Bloodlust (1992 film)
Bloodlust is a 1992 Australian vampire film directed by Jon Hewitt and Richard Wolstencroft and starring Big Bad Ralph and Kelly Chapman.
| Bloodlust | |
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| Directed by | Jon Hewitt Richard Wolstencroft |
| Produced by | Jon Hewitt |
| Written by | Jon Hewitt Richard Wolstencroft |
| Starring | Big Bad Ralph Kelly Chapman |
| Music by | Ross Hazeldine |
| Cinematography | Gary Ravenscroft |
| Edited by | Jon Hewitt |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Premise
In the streets of Melbourne, three vampires wander around killing, having sex and taking drugs. They carry out a heist, which involves stealing $3 million which attracts the attention of many psychotics, who chase them through a blood spattered odyssey into the Melbourne underground.
Production
Co-director Jon Hewitt described it as:
A purpose-made, market-driven, crass, exploitation film. It isn't particularly good but, for me, it was really my film school. It's where I taught myself how to make a feature film and made a lot of mistakes on it - but I tried to learn from them. It was a film made in the context of not really being able to get any support for anything I was trying to do, then just going out and making something that I thought would have a back-end market, would be a safe bet, a sort of straight-to-video schlock film.[1]
Filming took six weeks and was very difficult, with one member of the cast being arrested on drug charges. However Hewitt says it proved profitable.[1]
References
- "Interview with Jon Hewitt", Signet, 27 August 1998 Archived 12 January 2013 at Archive.today accessed 18 November 2012