I Drink Your Blood (1971)

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• Jeff "

  
  I'm a sucker for cheesy exploitation films such as this. I Drink Your Blood maybe a bad film in terms of cinematic merit, but in terms of drive-in horror it is a flawless treat that will appeal to the most demented horror fans. I Drink Your Blood is a memorable horror film. There… More
  I'm a sucker for cheesy exploitation films such as this. I Drink Your Blood maybe a bad film in terms of cinematic merit, but in terms of drive-in horror it is a flawless treat that will appeal to the most demented horror fans. I Drink Your Blood is a memorable horror film. There are no real good performances, and I Drink Your Blood is designed to shock and disturb and it most certainly does that. The film is pure 70's sleaze and it is very entertaining, despite the fact that it's imperfect. I thought that the film was great because of such aspects. I Drink Your Blood has been described as a crappier version of Romero's classic, Night of the Living Dead. The film succeeds at being a great Grindhouse exploitation horror flick, and fans of such films should check this one out; you won't be disappointed. I Drink Your Blood is a must see horror film, and frankly even if it's trash cinema, it's trash cinema at its very best. This was the first film to garner the dreaded X rating. I Drink Your Blood is a terrifying, crazy film. The films premise may be silly, but the end result is a memorable forgotten trashy gem of early 70's exploitation cinema. If you love these types of films check it out, and let the mayhem begin.

• Conner R

  
  Just all kinds of crazy, an unforgettable cannibal experience. This is done in such an effective way that you really don't expect a rabies virus by watching the first 30 minutes. It just depicts a group of hippies taking over an abandoned house. However, once they get screwed… More
  Just all kinds of crazy, an unforgettable cannibal experience. This is done in such an effective way that you really don't expect a rabies virus by watching the first 30 minutes. It just depicts a group of hippies taking over an abandoned house. However, once they get screwed over by a pesky child who poisons their pies, the group becomes a pack of wolves out for blood. Full of be-headings, camp, gore and violence; this is exactly what you'd want in a cannibal exploitation flick.

• Cassandra M

  
  A group of Satanist hippies roll into a small quiet town and ruffle a few feathers of the locals, since they attacked one of their girls. So the girl's grandfather tries to set things straight with them, but they forcefully make him swallow a LSD cocktail. Wanting revenge for… More
  A group of Satanist hippies roll into a small quiet town and ruffle a few feathers of the locals, since they attacked one of their girls. So the girl's grandfather tries to set things straight with them, but they forcefully make him swallow a LSD cocktail. Wanting revenge for what they had done to his grandfather, a young boy feeds them pies, which have been injected with rabies from a dead dog. Slowly they start to feel the effects and they turn into homicidal maniacs hell-bent on destroying or contaminating anything that crosses their path. Rabies and hippies, who show their faith in the dark lord. What a freak out! Now, there's no doubts this cheesy delight is wild 'n' wacky fun for the undemanding and was one of the first films to be influenced by Romero's "Night of Living Dead". This memorably sleazy and in bad-taste drive-in, exploitation flick scrapes the bottom of the barrel in the budget restraints, but despite that, it's surprisingly competent. It doesn't stop the sheer flow of comic entertainment, and might I add, this foaming madness is damn hilarious. After eating the very yummy looking pies that the smart little fella messed around with, you'll get a kick out of how the eccentric bunch transform into feral beings and basically going spas, leaving some very nasty splatter behind. The scenes involving water being splashed about is incredibly rib tickling. The acting is extremely fruity at times, but I thought that it was more than acceptable for this sort of film. George Patterson and Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury were a riot as some of the hippies. Also Lynn Lowry appears in the group. Jack Damon and Elizabeth Marner-Brooks play the more steady heads of the town and they're fine in their roles. While, it might be funny, it still does offer up some nail-biting tension, brisk pacing and one or two decent surprises amongst this enjoyably (and sometimes quite) original idea. But oh my, wait to you get your head around the spotty experimental score with its array of funky and otherworldly sounds. The story and fluffy script might leave some loose ends left untied, but the score, sure definitely doesn't. Simply put, this hocus-pocus was compellingly, dumb and scummy fun that has one real cruel edge to it! Well-deserving of its cult status.

• A.D. V

  
  Very reminecent of Romero's and Cronenberg's films like The Crazies and Rabid but this unfortunately is nowhere as lurid or explotive as it should've been. A group of no good hippies eat rabies-tainted meat pies and go nuts on the town. One nasty dismemberment scene is… More
  Very reminecent of Romero's and Cronenberg's films like The Crazies and Rabid but this unfortunately is nowhere as lurid or explotive as it should've been. A group of no good hippies eat rabies-tainted meat pies and go nuts on the town. One nasty dismemberment scene is all this schlock has to offer.

