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I DRINK YOUR BLOOD

By 1970, the American public was through with hippies. They'd gone from being curious oddities and smelly nuisances, to drugged-up, blood-thirsty deviants. This image shift was fueled in large part by the murderous actions of a Californian quasi-commune that got totally swept up in John Lennon's whole "give peace a chance, by which I mean start an apocalyptic race war" vibe. Remember, America was younger back then: stabbing a pregnant lady 16 times and using her blood to smear "witchy" catchphrases on her front door was still a big deal.

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Hoping to cash in on hippy-panic of 1970, Box Office Spectaculars released the fantastic double feature I Drink Your Blood and I Eat Your Skin. While I Eat Your Skin is little more than a boilerplate zombie movie, I Drink Your Blood is truly something special. It's the tale of Horace Bones (Charles Manson) who leads his cult (the Family, obvs) on an acid-fueled killing spree in Dinkusville, America. Everything's going dupers for Horace & co. until they eat some meat pies contaminated with dog blood… rabid dog blood. The infected pies turn the cult into murderous cannibals (which, really, are just conservation-minded murderers). Here's what it says on the back of the box:

"Like a sheet of high-grade blotter, I Drink Your Blood packs enough bizarre entertainment value to last for hours and hours. We can only repeat the demonic invocation of Horace Bones, who tells his followers in the movie's opening scene: 'Satan was an acid-head. Drink from his cup. Pledge yourselves, and together we'll all freak out!'"

Because we love wasting your time, here's the movie in its entirety:

…and just for the fudge of it, here's I Eat Your Skin:

ALEX DUNBAR