Bloodsuckers (1970) Incense for the Damned (original title)

Director:

Robert Hartford-Davis

Writers:

Julian More (screenplay)
Simon Raven (novel)

Release Date:

1970 (UK)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Based On Novel | Independent Film

Cast

Patrick Macnee	...	Derek Longbow
Peter Cushing	...	Dr. Walter Goodrich
Alexander Davion	...	Tony Seymore (as Alex Davion)
Johnny Sekka	...	Bob Kirby
Madeleine Hinde	...	Penelope (as Madeline Hinde)
Edward Woodward	...	Dr. Holstrom
William Mervyn	...	Marc Honeydew
Patrick Mower	...	Richard Fountain
David Lodge	...	Colonel
Imogen Hassall	...	Chriseis
John Barron	...	Diplomat
Valerie Van Ost	...	Don's wife
Theo Moreos	...	Mayor
Nick Pandelides	...	Monk Superior
Andreas Potamitis	...	Police Chief
Theodosia Elefthreadon	...	Old Woman
Hristos Eleftheriadis	...	Priest (as Christ Eleftheriades)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Françoise Pascal	...	Girl At Orgy (uncredited)
Marianne Stone	...	Cheerful Lady at Party (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Hartford-Davis		(as Michael Burrowes)

Writing credits
Julian More		(screenplay)
Simon Raven		(novel "Doctors Wear Scarlet")

Produced by
Graham Harris	....	producer
Peter Newbrook	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Robert Richards		(as Bobby Richards)

Cinematography by
Desmond Dickinson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter Thornton		(uncredited)

Production Design by
George Provis

Production Management
Robert Sterne	....	in charge of production

Sound Department
Tony Dawe	....	sound recordist
Don Deacon	....	dialogue editor
Colin Hobson	....	dubbing assistant
Peter Pardo	....	boom operator
Dennis Whitlock	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Ronnie Maasz	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Maxine Julius	....	assistant editor
Pamela Lewis	....	colour consultant

Music Department
Robert Richards	....	conductor (as Bobby Richards)

Production Companies

• Lucinda Films
• Titan International

Distributors

• Titan Film Distribution Ltd. (1971) (UK) (theatrical)
• Chevron Pictures (1971) (USA) (theatrical)
• Astral Films (1971) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Virgin Vision (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA Home Video (1989) (Canada) (video)
• Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1989) (Canada) (video)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2001) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• General Video Distributors (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Aquascutum of London  Mr. MacNee's clothes by (as Aquascutum)

Also Known As:

"Incense for the Damned" - UK (original title)

Runtime:

87 min | USA:82 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Sweden:15 | USA:R | UK:18 | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | UK:15 (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Hydra, Greece

Company:

Lucinda Films

Trivia:

Although completed in 1969, Bloodsuckers did not get a general cinema release until 1971. Filming took place April-May 1969 (copyright 1969).

Quotes:

Tony Seymore:Are you trying to tell me that a girl sucking blood from a man's neck can induce an orgasm?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 5 (1998) (V)

Average horror film with secondary roles for Cushing , Woodward and Mcnee

The picture concerns about a bunch of friends ( Patrick Mcnee , Johnny Sekka..) , as they are looking for a English young student (Patrick Mower) who is seduced into an old cult carried out by a beautiful vampire (Imogen Stubbs) and being disappeared while was researching in a Greek island . There happens various unsolved killings and the police blame him as perpetrator of the creepy murders but his friends and the fiancée whose daddy is the University Principal (Peter Cushing) no believing his culpability but is spelled by a blood-sucking vampire .

It's a mediocre British terror film with suspense , action and vampires but a little bit boring and slow-moving . However , it contains some spectacular and glimmer Greeks outdoors , besides set on Oxford University . Patrick McNee ( Avengers) interprets smartly , as always . The great Peter Cushing plays correctly the starring's dad but his acting is secondary , also Edward Woodward (The wicker man) acts in a minimum role . Patrick Mower (Devil rides out)as charmed young is good and Johnny Sekka (Naked prey) in a quite secondary role is nice . The movie is regularly directed by Robert Hatford Davies , author of some other Horror film as ¨Corruption¨ (with Peter Cushing) , ¨The Fiend¨ (with Patrick McNee) and Blaxploitation movies as ¨Black Gunn¨ (Jim Brown) and ¨ The Take¨ (Billy Dee Williams) . This director due to disagreements with producers signed the film as Michael Burrows and the motion picture was shelved during years until its cinematic exhibition.