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THE BLOOD DRINKERS—Severin Blu-ray Edition (1964) Ronald Remy, Amalia Fuentes, Eddie Fernandez, Eva Montes, Celia Rodriguez. Five years after TERROR IS A MAN became the first international horror hit from the Philippines, producer Cirio Santiago and director Gerry de Leon (BRIDES OF BLOOD) delivered Hemisphere’s next landmark shocker, THE BLOOD DRINKERS, with Ronald Remy (MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND) in a performance Critic After Dark called “perhaps the most compelling incarnation since Christopher Lee.” Remy stars in this orgy of gothic terror and Filipino pulp, complete with rubber bats, hunchback henchmen, theremin, whippings, rampant Catholicism and radical color tinting that remains unnerving more than half a century later. Amalia Fuentes (CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES) co-stars in “one of the more unusual vampire movies you’ll ever see” (DVD Drive-In)—also known as BLOOD IS THE COLOR OF NIGHT and VAMPIRE PEOPLE—now scanned from the only complete 35mm print known to exist.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Manong of the Philippines: Interview With Script Supervisor and Gerry De Leon's AD Dik Trofeo; Hemisphere Pictures Appreciation by Filmmaker David Decoteau; Audio Commentary With Film Historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger; Partial Audio Commentary With Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman; Deleted Scenes; Blood Drinkers Trailer; Vampire People Trailer; Radio Spot.
IMPORTANT! Because of our price points on outside blu-ray product, this title cannot be used as part of the $98 Special, the Customer Appreciation Sale, the Super Six Sale, the Big Spender Sale, or any other Sinister Cinema sale. Sorry!
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