Jemiah

(2012-04-26 19:33:56)

Definitely a B-movie - but extremely watchable!

I was pretty startled to find out that this film was made in 1971. Ithas all the earmarks of a 1950s B-lister - ambiguous horror, randyhero, tons of gorgeous dames, peril, black and white photography.There's barely enough horror in this film to call it such, and whatthere is, is extremely cheesy, but I found myself loving itnonetheless. The Manila, Phillipines setting is interesting and thestrained one-liners of the hero (and his primary love interest) aregold-plated howlers. This is a fine movie to put on and mock, whilehaving a few pina coladas, before watching something actually good (orat least, a genuine 1950s B-movie horror classic). You won't feel badabout not giving it your complete attention, but fulfilled when you do.

Mikel3

(2012-04-26 14:18:40)

This film was a pleasant surprise !

I picked this up in a $1 store on a DVD with another film. I reallywanted to see the other film ('Castle of Blood' -USA title) on the DVDand only watched 'Blood Thirst' out of curiosity and because my wifesaid, "lets give it a chance". We figured how can you go wrong buyingtwo films on a DVD for one dollar especially when one of thefilms('Castle of Blood') is rated highly. The earlier comments herelead me to believe 'Blood Thirst' was going to be a bomb. Instead mywife and I both found it enjoyable maybe even more so than the higherrated film. More than once we were laughing out loud...and the goodpart is those scenes were supposed TO BE funny. As opposed to scenesthat are unintentional funny in some truly bad films. Also, I thoughtthe dubbing to English was well done as was the transfer to a niceclear DVD image. The film had a great early 60s feel to it and the B/Wonly made it better. There were some wonderfully off-beat charactersand scenes. I also found it hard to believe this was released in 1971because of the early 60s look and feel.Anyway, I wouldn't let the other comments here keep you from seeingthis, it's an enjoyable/offbeat little film with some good acting in itand surprisingly funny scenes. It's worth your time for a fun detective/horror film with a few chills and romance thrown in for good measure.And don't forget to check your local discount stores for it. I'm gladto have it in my DVD collection what a bargain!