They go into the room with a vat of acid looking for weapons when a servant comes in. Balleau, who has removed the firing pin, kills Tony.Īfter escaping from the guestroom, Betty and Jeanne enter the secret tunnel. When Tony attempts to shoot Balleau, the gun does not fire. Tony runs off with it, leaving Johnny and Pete to fend for themselves. To make things more "sporting", he tosses Tony a pistol and says they will find ammunition in the "Tree of Death." There, they find just one bullet. He will carry a crossbow and only three arrows, one for each man. Balleau adds Tony to the hunt for failing to bring sufficient inmates from the "penal island." Balleau will hunt only the three men. At first, he detested sniping but then began to enjoy it, and soon the enjoyment "turned into a lust - a lust for blood!"Īs Balleau tells both couples that he will hunt Johnny and Pete, Jondor comes in dragging Capt. Balleau used to be a sniper during the war. Through it they find Balleau and his "trophies"- the mounted bodies of people he has hunted, Sandra and Dean among them. While hiding, Betty and Johnny discover a secret door. Two days later, no one has seen Balleau or heard from Sandra and Dean. As they sneak through the front gate, Balleau, toting a spear, follows. Jeanne and Pete go back to the guestroom to tell the others what they have seen.ĭean tells them his escape plan: he and Sandra will slip out of the house, steal a boat, go to the mainland and come back with help. They are horrified to find a woman's body floating in an aquarium. They go in and discover a vat of bubbling acid. Sandra and Dean stop Betty and Johnny, taking them back to the guestroom. Meanwhile, Johnny and Pete go to Betty and Jeanne's room. Lovers Sandra and houseguest Dean Gerard later discuss Dean's latest plan for their escape. Ballaeu makes his wife Sandra show Betty and Jeanne to the guestroom, while his servant Jondor escorts Johnny and Pete to their room. The couples want to leave, but Balleau says they can not because wild animals prowl the jungle.
That night at his house, Balleau tells them he moved to the island "after the war" to indulge his passion for hunting. Balleau orders the servants to help get Johnny out. While pulling him out, the others look up to see Dr. Tony awakens and calls out, warning them not to.Īs they explore the island, Johnny falls into a pit. When the ship's captain passes out drunk, they decide to go to a nearby jungle island. Two couples- Betty and Johnny, and Jeanne and Pete - vacation at sea together. It was filmed in 1959 but not released until 1961, when it was the second film on a double feature with The Devil's Hand. Its plot follows four young adults who visit a tropical island only to become prey for a sadistic hunter. It is based on Richard Connell's 1924 short story " The Most Dangerous Game." It was produced by Robert H. To be fair, it isn't exactly so appalling that it's unwatchable, and I guess it's charming in its own way because of that, but most people will find it a boring watch.Bloodlust! is a 1961 American horror thriller film written, directed and produced by Ralph Brooke and starring Wilton Graff, June Kenney, Joan Lora, Eugene Persson, and Robert Reed.
The dialogue is awful, the characters and their motivations are questionable, the special effects are laughable and the story sounds like ten other films you've likely seen before. It's nothing particularly noteworthy or great, even though it does feature an early bit from Lilyan Chauvin, who gained noteriety as the oppresive nun in Silent Night, Deadly Night, but that doesn't save the film as she's featured very little and not that great in it anyway. Most describe the film as The Most Dangerous Game with teenagers, and it's pretty much that. Wilton Graff's performance lacks the grit and sheer internal ferocity that Charles Laughton had in Island of the Lost Souls. His performance is actually the best in the film, and that isn't saying much really. Bloodlust! is mostly noteworthy because it contains an early performance from Robert Reed, who would go on to play the dad in The Brady Bunch.
This is a double-edged sword though because creativity didn't always equal talent. I love exploring older cinema, particularly B movies wherein most of the creativity seemed to be contained.
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