Artivels Undescribable Perfection

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Aaron1375 This film is obviously a take on the story, "The Most Dangerous Game", only it features two couples rather than the one person in the story. I saw this film as an episode of Mystery Science Theater and it does some okay things, but overall, it just comes across as a bit lame and there are more than a couple of plot holes in this one. The film features Robert Reed as one of the four who come to the island because it looks cool and it features a lot of henchmen wearing sailor outfits that look right out of a Popeye cartoon and a man who likes to go out for an evening's diversion. Oh, and it has two drunks in the film too, but one of them is only faking.The story has a group of four young adults on a boat in the middle of nowhere. They have apparently chartered the boat from a man who likes to drink a lot and he soon passes out leaving them stranded in the middle of the ocean. To pass the time while they wait for him to sober up, they take the dingy out to an island in the hopes of doing a little exploring. They hang out at the beach and decide to go into the forest so that they can find some things to have a clam bake on the beach. Unfortunately, Robert Reed's character stumbles into a pit trap and soon they find themselves as guests of the man who owns the island. He seems friendly enough, but while exploring the house they find he has quite a number of deadly secrets, the main one being the fact he likes to hunt people on the island. Soon the two guys in the group are sent into the forest along with the captain of their boat to be hunted by the hunter with his trusty crossbow.This made for a rather good episode of MST3K. The film only had a one hour running time, which means we got a short to go along with it, about two kids spending the summer on the farm, but this short only took up one segment meaning most of the film is intact here. There are many jokes focusing on the Brady Bunch dad and the fact the other guy is a bit dorky. There is also a lot of riffs on the various henchmen as they managed to give them humorous names. They also made fun of the one henchman who was a dead ringer for Mr. Carlin from the Bob Newhart show.The movie was not all bad as it did not drag too much and it certainly does not overstay its welcome. However, there are just too many flaws to consider it a good movie. The main thing I have a problem with is the fact that the hunter in this film owns the island and employs a lot of henchmen. Before this life he was in the army where he developed his blood lust and before that he was a curator at a museum. Neither of these things explains why this guy owns a freaking island and can apparently employ a bunch of guys who are okay with him killing. That is another thing, where did he find these guys? I would think they might be prisoners, but it is mentioned he uses prisoners in his hunts. I just find it a bit too hard to swallow that he was able to employ all these people who are not allowed to leave the island, seems like there is no benefit to them. There are other things that make little sense, but then that is why it was featured on MST3K.

dwpollar 1st watched 7/11/2014 – 3 out of 10(Dir-Ralph Brooke): Unimpressive horror movie about another mad doctor on a mostly un-inhabited island who makes a game out of chasing down and hunting all different kids of mammals and animals. This isn't the worst early 60's cheaply made horror film(this isn't saying much), but it could have been much better. The father from "Brady Bunch" – a young Robert Reed – plays one of the young adults who are taking a fun boat ride when they encounter an unknown island, and direct the drunk captain to put them ashore so they can see what's there(they are thinking treasure??). Instead they find there are folk that have put up camp there already and want them to stay the night. Wilton Graff plays the host and he seems kind, but it's obvious things are not kosher pretty early on. He introduces himself as a hunter, but we find out later that it's not just animals that he keeps as trophies. This very short movie(68 minutes) – does a good job of keeping the pace going and is interesting as a story, but there are too many un-intentionally comical scenes where the viewer just shakes his head about the responses of the characters to the situation. There are a lot of scenes put there so we can here the women scream from fright(woo hoo!!). The igor-type helpers of the doctor are another area that is unclear(how did they get there?? why do they follow his every command??). Some of the parts of the movie and the theme is pretty shocking for the early 60's and in some ways ahead of it's time in this area, but overall this is just a mediocre movie that is not a bad viewing, but there is nothing to make it that worthwhile.

johnstonjames Not as funny as some bad movies, but definitely worth watching for good campy fun. The sets are better then a lot of low budget movies, but they are still not very good. I like bad movies. People shouldn't be so hard on them. They are more entertaining then a lot of the big-budget mainstream crap that comes from the big studios.This movie is not a low budget bad movie gem like 'Plan 9' or 'Ro-Man' but it is pretty funny at times and very violent for the period when it was made. It proceeded the films of Herschel Gordon Lewis which is a noteworthy foot note in cinema. The main problem with 'Bloodlust' is that it is not as surreal as other bad movies. Bad movies can seem very far-out, even more far-out then major studio films that try to be strange. People should be kinder to bad films, often they are cinema at it's most fun.

wes-connors "While vacationing in the tropics, a group of teen-agers set sail to an apparent deserted island. What they discover when they arrive is that the island is owned by Dr. Balleau, an eccentric man with a passion for big-game hunting. After years of importing game onto the island for sport, Dr. Balleau has set his sights on a new quarry, those unfortunate enough to stumble upon his island. Now realizing what they're up against, the teen-agers must elude their host in the hopes of making (it) off the island alive," according to the DVD sleeve's synopsis.The sleeve's synopsis is inaccurate in describing the group of four as "teen-agers". They are quite clearly "young people" in their 20s; however, the film is funnier if you think of them as teenagers. Leading the group is tall Robert Reed (as Johnny Randall), inappropriately paired with the shorter female, June Kerry (as Betty Scott). Probably, followers of "The Brady Bunch" will enjoy seeing Mr. Reed before he essayed his most famous role. "Bloodlust!" is better than your average "Brady Bunch" episode, but Reed doesn't demonstrate the same ability to make the most of a bad situation. Ralph Brooke's "Most Dangerous Game" hunter Wilton Graff (as Balleau) doesn't help much. Supporting performances vary.** Bloodlust! (1961) Ralph Brooke ~ Robert Reed, Wilton Graff, Walter Brooke