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LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

GroovyDoom I am one of those who will never forget this movie's ad campaign, which advertised a double bill of this film and a movie called "I Eat Your Skin". If you already know "I Eat Your Skin" contained no eating of skin, then it will not come as a shock to you that "I Drink Your Blood" is not about vampires, and aside from an opening scene where a little blood is swilled, the focus of the film is not on blood drinking at all. It does turn into a freaked-out pseudo-zombie film in the vein of "The Crazies".A weird hippie and his small band of followers spend their time taking acid and conducting Satanic rituals. Their Satanic, wanderin' ways bring them to a little town on the verge of being completely abandoned; when they begin to terrorize the locals, a little kid gets revenge on them by injecting meat pies with the blood of a rabid dog and feeding them to the hippies, who then go on a homicidal rampage. When a group of rowdy construction workers also get infected, the spit really hits the fan.The ultra low budget gives the film a rickety appearance; you will either love it or hate it for that reason. Personally I loved it and think it's one of the best examples of a crazy 70s drive-in flick. It makes no sense, but there's a definite uneasy feeling going on throughout the whole thing, not the least of which is due to the obvious Manson family references. The violence is also often disturbing, and if the special effects are not always convincing, the eager spirit of things is enough to get under your skin.

Cristi_Ciopron 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.'

Bolesroor Bad dreams are elusive... waking up in terror, feeling helpless or alone is an awful feeling. I can only speak for myself when I admit to having been traumatized by nightmares. And yet I think we need bad dreams... what other way is there to confront our deepest fears than in the safety of sleep?There's always the movies..."I Drink Your Blood" is a spectacular nightmare. It captures the disjointed feeling of cold terror and the perverse sense of fun that are the hallmark of bad dreams. The story is about a group of Satanic hippies who wreak havoc on a small town, a metaphor for the culture clash at the time of the film's release but also a perfect recipe for a "Night of the Living Dead" homage: the zombies are going to get you sooner or later.This is by no means a great film... the script and dialogue only serve the purpose of setting up the scenes of bloody mayhem and mindless insanity that dominate the movie. I wouldn't suggest the movie to you if you're squeamish- outrageously gory shots and actual dead animals pop up frequently- but as a vicarious release of violence and depravity the movie is unmatched.There's something to be said for a movie that just "goes": no back-story, character arcs of foreshadowing. "I Drink Your Blood" is pure pulp, and a wonderful reminder that movies don't have to feature zillions in CGI or award-minded dialogue to be vital, primal, and fun. If you want to be sickened and reminded of a nightmare you'd be lucky to remember, I highly suggest you check this out.GRADE: B

bababear Because I had some excellent chicken enchiladas for supper, I DRINK YOUR BLOOD gets eight out of ten. Probably a little high, but what the heck.The story starts with a group of inexplicably clean cut and well groomed hippies who aspire to practice the Dark Arts. Their charismatic leader is a young man from India. In the group we have one Black man, one Asian woman, one young woman who's a mute, and several rejects from suburbia. Imagine a lost touring company of HAIR. Somehow they go through about two thirds of the film looking freshly scrubbed and wearing spotlessly clean clothes. Amazing.The leader assaults a young local girl. The hippies go into town (what's left of it- it's a charming New England village that's abandoned due to construction on a dam)- and stay at the old, abandoned hotel. Grandpa goes to investigate and is beaten up. Worse might have happened but his grandson, Pete, comes along just in time.Nobody knows what to do about the hippies and, of course, nobody thinks about calling local law enforcement because nobody will buy tickets for a twenty minute long feature film.Pete shoots a rabid dog and then makes his decision. Grandpa is a veterinarian, so there's all sorts of medical equipment in the house. He'll draw blood from the rabid dog and inject it into meat pies, then sell them to the hippies.Now, this was no ordinary rabid dog. The incubation period for rabies can range from ten days to as long as a year before symptoms show. This is a Special High Speed Movie Rabid Dog. The hippies are soon foaming at the mouth and rampaging across the countryside.The tone of the film is, to say the least, strange. Obviously it's a comedy: what else could explain the hyperactive musical score? Most of the characters you expect to survive do so. Most of the ones you expect to meet a grim fate, ditto.I think everyone connected with the film has done better work, probably on stage. Many of the actors give what I think of as stage performances in that they don't so much overact but perform in a way that ignores that the camera is only a few feet away.This is one that could do with an updated remake. The plot idea is sound, especially the fact that the valley will eventually be flooded when the dam is constructed. That's the climax the writer/director probably dreamed about (remember that hydrophobia is marked by a fear of water) but didn't have the money to produce.Considering that I was able to rent this for 99 cents, I say the eight out of ten rating was well deserved.