Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Wordiezett So much average

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

BA_Harrison A hideous monster is on the prowl in Manila, draining the blood of its victims, all young, female employees at the Barrio nightclub. Local police inspector Miguel Ramos (Filipino regular Vic Diaz) calls in his old friend Adam Rourke (Robert Winston), a smarmy, smart-ass sex crimes expert from the U.S., to help him on the case.With a title like Blood Thirst, one might reasonably expect a gory piece of exploitation schlock, but sadly this is not the case. What we get is more like a noir-ish detective flick (complete with shadowy black and white photography and a sleazy jazz soundtrack), albeit with slight horror elements. This means that for much of the time the film is content to follow Rourke as he investigates the mysterious murders, romances Miguel's sister Sylvia (Katherine Henryk), and gets in a few fist fights, all of which proves very dull.The silly climax sees Serena, a dancer at the Barrio, revealed to be a South American Golden Goddess who possesses the secret to everlasting youth. As Miguel and Adam battle Serena's disfigured helper, they interrupt her ritual—which involves human blood, special herbs, and a chair that harnesses the energy of the sun—causing her to rapidly grow old and disintegrate.

Rainey Dawn This was made in 1965 but released in 1971 on the US grindhouse circuit - that is why the film "feels" like a 1960s film (some people don't seem to realize this).Grindhouse? Well it's women missing and some found dead... so an American sex-crime specialist has been called in on the case by a detective friend in Manila. It's not overly bloody nor a gore-fest, it's just believed to be sex-crimes and the film was made in the Philippines.It's better than it looks - yes it's a monster that looks like chewed bubblegum that appears at the latter part of the film (you can see that by the poster/video cover) but if you can look past that then you'll find an okay detective crime-horror film. But how does the the blood cult fit into all this? Are they Vampires? Witches? 4/10

Woodyanders Macho wisecracking playboy American sex crime expert Adam Rourke (decently played by Robert Winston) is summoned to the Phillippines by jolly and affable police captain Miguel (a typically fine and engaging performance by ubiquitous Filipino exploitation cinema mainstay Vic Diaz) to investigate a baffling series of brutal murders. Director Newt Arnold, working from an overly talky and largely uneventful script by N.I.P. Dennis, sadly allows the pace to crawl along at a sluggish clip and crucially fails to build much in the way of either suspense or spooky atmosphere. Moreover, the infrequent attacks by a rather laughable lumpy faced monster are flatly staged. Fortunately, this film is beautifully shot in gorgeous sepia-tinged black and white by cinematographer Hermos Santos; the various blue, green, and red hues give this picture an exquisitely moody and stylish film noirish look. In addition, the mellow jazzy score hits the groovy spot, there are a few cool secondary characters (my favorite is the crippled, but still highly capable undercover cop who helps Rourke out), the climax is reasonably lively and exciting, and fetching blonde Yvonne Nielson as a sexy exotic nightclub dancer adds a little sizzle to the otherwise pretty drab proceedings. A strictly passable timewaster.

Jemiah I was pretty startled to find out that this film was made in 1971. It has all the earmarks of a 1950s B-lister - ambiguous horror, randy hero, tons of gorgeous dames, peril, black and white photography. There's barely enough horror in this film to call it such, and what there is, is extremely cheesy, but I found myself loving it nonetheless. The Manila, Phillipines setting is interesting and the strained one-liners of the hero (and his primary love interest) are gold-plated howlers. This is a fine movie to put on and mock, while having a few pina coladas, before watching something actually good (or at least, a genuine 1950s B-movie horror classic). You won't feel bad about not giving it your complete attention, but fulfilled when you do.