Bloodlust
(1991)
For
this weeks Classic,
let's go low rent, real
low rent.
Bloodlust is an
ultra-low-budget vampire
exploitation film, the
first film shot on video
from co-directors Jon
Hewitt (Redball,
Acolytes, X) and Richard
Wolstencroft (Pearls
Before Swine, The
Beautiful and the
Damned). A group of
psychotic vampires Tad,
Lear (Jane Stuart
Wallace) and Frank
(Kelly Chapman) roam
Melbourne for their next
victims, get bored and
decide to rob an illegal
casino run by gangster
Stieg (Paul Moder). With
a stockpile of weapons
that could supply an
army, they are now the
targets of Stieg's crew,
a couple of crooked cops
and a manic bible
thumping preacher
Brother Bem (Phil
Motherwell), who with
his neverending supply
of zealots wants to rid
the Earth of filth. Oh,
it's going to be a
sex-fuelled,
blood-soaked fight for
survival in Geeksville.
Well, it's low budget
exploitation, what else
would you expect?
The
filmmakers wanted to
make a film that had
every type of perversion
imaginable and well
Bloodlust doesn't die
delivering. A stack of
fun, completely and
utterly ridiculous,
lewd, crude and with
more squibs of blood
used than I've ever
seen. Yeah, it's shit
and if your not up for
it, you won't get it,
but if you are,
Bloodlust is fantastic
low rent shonky fun.
And
there's a stack of
videos from the extras
off the new brilliant
special edition DVD,
most of which aren't the
best quality (it was
shot on video), but who
cares when there's some
extra lesbian action
that the directors can't
believe they left out of
the film. And the
stories about the making
of the film are well
worth listening to. The
ones about Kelly Chapman
(now an indy film
producer including Jucy)
are quite enlightening.
Kelly
Chapman
from the film (collages
below)
   
Kelly
Chapman from
the DVD extras (one
clip includes an
actress named Clare
Paradine)
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