Directed by Robert C. Hughes
Five "city boys" travel to the country to relax by doing some hunting, drinking Bud, and generally having good time. However, the local inbred backwoods psychos turn the hunters to be the hunted, and they need all the ammo and wits they have to get out of the woods alive.
Gehetzt, gejagt, getötet, Chasse sanglante, Hunter's Blood - Gehetzt, gejagt, getötet, Кръвта на ловеца, La sangre del cazador, 猎人之血, Άγριο Κυνήγι, 獵人之血
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Posted signs don’t mean buzzard shit. These woods belong to them that hold em.
Rewatch to see if I really wanted to spend the $65 to pick up the new Synapse 4k release.
Still undecided. Fun hixploitation movie that’s better than I remember, but also pretty standard flick and the Embassy VHS holds up quite nice.
In spite of having worked at a video store that was known for having an insanely large collection of horror films, I had never heard of this one before although I can totally imagine that VHS cover art sitting on a late 80’s dusty store shelf, right?
A group of city boys go hunting only to end up playing a game of “cat & mouse” with a group of backwoods locals. Obviously, this was inspired by Deliverance, although it’s not even remotely as disturbing as that film. Still, this is an entertaining movie that moves along at a pace that’s just about perfect for those of us with the attention span of a fruit fly. I told myself I’d just start…
A survival thriller in the vein of Deliverance, Rituals and Southern Comfort. Hunter's Blood isn't as good as those movies but it has one thing they don't have - Clu Gulager being an absolute badass.
Clu and his fellow city friends head into the woods on a hunting trip. First, they run afoul of the local boys at the bar including Carpenter regular Charles Cyphers and a young Billy Bob Thornton. Then, they run afoul of the local poachers in the woods including Bruce Glover and a young Billy Drago. By the time they start getting hunted themselves, you start to feel like it's their own damn fault. They've pissed off every local in the area, been warned away by…
Needed way more "Hunter's blood" and more of Clu Gulager. Though Bruce Glover (RIP) is wonderfully over the top.
Winter trash 24/25
14. 1/3 - Watch a movie released in 1986.
Because nothing says cinematic excellence quite like a hillbilly horror romp drenched in testosterone and bad decisions.
Think Deliverance, but with less subtlety and more beer guts. Hunter’s Blood serves up exactly what you’d expect from an ’80s hicksploitation flick—city slickers running afoul of psychotic backwoods locals who apparently missed the memo on Southern hospitality. The plot is simple: a group of friends goes hunting in rural Arkansas and ends up as the hunted, courtesy of a clan of hillbilly murder enthusiasts.
The acting is surprisingly not terrible. Sam Bottoms leads the pack as David, the requisite ‘relatable guy,’ while Clu Gulager chews through scenery like a rough…
This hicksploitation mashup has some really great varient poster art. The one here is pretty cool but the one I remember liking was one by Graham Humphreys that I can't seem to get a link to. *found it! * here
Melding elements of Deliverance and Southern Comfort, it has five very broadly drawn city slicker yanks (wanks) go on a hunting trip in redneck country. Instantly falling foul of some locals due to Joey Travolta's "lawyer" with a mental age of seven pointing and staring, they rely on Clu Gulager's hard as nails old timer to fight anyone who dares to take him on. Seems ridiculous but I just about bought it.
Anyway it's all fun and games, chasing each…
Day 9: Thrillers
I always have to find a way to shoehorn some hicksploitation into my June, even when there is no specific category.
Despite having never known of the existence of this film before Synapse announced its release, I immediately ordered it for some reason. I don't know. I love the work Synapse does, and I also love that typically when they announce something, it's ready to ship. You are not waiting around for months or years for something you've preordered.
Hunter's Blood looked right up my alley though. I'm always down for a survivalist film exploiting the success of Deliverance. Bonus points for setting this one in my neck of the woods--Arkansas (although I am a…
Low budget thriller cut from the same cloth as DELIVERANCE and SOUTHERN COMFORT. Very effective.
Pretty much a lesser Deliverance starring a lesser Bottoms and a lesser Travolta with a soundtrack by a lesser Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds. There's no such thing as a lesser Clu Gulager, so they got the original.
Well this was an honest-to-god movie, much to my disappointment. Thought it was gonna be an DIY horror. It leaned harder into the thriller sensibilities, although they got in some alright practical gore. The last act felt like Lake Bodom without the overbearing dread. All in all not bad, just not what I went in for.
Can’t say I was a big fan of any of the characters and I’ve seen far more engaging redneck/hunted films. The second half definitely made up for the first and it was manageable on 1.5 speed (minimum).
May no one ever come between you and your beer again.
This was the perfect choice for a laid-back, VHS-in-bed kind of night. I’ve been deep in my summer float trip nostalgia bag lately, and after spending five hours with my parents looking through old photos, and an enormous amount of camping photos, I needed something woodsy, gritty, and just a little off the rails. Hunter’s Blood scratched that itch.
First off: Clu Gulager is the MVP. Dude looks like the oldest of the crew but throws down like he’s in Road House. I did not expect Charles Cyphers to pull a knife only to get completely wrecked. Clu’s just out there beating ass, spitting one-liners, and taking no shit. Horror royalty, meet action dad.
Charles Cyphers, by the way -…
