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I Drink Your Blood

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I Drink Your Blood is possibly the best movie about rabies-infected satanic hippies on a killing spree ever made, and it is my favorite American grindhouse/horror/drive-in flick......word's cannot do this little gem of an American horror film justice.
The plot is a about a group of satanic hippie's that costantly drop acid and perform satanic ritual's who come to a small town, and piss off the wrong little boy by forcing his grandpa to take acid. The little boy then get's revenge on them by taking blood from a dead dog he found infected with rabies, and secretly putting it in their meat pie breakfast. They all slowly start to go insane, killing each other off, and go on a rabie's infected rampage of murder and rape. If that does not sound like this coolest movie premise ever to you.........then I don't know what does?
I Drink Your Blood play's out like a comedy most of the time (like my review's) with ridiculous subject matter, hilarious performances, over the top gore effect's, and is one of the most entertaining movie's I have ever seen. It is also (supposably) the first movie to get an X rating in America and I can't recommend this movie enough.

I Drink Your Blood contain's all the essential grindhouse/drive-in elements:

- Rat barbecue's
- Gang rape
- Rabie's infested satanic hippies
- A grandfather that has a bad trip
- Abortion
- Over the top gore
- Meat pie's
- More rape
- Self immolation
- Chicken beheading's
- Decapitation
- More gore
- Satanic ritual's

This Grindhouse Releasing release is (like alway's) amazing. They really went the extra mile to make sure this cult-classic got the release it deserve's. Included is a full director's commentary, director's cut of the film, deleted scene's, interview's, trailers, there is even a full length version of I Eat Your Skin as an easter egg! If you go on the special feature's page it even has an axe that when you click on, chop's one of the character's in half!.....Pretty sweet (Just to give you an idea of the extent they put effort into making this a good release). Thank you Grindhouse for releasing an amazing print of an amazing movie. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, where to start? Well first off I should say that I love the horror/zombie/gore stuff. Although this was totally exploited by Fangoria, this is still not a mainstreem movie, and those seem to be the better ones.
Anyway, this movie is really spectacular. One of the biggest problems I, and other fans, seem to have is that most horror movies don't keep us interested, until the last fifteen or twenty mins. But this is an exception. Although the whole movie is not one, big climax it still keeps your interest.
The movie is not as gory as a Lucio Fulci, or H.G. Gordon Lewis film, but it is still has more blood and guts than Friday the 13th or a thriller type of movie.
So basically a hippie cult stays in this tempoary ghost town, due to the construction of dam, and they end up teasing and terrorizing a small boy and his grandfather. To get revenge on them the kid goes out to the woods and kills a rabid dog. He just happens to work in the only bakery left in town, for the time being, so he infects some meat pies with the rabid blood from the dog. The hippie cult eats them, bcomes infected and basically go insane. Pretty original if you ask me.
So anyways, this movie is very well directed and pretty decently acted for a low budget. The main leader of the cult, Horris, probably gives the best performance out of all of them.
The movie has some pretty creepy shots, what with dead bodies, severed heads, blood, and of course the foaming of the mouth. It just has a generally eerie feel to it, as horror movies should. So I can definitly see why Fangoria picked this for a midnight classic. But don't be fooled by their website, you can get this DVD at other stores besides theirs.
So all in all this movie is terrific for the true horror fan. If you choose to pass on this one, well, your loss my friend.
Thanks for reading.

I Drink Your Blood is one of the best Drive-In /Grindhouse flix of the 70's.Still packs a punch and a few kicks.Twisted,Bloody,and funny.Yes, b-movie funny.Manson-like/Satan/Hippy Cult on L.S.D infected with rabies attacks small town.Yep,could happen.

Directed by David Durston (Stigma). A band of Satanist hippies lead by Horace Bones (Bhaskar) roll into a town and begin terrorizing the local folk, raping a local girl who's grandpa goes after them. He fails and is given LSD. This bothers his grandson and he gets back at the hippies by feeding them meat pies infected with blood from a rabid dog. They turn into crazed lunatics and begin killing and/or infecting everything in their path. I DRINK YOUR BLOOD is also know as PHOBIA. The movie is like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD meets Charlie Manson in this gore-drenched 1971 drive-in classic. After consuming rabies infected meat pies, an LSD-addicted hippie cult goes on a vicious murdering rampage! Heavily censored since its original release, this infamous landmark of cinematic brutality is being presented uncut in all its blood-splattered glory! Directed by David Durston with stars Bhaskar, Lynn Lowry, Tyde Kierney and Jack Damon. DVD FEATURES for this film include:
The Cut Fullscreen Version (the real version was but out by Cheezy Flicks Ent, thats run time is 90 minutes).
English Audio
Provocative audio commentary from director David Durston and star Bhaskar
Four NEVER BEFORE SEEN deleted scenes including the original blood-drenched ending deemed too disturbing for 70's audiences
'The I Drink Your Blood Show' with revealing on-camera interviews with stars Lynn Lowry, Tyde Kierney and Jack Damon
The original theatrical trailer, radio spot & new Japanese DVD trailer
Extensive gallery of stills and poster art
Rare and shocking film of Bhaskar performing "THE EVIL KING COBRA DANCE"
Behind the Scenes of the recording of the commentary and more...

