I Drink Your Blood (1970)** (out of 4)A group of Satan worshipers led by Horace Bones (Bhaskar) invade a small town where they decide to stay a few days and drop acid. They end up beating up an old man for laughs but the joke is on them when his grandson makes them some meat pies. The only catch is that the boy has put the blood of a rabid dog so soon the Satan worshipers go on a killing spree.I DRINK YOUR BLOOD became a huge hit when it was originally released thanks in large part to its title. The title and promotional material made you think that you were getting into something highly disturbing but in reality the film isn't all that bad. I use the word bad in regards to how graphic the violence is. The film really doesn't contain too much gore and the majority of the violence are obvious special effects and there's no question that the maniacs running around with white foam coming out of their mouths isn't going to scare anyone.As far as the film goes, it's pretty darn bad but at the same time there's just something entertaining about it as long as you don't take it too serious. I say this because there's some pretty campy moments including the opening Satanic scene and the fact that the Satan worshipers just let the woman go after watching their act. Not to mention how silly it is that they give her grandfather an even worse beating. There's also some campy moments dealing with the hippies on acid and some of the dialogue about LSD is rather laughable in its own way.Bhaskar makes for a good lead considering what the film needed. The rest of the cast fit their roles just nicely but obviously one shouldn't be expecting Oscar-worthy performances. Director David E. Durston at least keeps the film moving at a nice pace and there's enough silly action that never slows down so the film moves along quite well. I DRINK YOUR BLOOD certainly isn't a classic picture but fans of low-budget drive-in films should get some kicks out of it.

Like basically all low-budget exploitation flicks (which are all of them) the movie starts off like an incredibly bad one but by the end you're absolutely taken by its insane and extreme events.And this movie is real crazy, which is saying much, since this isn't exactly the first silly exploitation flick that I have seen. It has such an insane concept, with lots of exaggerated violence in it. The movie features a bunch of terrorizing hippies that deliberately get infected with rabies and start to go totally crazy after that, causing even more havoc in town.This movie is definitely an enjoyment to watch for the genre fans. They won't be disappointed with any of its blood, gore and violence as well as some other typical exploitation elements in it, such as the obligatory rape and nudity.But I of course can't really claim that this is a great movie. It's still a very simplistic, cheap looking and clumsily done film but at the same time this of course really still adds to the overall charm of the movie, so it shouldn't prevent any of the fans of the genre from ever seeing this movie.Really not the best or most recommendable exploitation flick out there but it sure is still entertaining, especially more toward its end.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

The movie is bizarrely ineffective and lacking in flair, like so many nowadays mainstream horror flicks as inept as this one; though quite violent, it doesn't really scare. In a sense, it has some qualities to be praised—like the way it's written, or some good sense in the directing, some form of almost mainstream and practical approach of a sensationalist subject. It has some common sense; but no flair …. I pretended not to notice its side of social awareness—the perils of the youth's dissolute life, the LSD, the debauchery of the workmen as a way of infection …. It tries to be even a zombie movie, and the scene of the rabid, foaming workmen's attack is deeply laughable, such rubbish ….Why does the geezer examine that blood sample? Did he use to examine each stain of blood he ever found? I mean, it's not like he ain't my favorite movie physician, yet …. Anyway, it looks like he examined the blood because he already had inferred from Mildred's description that the blood was on the hands of a possibly rabid human.I DRINK YOUR BLOD was, I think, nicely shot; the makeup for the rabid fellows is bad.No genuine suspense, excitement and gusto whatsoever.'Death by hydrophobia is agony.'

Gory, obscure, raunchy and utterly demented independent cinematic exploitation-trash from the early 70's; that's what I live for! And "I Drink Your Blood" just happens to be one of the most – perhaps even THE most – quintessential titles to answer to this definition! The unquestionably deranged writer/director David E. Durston took as many contemporary sources of inspiration as possible and scripted down a crazed low-budget horror flick that is guaranteed to entertain all fans of the golden "grindhouse" classics. Judging by the title alone already, "I Drink Your Blood" obviously isn't the type of horror film that you watch for its incredibly suspenseful atmosphere (although some sequences are quite intense) or profound character drawings, but to get a lot of horror-related kicks and laughs out of it. This is a pretty sick- spirited puppy in terms of tone and content, but the final result is an often laugh-out-loud funny due to the amateurish acting performances, grotesque make-up arts and errors in continuity. Undoubtedly inspired by the Charles Manson killings, "I Drink Your Blood" introduces a group of drug-addicted hippies who call themselves the Sons and Daughters of Satan and throw devil-worshiping orgy parties in the woods during the middle of the night. The group passes through a little town called Valley Hill. The place is practically abandoned due to the construction of a new dam, but the hippies nevertheless manage to rise amok among people who left behind by raping a young girl and forcing the elderly veterinarian to take LSD. The grandson, who witnessed the hippies' vile behavior, decides to take revenge by processing the infected blood of a rabid dog into meat pies and then subsequently serving them to the hippies. The "prank" runs a little out of control when the hippies become homicidal and go on a killing spree across the area. Hell ultimately breaks loose when one of the female hippies gang-bangs with the construction workers and infects the whole lot of them. The great thing about "I Drink Your Blood" is that you often don't even properly realize how incredibly twisted and offensive it actually is. Many elements are totally bonkers and sick, like the rat-barbecue, forcing the old guy to take LSD, the self-initiated abortion, the dam workers gang-bang and – most importantly – the idea that the whole idea of spreading the rabies was thought up and executed by a 12-year-old kid! The gore is plentiful and outrageous, with multiple decapitations, impalement, disembowelment, stabbings and electric carving knife action! Apparently this was the first movie ever to receive an X-certificate based on violence alone, so I guess that should be enough argumentation for true horror fanatics to check it out. As far as I'm concerned, it's a must- see exploitation/grindhouse classic!