I Drink Your Blood (1970)

A group of hippies wreak havoc on a small town and a young boy, whose grandfather and sister were attacked by them, decides to get even, with deadly results.

Director:

David E. Durston (as David Durston)

Writer:

David E. Durston (as David Durston)

Stars:

Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, Jadin Wong, Rhonda Fultz

Cast

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

Storyline

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. 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.

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Plot Keywords:

grindhouse | lsd | machete | dentures | axe | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

December 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

Phobia

Filming Locations:

Sharon Springs, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jerry Gross Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 73 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Pig" being written on Shelly's torso during the bleeding ritual was a homage to the real-life crimes of Charles Manson and his cult.

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Goofs

Back home after being dosed with LSD, Doc Banner is sitting at his kitchen table. As Sylvia says, "Come on, Grandpa," and helps him up, the moving shadow of the mike and boom isvisible on the refrigerator and wall directly behind them, to the right of Sylvia's head.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Horace Bones: [addressing hippies] Let it be known to all the spirits that I am a Capricorn, living in The Tenth House... the house of our lord Satan. Let it be known to all the spirits that I, Horace Bones, was born into Hell, and reborn to this Earth. Let all the spirits here know that I am the first-born son of Satan! He commands my thoughts! I speak his words! Sons and daughters of Satan, put aside your worldly things and come to me.
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Alternate Versions

In its original 73 minute form, I DRINK YOUR BLOOD was rated "X" by the MPAA. The film was re-edited, different scenes were added, and the film was released "R" rated at 83 minutes

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Connections

Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

User Reviews

Annoyingly fun

I recently saw this forgotten gem, and I had a great time! Satan-worshiping hippies, a dead goat, lots of rats and plenty of nudity;what's not to like? Well, there were a few things I didn't like, sad to say. First on the list is the "Score". Whoever did this should be locked in a tiny room and forced to listen to it for seventeen hours in THX. Basically, it's a car alarm and drums looped over and over at increasingly harsh frequencies, making the audience long for the sweet low tones of a dentist's drill. Second on the list is the distracted acting. It's as if everyone in the town was eating prozac like skittles between takes. Aside from those two peeves, I had a blast watching it, and so might you, just remember to use the mute button. You'll need it.