Tune in and drop out. Seek altered states of reality and a quest for the truth. The era is the 1960s and 1970s. LSD was not just a drug, but a connector to the deeper meaning. Hippie exploitation films are free in style and form, the genre is not a rigorously researched cinephile favorite. In fact, it is a term used mostly by B-movie and grindhouse enthusiasts in internet forums. The cultural revolution of the 1960s fought against social conservatism and war, and the cinema of the time depicted these tensions with films bearing messages of the dangers of revolution and hallucinogens.In its most basic definition, these films live within the realm of the exploitation genre and heavily feature LSD and hippies. The films depict the various trips experienced by characters, on a scale of positive to negative. In the wake of the Manson murders in 1969, the media amplified...
- 11/23/2020
- MUBI
I Drink Your Blood (1970) is as old as I am. Unlike me, however, it shows very little wear and tear; a loud and proud exploitation horror diorama from an age when all boundaries of good taste and reason were pushed to the breaking point. If you only have room in your life for one rabies-infested satanic hippies movie, make it I Drink Your Blood.
This film is the blueprint for creating your very own grimy, crude, offensive B classic. First, you need a backer. Enter producer Jerry Gross, known at the time as a king of grindhouse hype, modeled after William Castle. For example, when he rereleased two of the ‘60s Mondo films (real rituals and customs from exotic locales, documentary style), Mondo Cane and Mondo Pazzo on a double bill, he paraded around actors in tribesmen costumes to sell the authenticity of the films. He offered director David Durston...
This film is the blueprint for creating your very own grimy, crude, offensive B classic. First, you need a backer. Enter producer Jerry Gross, known at the time as a king of grindhouse hype, modeled after William Castle. For example, when he rereleased two of the ‘60s Mondo films (real rituals and customs from exotic locales, documentary style), Mondo Cane and Mondo Pazzo on a double bill, he paraded around actors in tribesmen costumes to sell the authenticity of the films. He offered director David Durston...
- 12/10/2016
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Grindhouse Releasing – November 2016 New Releases I Drink Your Blood 2 Blu-rays – Deluxe Edition Label: Grindhouse Releasing Director: David E. Durston Cast: Bhaskar, John Damon, Tyde Kierney, Arlene Farber, Elizabeth Marner-Brooks, Lynn Lowry Rabid, Drug-infested Hippies On A Blood-crazed Killing Spree! It’s Night Of The Living Dead meets Charlie Manson in this gore-drenched …
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- 10/6/2016
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
As the year 2009 winds down, we can't think of a better way to send it on its not so merry way than via a blast from the past like the cult classic I Drink Your Blood, which has the distinction of being the first film ever to be rated X by the MPAA based on violence alone.
According to Amazon "words just can't do this movie justice" so thankfully we have Trembles' visual take to fall back on. "Like a sheet of high-grade blotter, I Drink Your Blood packs enough bizarre entertainment value to last for hours and hours. We can only repeat the demonic invocation of Horace Bones (Bhaskar), who tells his followers in the movie's opening scene: "Satan was an acid-head. Drink from his cup. Pledge yourselves, and together we'll all freak out!"
"Achieve heightened awareness via infectious disease!"
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According to Amazon "words just can't do this movie justice" so thankfully we have Trembles' visual take to fall back on. "Like a sheet of high-grade blotter, I Drink Your Blood packs enough bizarre entertainment value to last for hours and hours. We can only repeat the demonic invocation of Horace Bones (Bhaskar), who tells his followers in the movie's opening scene: "Satan was an acid-head. Drink from his cup. Pledge yourselves, and together we'll all freak out!"
"Achieve heightened awareness via infectious disease!"
Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the Dread Central forums!
- 12/31/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The Bible says that Satan "masquerades as an angel of light. In popular culture, we tend to think of him as a big red dude with horns and a pitchfork, or as a talking snake, or as Al Pacino in an Armani suit. The devil, in other words, comes in many different forms. And his followers come in just as many. Unlike a lot of other horror movie staples, there's no visual archetype for satanists. We recognize a vampire when we see his fangs and a zombie by the rotting flesh, but a Satan-worshipper? Tougher to spot.
In the new indie horror film "The House of the Devil," an unknowing teenager looking to make some quick cash is lured into a babysitting job by a crew of weirdos who are ultimately revealed to be devil worshippers (not a spoiler, folks, look at the title). This particular coven of satanists are a bunch of suburban eccentrics,...
In the new indie horror film "The House of the Devil," an unknowing teenager looking to make some quick cash is lured into a babysitting job by a crew of weirdos who are ultimately revealed to be devil worshippers (not a spoiler, folks, look at the title). This particular coven of satanists are a bunch of suburban eccentrics,...
- 10/30/2009
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Greetings Fango Fiends, Psycho Bunny here! Dr. Cyclops thought he was being cute with all of those Mbv DVD's he dropped in Mistress Bekah's prize casket this week, but now it's time for the 'Bunny to show him how it's done! Inside the prize casket are Fifteen copies of David Durston's 1970 horror classic I Drink Your Blood. And oh yes, they're Special Editions!
Not familiar with I Drink Your Blood? Here's the bloody scoop!
Sons and daughters of Satan: Let it be known that this is the first and only uncut, authorized release of David Durston's I Drink Your Blood. Restored in all its acid-crazed glory, this `70s horror classic is now more gruesome and depraved than ever before--accept no substitutes! Originally released in February 1971, I Drink Your Blood was one of the first motion pictures to be rated X for violence. Aiming to outdo Night Of The Living Dead,...
Not familiar with I Drink Your Blood? Here's the bloody scoop!
Sons and daughters of Satan: Let it be known that this is the first and only uncut, authorized release of David Durston's I Drink Your Blood. Restored in all its acid-crazed glory, this `70s horror classic is now more gruesome and depraved than ever before--accept no substitutes! Originally released in February 1971, I Drink Your Blood was one of the first motion pictures to be rated X for violence. Aiming to outdo Night Of The Living Dead,...
- 1/12/2009
- Fangoria
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