I Drink Your Blood (1970)

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David E. Durston	...	Dr. Oakes (uncredited)
Arlene Farber	...	Sylvia Banner (uncredited)
Lynn Lowry	...	Carrie (uncredited)

Directed by
David E. Durston		(as David Durston)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David E. Durston		writer (as David Durston)

Produced by
Jerry Gross	....	producer
Henry Kaplan	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Clay Pitts

Cinematography by
Jacques Demarecaux
Joseph Mangine		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Lyman Hallowell

Art Direction by
Charles Baxter

Makeup Department
Irvin Carlton	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Loren Frank	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Cox	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Stan Goldstein	....	sound
Scott Warren	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Vee	....	lighting technician

Production Companies

• Jerry Gross Productions

Distributors

• Cinemation Industries (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Prima Film (1971) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Monarch Releasing Corporation (1977) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Box Office Spectaculars (II) (2002) (re-release)
• CMV Laservision (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Delta Vidéo Diffusion (1989) (France) (VHS)
• Fangoria Films (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Grindhouse Releasing (2006) (USA) (all media) (restored) (first uncut release)
• IVC
• Japan Video Distribution (JVD) Co. Ltd. (Japan) (DVD)
• Marquis Video (1982) (Canada) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (USA) (VHS)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)

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:

Before the passing of the Video Recordings Act, a cut version was briefly released by Media Video in the UK in the early 1980s. Although it was never listed as an official "nasty video", it was one of the films featured on a tape compiled by outspoken critic of sex and violence Mary Whitehouse and shown at the Conservative Party conference in 1984. This film has yet to receive a UK certificate.

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:

Horace Bones: Let it be known, sons and daughters, that Satan was an acid head. Drink from his cup; pledge yourselves. And together, we'll all freak out.

Movie Connections:

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

Satanic hippies with rabies!

Totally likable outrageousness is a drive-in sleaze favorite...evil devil-worshiping hippies stroll into Anytown, U.S.A. and wreak mayhem. A pudgy little boy serves them up some meat pies injected with the blood of a rabid dog, and soon there's a contagion that consumes the town! Rather 'Night of the Living Dead' inspired at times, it actually has moments of genuine scariness and some pretty potent gore. Recommended- 6.5/10