Product Details

• Actors: Robert Reed, Wilton Graff, Mike Nelson, Lylyan Shauvin
• Directors: Ralph Brooke
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Digiview
• DVD Release Date: April 4, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006GSM4Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #474,063 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Based on the horror classic The Most Dangerous Game. Digitally Remastered.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Arguably the best camp version of "The Most Dangerous Game",, April 16, 2005

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bloodlust (DVD)

"Bloodlust!" is a 1961 film from director Ralph Brooke, who is telling his own twisted version of Richard Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game." The popular story of a big game hunter hunting men was first film in 1932 with Joel McRae and Fay Wray being hunted by Leslie Banks, and before Brooke got around to his version was remade as "A Game of Death" in 1945, again as "The Most Dangerous Game" but as a 7-minute short in 1953, and as "Run for the Sun" in 1956 with Richard Widmark and Trevor Howard. In the post-"Bloodlust!" era we have had "Woman Hunt" in 1975, "Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity" in 1987, "Deadly Prey" in 1988, and "Lethal Woman" in 1990, as suddenly the story take a decided turn from violence to sex. Suddenly, "Bloodlust!" looks pretty good in comparison, especially if you are into campy remakes.

The story begins with a pair of couples out for a charter boat ride (Oh, no: this film anticipates "Gilligan's Island!"). The captain spots an island he has never seen before and promptly passes out. So his passengers decide to go visit the island where Johnny Randall (Robert Reed), falls into a trap. Pete Garwood (Eugene Persson), Betty Scott (June Kenney), and Jeanne Perry (Joan Lora) get Johnny out of the trap just in time to be confronted by Dr. Albert Balleau (Wilton Graff) and his gun bearers. He invites them back to his home, where stuffed animals and trophy heads are the major item of decor. He engages his visitors in the sort of polite conversation where everything has a double meaning and his guests start to have a clue. Eventually the truth is revealed: Dr. Balleau likes to hunt human beings and has a special room where he displays his trophies captured forever as they were at the moment of death.

Graff plays the part like he was Orson Welles pretending to be Vincent Price. If you like your crazy men to be totally calm, cool, and collected, then this is your guy, although the approach really wears thin. Reed is clearly the only competent actor in the bunch and I can see why being in this movie did not hurt his career as he went on to "The Brady Bunch" and then tried to live the role down in things like "Rich Man, Poor Man." The grizzly tableaus are a pretty good touch to the general camp, and there is a scene where one of the doctor's henchmen is getting things ready for the newest tableau where the idea will turn your stomach even if the visuals do not. The common denominator between the two features on this disc is that the women in these horror films really know how to scream.

Although "Bloodlust!" received the "MST3K" treatment in Season 6 (which is available with the short "Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm" on VHS), it is a solid B-movie providing a few chills amidst the camp. You can also see it as part of a double bill with "Atom Age Vampire" thanks to the wacky folks at Killer Creature Double-Feature. So you can go with "Bloodlust!" by itself, or you can track down versions with the added goodies.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bloodlust.A modern realistic everyday office-mobbed Vampire., October 9, 2010

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G.D.de St.Germain. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bloodlust: The Black Forest Vampire (DVD)

This Film is an excellent first class example of a very actual international every day occurence of an Underdog within a minority group (Werner Pochath),being mobbed on a daily basis whilst working in his office as a simple clerk ! WHY ? just because he is deaf & dumb ! This very direct & realistic psycho- analitical approach in the form of this "Psychogram" of this poor underprivelidged person by the Yugoslavian film director Marijan Vajda,broke a Tabu in the early 70's,namely "mobbing",not just "bullying" which takes place in the school classrooms,& playgrounds,but taken to an extreme degree in the work places of everyday life.This unfortunate fact was successfully ignored up untill fairly recently.It was a world-wide embarrassment.Hence it remained a Tabu,considered quite rightly as a "declaration of bankruptcy of modern day behaviourism & Civilized attitudes within a so called Christian upbringing."-Vajda hit the nail on the head by showing the "Course & Effect".How & Why he became what he was,eg.underprivelidged,simply structured,of limited intelligence, violent working class prolertaric background of extreme frustration,without love & nest warmth,which is still today widely spread !-Special mention should be made of the fine acting of the Austrian Actress,the late Ellen Umlauf(in real life an aristocratic Countess)& of course the late Werner Pochath a brilliant German Actor,who died young,unfortunately not so well known outside the german speaking territory.Portraying the role of a deaf mute(devoid of speech as in the early days of Silent Movies of for example Charlie Chaplin),demands a very special talent,in which he executed in a subtle yet virtuosic fashion.Only 3 actors of such admirable ability come to mind today who could have possibly equally fullfilled this very difficult role, being the american Dustin Hoffman (of Rainman,& his exellent role as Shylock in Shakespears Merchant of Venice on the stage in London.)The welshman,Sir Anthony Hopkins (of Hannibal fame.By the way for the record,Bloodlust was made long before Hannibal!)& not forgetting Sir Christopher Lee of Dracular fame etc.and it must be specially mentioned the very unorthodox psychological use of the excellent music underlining & supporting the Apocalyptic pure Horror of this true story,with very unusual orchestration eg.singing saw solo & with orchestra,composed by the welsh composer Dafydd Llywelyn,living in Munich where the film was shot.He was known for his exceptional scoring of such German Cult Films of the 60's & 70's, as "Lenz, " "Kuckucksjahre,""Liebe & so Weiter,"directed by the American George Moorse.etc etc.He now no longer composes for Film & TV with very few exceptions,as he was under tremendous pressure from leading international classical musicians to dedicate his time exclusively to compose music for posterity.His music is mainly composed for,& performed by Soviet Russian,German,Israeli,Georgian,Turkish musicins & Pianists such as Boris Berezovsky,Severin von Eckardstein,Amir Katz,Dudana Mazmanishvili,Nino Gurevic,& the genial Turkish Iconic Grand Dame of the Piano World, Idil Biret.They have performed his works eg:"Time Quake","Fantasia Apoplectica-Off the Devils Spoon","Arch-Angel Gabriel", at the Hercules Saal Munich,Berlin Philharmonic Hall.Musikvereins Saal Vienna,Sale Cortot Paris, Carnegie Hall New York,Washington, London,etc to name a few.All live Radio or TV Broadcasts,receiving standing ovations.-Quite a major loss to the world of European Cinema &TV,for without this outstanding music with very limited dialogue,this film would be unthinkable,it fitted perfectly hand in glove,& twice as much Music as in normal Dialogue length Films.Perfect inspired teamwork at the highest level,totally missunderstood at the time of shooting, but now the film is deservedly available on DVD in various languages,will no doubt reach a wider & more appreciative international Audience. Bravo ! Da Capo.- G.D.de St.Germain. (Paris,France)on travels in Germany.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, May 20, 2009

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Gary Johnston (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bloodlust: The Black Forest Vampire (DVD)

Totally screwed up and fun movie! The girl is beautiful and reveals herself quite a bit - typical of good horror films! Definitely worth the price.

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