, it was his sister that they molested earlier by the by). So little lord Fauntleroy decides to get even with that counterculture bunch by feeding them rabies laced meat pies (trust me, I'm not making this up). The traveling satanists become blood thirsty cannibals and terrorize the town.

Overall, the film is pretty much a blood and sex packed piece of celluloid, but it's not without its charm. If you're into graphic, low budget violence and shock, this is a film for you. "Citizen Kane" it obviously isn't, but it still manages to retain its overall fun and shock value.

Happy viewings B movie fans.