I Drink Your Blood (1970)

Director:

David E. Durston

Writer:

David E. Durston (writer)

Release Date:

December 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A band of satanist hippies roll into a town and begin terrorizing the local folk. They rape a local girl and her grandpa goes after them...

Plot Keywords:

Satanist | LSD | Rape | Blood | Machete

Cast

Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury	...	Horace Bones (as Bhaskar)
Jadine Wong	...	Sue-Lin
Rhonda Fultz	...	Molly
George Patterson	...	Rollo
Riley Mills	...	Pete
John Damon	...	Roger Davis
Elizabeth Marner-Brooks	...	Mildred Nash
Richard Bowler	...	Doc Banner
Tyde Kierney	...	Andy
Iris Brooks	...	Sylvia
Alex Mann	...	Shelley
Bruno Damon
Mike Gentry

Also Known As:

Phobia (USA) (working title)
State Farm (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min | Australia:85 min | Japan:73 min (original version) | USA:83 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R (edited for re-rating) | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Norway:(Banned) (video rating) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Sharon Springs, New York, USA

Company:

Jerry Gross Productions

Trivia:

Before the passing of the Video Recordings Act, a cut version was briefly released by Media Video in the UK in the early 1980s. Although it was never listed as an official "nasty video", it was one of the films featured on a tape compiled by outspoken critic of sex and violence Mary Whitehouse and shown at the Conservative Party conference in 1984. This film has yet to receive a UK certificate.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Rollo is about to stab Roger while he is on the table, right before Rollo raises the dagger, you can see a crew member in the far back left of the house

Quotes:

Horace Bones: Let it be known, sons and daughters, that Satan was an acid head. Drink from his cup; pledge yourselves. And together, we'll all freak out.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Welcome to Eltingville (2002) (TV)

Rabies Are Not Healthy For Hippies And Other Living Things

I just received the DVD of this in the mail yesterday and watched it last night, and I could say this is an absolutely gorgeous remastering/restoration that is super clear & all that typical sort of stuff people rave about with DVD's, but then again, this is "I Drink Your Blood", degenerate drive-in 70's trash, so it hardly seems appropriate. But, since I love degenerate drive-in trash, I loved it and thought that whoever cleaned this up for DVD did an awesome job, my Something Weird Video VHS tape is pretty murky in comparison. Anyway, this is the heart warming story of a band of Satanist hippies, come to a small town in NY, to raise hell and stuff, they do bad things to a local girl and her grandpa comes to set things right and gets a bad trip for his efforts, after which his grandson takes matters into his own hands by taking rabid dog blood and injecting it into meat pies which the hippies later eat, leading to much fun and frolic from there on out. This is nasty, gory, cheesy, sleazy, and not exactly The Feel-Good Movie of the Year, for ANY year, but I think for what it is, it's very well done and is one of my favorite top 10 70's horror flicks. This version is uncut and uncensored, and I'm not sure exactly what all was cut from the OTHER version I saw, but I did see parts I don't remember, and just to see it restored for DVD is worthwhile. This is a horror movie fan's horror movie, and stands out head and shoulders above most of the dreck that's being churned out these days. This isn't particularly for the squeamish but if you love a good cheesy horror flick this may just be for you. 8 out of 10 stars.