Bloodlust (1992)

Release date:

1992 Australia

Running time:

83' (cover 85') - Source: VHS PAL

Rating:

US: NR

Main Crew:

Director: Jon Hewitt (Redball 1999) / Richard Wolstencroft (Pearls Before Swine 1999)
Producer: Windhover Productions
Score: Ross Hazeldine
Writer: Jon Hewitt / Richard Wolstencroft
Director of photography: Gary Ravenscroft

Cast:

Summary:

Three modern-day vampires are the targets of the religious crusade of Brother Bem (Phil Motherwell), so they decide to raid a casino for some cash and get out of town. But now the real trouble starts, as they're chased by various psychotics - the mobsters, the wacko zealots and the two hyper-violent idiot cops who are out to shoot anybody just for the fun of it. Their blood spattered odyssey can only lead to a final confrontation of wild violence...

Note:

- The first Australian movie ever banned in Britain due to the copious amounts of sex and gore.
- This film was the first feature for directors Richard Wolstencroft (founder of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival) and Jon Hewitt, and was filmed on video (but with a theatrical release).
- The cast partly consists of DJ's from local Melbourne radio station RRR, and Australian underground musicians (Ian Rilen of legendary punk band X , and Frank Brunetti, former member of 80s indie faves Died Pretty ).
- The vampires in the film are more like unusually strong, blood-drinking punks, as all other supernatural elements have been expunged from the script.

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