10 Horror Films To Get You In The Mood For Halloween

Clearly gunning for Night Of The Living Dead’s closed-in, apocalyptic feel (the protagonists even head into the cellar during the climax) and playing off the then-recent Charles Manson slayings, I Drink Your Blood isn’t always on the money but still delivers a rousing sleazefest with the color photography and brisk pacing that George Romero’s movie lacked. Critically, though, Romero had better actors, a killer pay-off and, in particular, a more credible set up.

When a local girl is assaulted, blame falls on a group of hippies who call themselves the “sons and daughters of Satan.” Deciding to take the law into his own hands, a young fella sneaks into the local bakery, injects some fresh-baked pastries with blood from a rabid dog and hawks them to the family members, who immediately tool up with knives and axes for a foaming-at-the-mouth rampage.

Among the manifestations of rabies are, of course, the sudden and uncontrollable urge to hack up strangers with an electric carving knife, as well as a pathological fear of water, leading to some amusing scenes of the infected being repelled simply by being splashed.