Uriah43 "Dr. Marco" (Ronald Remy) is a vampire who wants to revive a woman he loves named "Katrina" (Amalia Fuentes) back from the dead. In order to do that he needs to perform a heart transplant and the only acceptable donor is her twin sister "Charito" (also played by Amalia Fuentes). In the meantime, Dr. Marco must keep Katrina alive and so he has people killed so that their blood can be given to her. Naturally, these deaths cause concern among the local populace which makes it quite a bit more difficult for Dr. Marco to complete his operation. Anyway, what I found remarkable about this film was the unique technique of using red-tinted film to signify the presence of vampires. Rather interesting indeed. Likewise, the heavy use of smoke to imitate fog wasn't too bad either. On the other hand, being originally produced in Tagalog and dubbed into English caused the dialogue to seem a bit flat. Additionally, the heavy influence of Roman Catholicism was probably a bit too strong in my opinion. But this was a movie made in the Philippines so perhaps this was customary during this specific time period. In any case, this wasn't a bad movie but the overall production values seemed to be somewhat lacking. That said I rate the movie as slightly below average.

Sandy Petersen A semi-color Filipino vampire film with lots and lots of amazing vampire action. The lead vampire, played by a bald Ronald Remy, is just fine, particularly because he is ALSO a mad scientist, who must steal the heart of his dying lover's sister to restore her. Plus he is served by a hunchback, a dwarf, another cute girl, and the old mom of the two girls he is involved with.I call it "semi-color" because many scenes are black-and-white. Some are full-color, and others are tinted blue or pink. It makes no sense either. A completely innocuous scene of some men serenading the heroine is in full-color, while the hunchback attacking and killing two people, which you'd think would be worthy of at least a tint, is normal black and white. Its like a kid who just found out about filters.The mad scientist, plus the many deformed vampires, all lead to great fun. Sure the movie makes no sense at all but who cares? The giant fake bat (de rigeur in any vampire film) appears to be a fruit bat, rather than a blood-sucking variety, and at least two of the vampires wear sporty shades while flitting around at night. That's a new one.Lots of low-budget fun. If you haven't encountered 60s Filipino horror - this is as good a place as any to start. It's fun to compare it with, say, Mexican vampire movies. Actually I would argue that The Blood Drinkers holds up against even American vampire movies from the 1960s. Nothing we did until Count Yorga holds a candle to this one. (The British Hammer Dracula films, of course, leave the poor Filipino blood drinkers panting in the dust.) Whether you appreciate this movie for its loony qualities, or for its interesting plot and scenery, it's worth a look. It is NOT cheesy in the classic sense, by the way. The actors play their parts as straight as I've seen, and the monsters are certainly not camping it up. Yeah it's weird that there is a dwarf vampire and such, but if there WERE such a thing, it may as well behave like the one in this movie.

Blaise_B An evil genius vampire whose minions include a hunchback, a midget, a hot chick with sunglasses, and a rubber bat tries to save the life of his vampire lover by transplanting her with the heart of her long, lost sister. The sister, inconveniently, is still alive. Plays at times like an Ed Wood movie, at others like a classic, albeit low-budget, horror film. Made in the Philippines, which lends jungle atmosphere, interesting architecture, and enough catholic iconography to satisfy the Pope. Badly dubbed in English, including the fact that three completely different characters are, evidently, supposed to be mute and make the exact same, "Uhn, uhn, uhn," noises in the exact same voice, which is blissfully confusing. Features one singing cowboy scene, Captain Kirk-style martial arts, and a musical score that sounds like it could be library tracks but nonetheless is very effective. The film is sometimes black and white, sometimes color, and sometimes tinted a garish magenta, which actually works to heighten the atmosphere at least part of the time. Anyone who has read this far and is still interested will not be disappointed.

masibindi Polished performances, outstanding effects, pathos, delicious and powerful antagonist, nod to spirituality, eerie atmosphere, scary moments, moody, and superb. A feast for cerebral viewers. Inclusion of diversely enabled cast members is an ingenious touch.