What can be said about "I Drink Your Blood"? Well, for starters it's one of the most little known and under appreciated exploitation films ever made. It holds the distinction of being one of the first films to ever be given an "X" rating for violent content. Though this film is not quite as graphic as some bootleg video dealers would have you believe, it does have a decent amount of gore and disturbing content on hand. Unfortunatly this film suffered the same MPAA and theatre owner censorship/butchery as Wes Craven's "Last House On The Left", so the film ended up in about 20 different cuts. Until the release of this dvd the most complete version was a Japanese bootleg that would usually run you about $40, and the picture quality was unbearable. Fans of sick, 70's exploitation will be enthralled by this dvd, but for the squeamish and mainstream fans who cant get past the cheap effects and poor acting, I advise you to stear clear of this dvd. To sum this up: they sure dont make them like this anymore, so take advantage of this dvd while its available, or you'll be kicking yourself when you're missing out.

I first saw this movie in a drivein movie theater in Pasadena,
Texas.It was part of a twin bill witl "I Eat Your Skin".I first
thought the mpvie was going to be a vampire movie.Was I ever wrong.I turned out to be a movie that I have never forgotten.
The movie takes place in a small town.A band of Satanist
hippies set up camp in the town.The hippies first rape and beat
a girl.Her grandfather goes for revenge and is beaten and fed
LSD.The grandfather owns a bakery where his grandson works.He
decides to gain revenge.He kills a rabid dog and draws blood from the rabid dog.He injects this blood into the meat pies that he then sells to the hippies.Shortly thereafter the hippies
become violent and wild.They start foaming at the mouth and
begin attacking each other and people that live in the town.They
commit murders in many various ways such as decapitations.The
whole thing is very gruesome.You will never see scenes like these.Order is finally restored.The movie ends with the little boy walking off into the sunset.I am glad that this cult classic is now available on DVD.I never thought thatI would be able to watch this movie again.Be sure to watch this movie.You
will never forget it.

I saw this movie on a double-bill drive-in with I EAT YOUR SKIN back in 1971 and for many years have sought out it's release. I found it on VHS quite a few years ago but it was a dissapointment not only in quality but in completeness. Boy, are we lucky. Thanks to Box Office Spectaculars/Fangora we have gotten a DVD release that is quite the find. As with DEADLY SPAWN it is loaded with extras and deserves your attention. In the deleted scenes is an alternate ending which I wish they would have included in the original theatrical release and I suggest going to it at the conclusion of viewing the movie for a more complete effect of the attitude intended.
There is also an easter egg in "bonuses". Click on the hatchet and you'll find a quickie that demonstrates the fun they've had in this release.
Also I found that selecting X-RATED THEATRICAL RELEASE or DIRECTOR'S CUT in "set up/feature options" makes absolutely no diference in what you will see. They appear to be the same.
You will find a very weird dance (way too long) by Bhaskar (the cult leader) by going to "bonuses" then "filmographies" then to Bhaskar and click three times to get to his dance.
Over all this DVD proves again that the big guys out there CAN give us great things if they care but isn't it sad that it only happens generally with these obscure releases. If you appreciate the off-the-wall movies that show off your collection you must add this.

Movies like this are the reason why i turn on my TV, the only problem with this film is that it only appeals to Hardcore-70's Horror-Cult fans, and being one myself i just love it.

after seeing the trailer for i drink your blood on the cannibal holocaust dvd, i wasnt to eager to see this movie. it looked like a home movie. then a couple days ago i was at fye in the zanesville mall and i saw i drink your blood. it cost less than it did on amazon so i decided to pick it up. after my first veiwing of i drink your blood i was still kind of deciding if i liked the film or not. i watched the film again and decided that i really enjoyed it. the story involves a group of satanic hippies who get infected with rabies and start infecting a small town. then all the crazy, rabid townsfolk and hippies go on a killing spree. what makes the film so enjoyable is that it's so over the top and bizzare. some of the musical effects are just really strange sound effects. the film was apparently one of the first films to earn an x rating for violence alone, but the film isnt all that violent by todays standards. the special effects arent any thing special, mostly just limbs being hacked off. cheesy effects aside, the film is still enjoyable and fun and still resonably violent for its time. i drink your blood is definately worth picking up.

I Drink Your Blood is a outrageous black comedy that was cut to a R-rated version now on DVD restored and loaded with extras. The main plot is a bunch of hipppies that drug a boy's grandpa and for revenge the boy goes in the woods and shoots a rabid dog and gets a needle and puts to blood that was in the needle in meat pies and then the hippie people eat and turn into zombie-like killers. A weird little B-Movie not to be missed.

The DVD version is excellent,released uncut and loaded with commentary and other features.