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I Drink Your Blood, a review by Jimmy

Title: I Drink Your Blood (1970)
Genre: Horror
Director: David Durston
Rating: NR
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
Jadine Wong
Rhonda Fultz   
George Patterson
Riley Mills   

Plot:
It's Night of the Living Dead meets Charlie Manson in this gore-drenched 1971 drive-in classic. After consuming rabies-infected meat pies, an LSD-addicted hippie cult goes on a vicious murdering rampage! Heavily censored since its original release, this infamous landmark of cinematic brutality is being presented for the very first time in America in all its blood-splattered glory.

First american to receive a X rating only because of its violence, evidently 43 years later this isn't that violent. But except for this trivia fact does it worth a watch? Of course it does. Not only because it is well writen, not only because David Durston is a good director, not only because it was made in a real deserted small town, not only because the acting isn't too bad, but also because it was the first film of Lynn Lowry.

Recommanded.

Rating :

(From Jimmy's - 2013 Ooctober Horror Marathon on October 25th, 2013)

Desperate, a review by Antares

Desperate (1947) 56/100 - I would have rated this about 20 points lower if it hadn't been for some really great camera work in the middle and toward the end of the film. It's hard to believe that Anthony Mann was the director of this turkey. Didn't anyone read the screenplay before they started shooting the film. I mean, c'mon, there are so many ridiculous plot points in this story. A cop is killed, yet they let the protagonist go, because they want to use him as bait for the rest of the gang? How did Raymond Burr find him the second time? Steve Brodie uses the same kind of move to thwart not only the original robbery, but when he firsts escapes the gang. At times, I thought I was watching a comedy noir. The only saving graces are the performance by Burr and gazing upon Audrey Long's gorgeous face. Mann shot a lot of her in profile and I can understand why. The camera just loves her and at times, I thought I was looking at Marilyn Monroe's older sister.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on November 22nd, 2014)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

DS9 1.07 Q-Less
Writer: Gene Roddenberry (Original Characters By), Rick Berman (Original Characters By), Michael Piller (Original Characters By), Robert Hewitt Wolfe (Screenwriter), Hannah Louise Shearer (Original Material By)
Director: Paul Lynch
Cast: Avery Brooks (Commander Sisko), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Siddig El Fadil (Doctor Bashir), Terry Farrell (Lieutenant Dax), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Nana Visitor (Major Kira), Jennifer Hetrick (Vash), John de Lancie (Q), Van Epperson (Bajoran Clerk), Tom McCleister (Kolos), Laura Cameron (Bajoran Woman)

This episode was obviously made to bring in viewers from TNG. Too bad that Q hardly interacts with the DS9 crew. It would have been great to have more scenes between Sisko and Q.
It was a good way to introduce Q to DS9 and at the same time bring the Q/Vash story to a conclusion. Sadly there weren't any other Q episodes in DS9 after this one.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on October 16th, 2009)