Hunter's Blood

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Hunter's Blood
Directed byRobert C. Hughes
Written byEmmett Alston
Based onHunter's Blood
by Jere Cunningham
Produced byMyrl A. Schreibman
Starring
CinematographyThomas F. Denove
Edited byBarry Zetlin
Music byJohn D'Andrea
Production
company
Cineventure
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 26, 1986 (1986-09-26) (United Kingdom)
  • May 29, 1987 (1987-05-29) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hunter's Blood is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert C. Hughes in his feature directorial debut. Written by Emmett Alston, it is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Jere Cunningham. It stars Sam Bottoms, Clu Gulager, Mayf Nutter, Ken Swofford, Joey Travolta, and Kim Delaney. It follows a group of city dwellers who go deer hunting in Arkansas and meet crazed poachers seeing them as prey.

The film was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 29, 1987, by Concorde Pictures. It received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. For his performance, Gulager was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Plot[edit]

Five men from the city decide to take a little trip to the woods and have some fun and hunting. Things get complicated later on when they encounter a pack of maniacal deer hunters who turn them in to prey.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Hunter's Blood was produced by Cineventure Inc., a division of the Florida-based Independent Entertainment Corp. (IEC). Principal photography began on March 7, 1986. The film was shot in the woods around Newhall, Santa Clarita, California.[1]

Release[edit]

Hunter's Blood was released in the United Kingdom on September 26, 1986, by Palace Pictures.[2] The film had its American premiere at the 167th Street Theater in North Miami, Florida on January 23, 1987.[3] Shortly after, Concorde Pictures acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released in New York City and Los Angeles on May 29, 1987.[1]

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Michael Wilmington of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a low-budget Deliverance-derived rural thriller, basted with Southern Comfort." Wilmington stated, "The photography may be a bit muddy, but Robert C. Hughes' direction is coherent and well paced. The script is tight and the dialogue isn't idiotic — except where it's supposed to be. Some of the actors are fine. The movie holds your interest without rewarding it, though it's sometimes an interesting critique of machismo, laced with dark humor."[4]

Scott Drebit of Daily Dead described the film as "a backwoods hicksploitation actioner that more than gets by with a cast handpicked by the B movie gods and a script wittier than it has to be." Drebit also wrote, "Hunter's Blood very much deserves to sit on a shelf next to Rituals and Just Before Dawn as a stellar backwoods horror; the ending alone has a delicious punchline (pun intended) that every horror fan will love."[2]

Accolades[edit]

Year Award Category Nominee Result
1987 14th Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor Clu Gulager Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "HUNTER'S BLOOD (1987)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Drebit, Scott (March 17, 2018). "Drive-In Dust Offs: HUNTER'S BLOOD (1986)". Daily Dead. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "EX-SOAP STAR DELANEY HOPES TO AVOID TEEN CASTING TRAP 'HUNTER'S BLOOD' REVIEW14". Sun Sentinel. January 23, 1987. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
  4. ^ Wilmington, Michael (June 2, 1987). "MOVIE REVIEWS: 'HUNTER'S BLOOD' IN THE RURAL SOUTH". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

External links[edit]

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