• Ryan M

  
  **** out of **** A Satanic cult of hippies enters a small ghost town. They're looking for trouble; assuming that it won't dare confront them, knowing the kind of things that they're in to, and what they practice. On the night of their first ritual, they rape a girl… More
  **** out of **** A Satanic cult of hippies enters a small ghost town. They're looking for trouble; assuming that it won't dare confront them, knowing the kind of things that they're in to, and what they practice. On the night of their first ritual, they rape a girl that comes from the town outside the woods in which they gather. She runs back home; injured, and before long she is bedridden. Her grandfather is broken-hearted and vengeful; approaching the hotel that the hippies now inhabit with a loaded shotgun. His attempts at revenge fail, and he is force-fed LSD. His grandson walks him home; whilst he is still suffering under the influence of the drug, mad, and in tears. This will not stand with the grandson. He must do what his grandfather was incapable of doing; and he aims to put these hippies to rest once and for all. He does so by shooting a mad dog that was snooping around in the woods and taking some of its blood and storing it in a needle. He then injects the rabies-infected blood into some of the meat pies that his employer - a woman who runs a local bakery - has already made; causing the hippies, unaware that their food has been spiked with nasty fluids, to inherit the traits of a rabid animal and go absolutely bat-shit insane. To my surprise, "I Drink Your Blood" doesn't get to the bloody (AKA good) stuff until the last forty minutes or so. The rest is some sort of attempt at build-up; and a failed attempt from the looks of it. But when the side-effects of consuming rabid dog blood with your pastries start to kick in on these vile souls; the fun begins, although in my opinion, it had already begun long ago. Just think about it: a film that begins with a hippie cult leader proclaiming "Satan was an Acid Head!" can't be that boring, can it? I believe that the writer and director of the film - David E. Durston - is entitled to a round of applause. He has successfully created a film that is beyond being "so bad it's good". This is "so bad it's great". Yes, you heard right; I loved "I Drink Your Blood". Every last moment of it. It's a great shock feature; a classic in the field of horror movies that are just so poorly done that they're, well, kind of awesome. A lot of people will hate the film for its undeniably poor quality - and for its lack of "taste" - but if you can make a movie bad - yet good - enough for people to keep coming back for more, I'd say your movie is at least somewhat abnormal. Thus, whether you like it or not; "I Drink Your Blood" is pretty much a landmark, must-see piece of entertainment from the Grindhouse section of cinema. Yeah, it's not going to get much respect from any major (meaning mainstream) critics, but I loved it. Durston certainly has direction, you know, for a guy who has made a movie as corny as this. His movie is absolutely loopy, trippy, tasteless, and unrestrained. The original, uncensored version of the film had been kept away from the American public for years; but now, "I Drink Your Blood" can be seen as it was always meant to be seen: uncensored and uncut. In a movie of uninspired dialogue and absurd situations; it's kind of difficult hand-picking my favorite scenes since in all honesty, there are just so many of them. I'll give you some examples from the insanity on display here: there's a random scene where the hippies go about having a rat-killing-and-catching contest in the hotel that they invade and proceed to trash. Such a scene is just very abrupt; and that's why it has a certain charm in the context of the film. Everything in this movie must be absolutely random and unexpected; or else it isn't interesting. Good thing Durston doesn't disappoint when it comes to whacky scenarios and memorable lunacy. Here's one thing that I can't get off my mind: why was it that the rabid humans had a severe phobia of water? Sure, they'll take the flesh if it's on display; but point a hose in their direction (and use it), and look at that, they cower in fear. It's illogical; completely illogical, but then again I suppose it is not the job of this film to make much sense. It is adored by its fans - and me - because it is completely and utterly ridiculous. It's a stupid, brain-dead rip-off of "Night of the Living Dead"; just a lot more violent and, well, reviled by its critics. I personally found it hilarious, immensely enjoyable, and yes; one of the best ways to spend a movie night I've come across in a long time. If you share my demented sense of humor and endless appreciation of cinematic freak shows; then this might do something for you as it did for me. But if you're uptight and you like your films with some form of substance; you'll see nothing but trash and emptiness. But...for those who care; long live this masterpiece of sleaze, long live the Grindhouse/Drive-in revenue (this film was shown along with "I Eat Your Skin" as a double-feature), and long live the films that I love and you don't.

• Francisco G

  
  One of my favorite grindhouse flicks has everything this type of movies should: completly outrageous premise (satanist hippies infected by rabbies going on a senseless rampage), awesome soundtrack, shocking moments, over the top moments, silly jokes and situations and self awareness… More
  One of my favorite grindhouse flicks has everything this type of movies should: completly outrageous premise (satanist hippies infected by rabbies going on a senseless rampage), awesome soundtrack, shocking moments, over the top moments, silly jokes and situations and self awareness of th trash that it actually is. Which more of recent horror films were such fun like this (for those who like these type of movies).

• Lauren D

  
  Lame. I like movies like this, but it was just stupid. The acting was beyond horrible. The plot was 'meh', but it was just silly.

• Jason R

  
  It's 1971 and for one small town having their backwoods city visited by a van load of hippies is no big deal, but wait these aren't normal hippies. No, they are devil worshiping hell raising social miscreants. After the LSD loving, Devil lovers attack an old man, and a girl,… More
  It's 1971 and for one small town having their backwoods city visited by a van load of hippies is no big deal, but wait these aren't normal hippies. No, they are devil worshiping hell raising social miscreants. After the LSD loving, Devil lovers attack an old man, and a girl, a angry young boy takes a rabid dog's blood and bakes it into pies at the bakery where he works, and when the Manson-like clan of hippies comes looking for food, you guessed it a nice slice of rabid meat pie is what they get. Take eight hippies once mild and very misguided, and introduce rabies and you have crazed flower children murdering, and reeking havoc everywhere they go. I Drink Your Blood is a horror classic in every sense of the word, a great genre piece with lots of gore and sub-par acting to wet any horror hounds whistle. The DVD box says that I Drink You Blood is Night of the Living Dead meets the Manson clan and I couldn't agree more. If you love the watching the old Drive-In horror films from the 70's then this is one of the best, and is require viewing for anyone who loves the genre.

• John M

  
  "I Drink Your Blood" was the first film ever rated "X" by the MPAA. I was never bored and I was constantly amused by the acting, script and pretty poor production values But it was made with not budget.. This entertaining film is pretty much a blood and sex… More
  "I Drink Your Blood" was the first film ever rated "X" by the MPAA. I was never bored and I was constantly amused by the acting, script and pretty poor production values But it was made with not budget.. This entertaining 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, check this.

• Christopher B

  
  Hippies Gone Wild. Thoroughly entertaining film about what happens when hippies get rabies. Hilarious.

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