OVERALL:
BLOOD:
BEASTS
BREASTS
Original title: Blood Thirst  
Aka: The Horror from Beyond
Director: Newt Arnold
Writer: N.I.P. Dennis
Cast---
Robert Winston ...  Adam Rourke
Yvonne Nielson   
Judy Dennis   
Vic Diaz ...  Captain Miguel
Katherine Henryk   
Eddie Infante  

Filming Locations: Philippines
BLOOD SEEKERS (1971)

  With a name like “BLOOD SEEKERS” you’d think you’d be in for a bloody treat. Then you find out it’s
a tame Philippine horror film from the ’71 which plays more like a dumb murder mystery, and you’ll be
hard-pressed to find a drop of blood. The movie was actually filmed entirely in the Philippines in the
early sixties in black and white. The “tense” scenes at the end actually employ a color tint to heighten
the excitement.

  A pretty young girl just leaving work from the club she works at is attacked and killed on her way home
by an indistinct monster man. Captain Miguel from the local police squad flies in N.Y. detective, and
good friend Adam Rourke to help on the case. Once they get together they talk about the other victims,
drink, and Miguel introduces Adam to his pretty yet headstrong sister Sylvia and Adam is instantly
hooked. All the victims have scratches on their forearms and are drained of blood. The local casino is
under suspicion and Adam proposes he go in undercover as a writer to see what he could find.

  The owner of the club is Cauldron and Adam immediately tries to setup an interview with him claiming it’
s for a newspaper. He gets to talk to him but before that, Caulderon’s wife, a shapely blonde woman,
performs a belly dance show at the club. Adam keeps poking his nose where it doesn’t belong and at
night  an assailant tries to kill him in his hotel room. Adam is faster and draws his gun and shoots the
guy dead. Later that night the monster man kills again. You don’t get a good look at his face until the
third murder, in which he looks like he has the head of toxic avenger but with more lumps and indistinct
facial features.  Adam causes more trouble getting into a bar-fight, trying to sneak into the club’s private
area. Caulderon’s wife approaches him for help and asks to meet with him in secret to talk about her
abusive husband.

  They meet late at night by some trees and drink and talk but she is evil and has drugged Adam. When
he awakes he’s tied to a tree. Meanwhile, Sylvia (the girl Adam has the hots for) wants to help but get’s
herself caught by the monster man while snooping around the secret crypt below the casino. She is tied
up and prepped for blood draining.  Caulderon’s wife explains to Adam how she needs the blood of
some girls for eternal life then she heads back to the crypt. A strange guy unties Adam and they call the
police. They had to the casino. Adam arrives just in time to stop Sylvia from being drained of blood. Now
here comes the strangeness. Caulderon’s wife throws a smoke bomb and turns into a very old woman.
Then she throws another and disappears. Finally the monster head man becomes a regular Philippine
man and that’s it.

This was one of the lamest horror movies I have ever seen. It had a linear story but it did not do a good
job of explaining what happened at the final ritual. This would probably have been rated P.G. today. I
gave it one coffin because the story was ok until the end. All it needed was a satisfying ending for a two
coffin rating lol !

                       
                                                                                                                     - Jorge Antonio Lopez
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Blood Seekers (1971)
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