Bloodlust! (1961)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Ralph Brooke

Writers:

Ralph Brooke (writer)
Richard Connell (story)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Maniac Hunts Humans In A Jungle Hell!

Plot:

A crazed hunter kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Boat | Skeet Shooting | Public Domain | Skeleton

Cast

Wilton Graff	...	Dr. Albert Balleau
Robert Reed	...	Johnny Randall
June Kenney	...	Betty Scott
Joan Lora	...	Jeanne Perry
Eugene Persson	...	Pete Garwood (as Gene Persson)
Walter Brooke	...	Dean Gerrard
Lilyan Chauvin	...	Sandra Balleau
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Coontz	...	Insane man in woods
Bobby Hall	...	Jondor
Troy Patterson	...	Captain Tony

Runtime:

68 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Company:

cinegrafik

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jondor lifts the blind covering the case with the girl suspended in formaldehyde, her head is tilted towards the camera, but in the close-up it is facing the bottom of the tank.

Quotes:

Johnny Randall: Listen, Mister Balleau, fun's fun. But if you think we're gonna be the clay pigeons in your shooting gallery - you're just a little far out!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Cell (2000)

A Cut-Rate Version of "Most Dangerous Game"

BLOODLUST! (1961) is yet another retelling of "Most Dangerous Game" with a lackluster cast and inferior production values. The mostly youthful actors and actresses are terrible and turn in cardboard performances. There is one exception, however, and that is Wilton Graff as Belleau, a latter-day Count Zaroff wielding a crossbow to dispatch his victims on the remote island. Graff gives a very fey performance (imagine what Vincent Price could have done with this one!) as he stalks his prey and includes them in his tableaux of trophies and macabre death scenes. He chews scenery but at least attempts to raise the level of this hopeless mess which is why this effort isn't a complete waste. Beware the substandard print by Madacy Entertainment on a double-feature DVD which is accompanied by ATOM AGE VAMPIRE. Cast includes Robert Reed, June Kenney, Joan Lora, Eugene Persson, Walter Brooke and Lilyan Chauvin.