Rent Blood Bath (1966)
2.7 of 5 from 49 ratings
5h 16min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
The films of Roger Corman are often as well-known for their behind-the-scenes stories as they are the ones unfolding on the screen. He famously made 'Little Shop of Horrors' in just two days using sets left over from 'A Bucket of Blood' and shot 'The Terror' over a long weekend because bad weather prevented him from playing tennis. But none of these tales is quite so complex, or quite so extraordinary, as the making of 'Blood Bath'. The saga began when Corman invested in a Yugoslavian Krimi-like picture entitled 'Operation Titian' just prior to it going into production. Insisting it be filmed in English, he sent actors William Campbell and Patrick Magee, and uncredited story editor Francis Ford Coppola (all fresh from Dementia 13), to Dubrovnik to make a US-friendly movie but wasn't satisfied with the end results. First it was re-cut and re-scored to create 'Portrait in Terror', a film more in line with drive-in tastes, then it was handed over to Jack Hill (Spider Baby), followed by Stephanie Rothman (Terminal Island), each undertaking reshoots that resulted in a vampire picture by the name of 'Blood Bath'. One final twist was provided when a TV version was required, chopping scenes and adding others to create 'Track of the Vampire'. - Actors:
- William Campbell, Marissa Mathes, Lori Saunders, Sandra Knight, Karl Schanzer, Biff Elliot, Sid Haig, Jonathan Haze, Fred Thompson, David Ackles, Thomas Karnes, Frank Church, David Miller, Jess Nichols, Lowe Stephens, Roger Corman, Jac Flanders, Patrick Magee, Steve Pendleton
- Directors:
- Jack Hill, Stephanie Rothman
- Producers:
- Jack Hill
- Writers:
- Jack Hill, Stephanie Rothman
- Aka:
- Track of the Vampire
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/05/2016
- Run Time:
- 317 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Presentation of four versions of the film: 'Operation Titian', 'Portrait in Terror', 'Blood Bath' and 'Track of the Vampire'
- Brand new reconstruction of Operation Titian using original film materials and standard definition inserts
- The Trouble with Titian Revisited - a brand new visual essay in which Tim Lucas returns to (and updates) his three-part Video Watchdog feature to examine the convoluted production history of Blood Bath and its multiple versions
- Bathing in Blood with Sid Haig - a new interview with the actor, recorded exclusively for this release
- Archive interview with producer-director Jack Hill
- Stills Gallery
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- Operation Titan
- Portrait in Terror - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- Blood Bath
- Track of the Vampire
