Bloodlust! is a remake of the superior The Most Dangerous Game (1932), or should I say one of many many many remakes.

At time of writing it has a 3.2 on IMDB, insanely low so it's clearly an unappreciated remake. I can understand why, but not why it's quite that low.

Telling a remixed version of the classic tale we see a group of friends stuck on an island with a madman who hunts humans for sport.

Again this is a somewhat modified version of the tale and truth be told I don't like the changes that have been made. It's not bad by any means, it's just inferior, hammy and considering it's age looks really dated.

This was filmed in 1959, released in 1961 and yet still in black and white whereas the previous remake Run for the Sun (1956) was in color.

For an enjoyable version of this classic tale, stick with the 1932 original or for a modern adaptation watch Mindhunters (2004).

The Good:

Some interesting elements

The Bad:

Looks badly dated for its age

Frustratingly annoying stereotypical non-stop screaming ladies

Certain elements are plain silly

This is a very odd, sort of sick movie. A group of teenagers ends up on an island, run be a psychopathic hunter who is bored with animals and hunts humans instead. Since "The Most Dangerous Game," this tired old plot has played out many times. Even the original "Star Trek" did an episode like this. That said, how do you make it work. First of all, we have all these goons running around the island, working for the boss. They probably would have had numerous chances to bump the jerk off at some point. They are obviously violent men. Instead, they do his bidding. Maybe they aren't so smart. They giggle and drool most of the time. Meanwhile, even after the plot is hatched by the big guy, the people to be hunted are allowed to get together and figure out what they are going to do. There are also people being skinned in the basement and mounted in some kind of trophy cave. There is a woman floating in big aquarium. What is the motivation for this guy. Even General Zaroff in the original had a code he lived by. He was willing to face the possibility that he would be killed. In this one, one of the hunted is given a gun, but when he tries to use it, there is no firing pin. It stumbles on to its idiotic conclusion (suddenly one of the guys can't be stopped by bullets; where did that come from). It doesn't work under any sort of scrutiny.