Bloodthirsty Butchers (film)

Bloodthirsty Butchers is a 1970 horror film directed by Andy Milligan and starring Michael Cox, Linda Driver, Jane Helay, and Bernard Kaler. It is an adaptation of the notorious story of Sweeney Todd. The film was released as a double feature with Torture Dungeon.

Bloodthirsty Butchers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndy Milligan
Written byAndy Milligan
John Borske
Produced byWilliam Mishkin
StarringMichael Cox
Linda Driver
Jane Helay
Bernard Kaler
CinematographyAndy Milligan
Edited byAndy Milligan
Production
companies
Constitution Films, Inc.
Distributed byWilliam Mishkin Motion Pictures, Inc.
Release date
  • January 23, 1970 (1970-01-23)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$18,000 (estimated)

Plot

An updated version of the Sweeney Todd legend, this melodrama tells the tale of a murderous barber, Sweeney Todd, who supplies raw meat for his neighbor, Mrs. Lovett, who runs a pie shop. Amid the resulting carnage is a romantic sub-plot, although the film focuses mainly on the gore.[1]

Cast

Release

Bloodthirsty Butchers premiered on 23 January 1970 and was re-released in a special screening of the Milligan Mania as part of the Cinedelphia Film Festival on 10 April 2015 over Exhumed Films.[2]

Home media

Bloodthirsty Butchers was first released on VHS in the mid 1980s by the defunct video company Midnight Video. The film was released for the first time on DVD by Films Around The World Inc. on January 1, 2013. The company would re-released the film on August 28, 2018.[3]

Reception

TV Guide rated the film one out of four stars, calling it a "gory and typically cheap retelling of the Sweeney Todd legend".[4]

References
  1. Introduction to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street edited by Robert L. Mack (2007). Oxford University Press: xxxv
  2. “CUB,” Naschy, Milligan, “COMBAT SHOCK” and more at Philadelphia festival/screenings
  3. "Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970) - Andy Milligan". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. "Bloodthirsty Butchers Movie Trailer, Reviews and More". TV Guide.com. TV Guide Staff. Retrieved 28 August 2019.


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