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Five Bloody Graves
DOUBLE FEATURE 2 DVDS/APPROX. 300 MINS/1970/USA R18+
DOUBLE FEATURE 2 DVDS/APPROX. 300 MINS/1970/USA R18+
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Al Adamson’s films are not exactly known for being masterpieces, and Five Bloody Graves is no exception. This has to be the worst Al Adamson
film I have seen. Whilst Hells Bloody Devils and Satan’s Sadists are by no means ‘amazing’ films, they at least had a focus or for lack of a better
word shtick. When looking at the DVD for Five Bloody Graves, one would presume it to be a horror film. On the front of the DVD it states “Fiendish
and frightening slaughter of ghastly horror”. The blurb on the back is just as bad, hyping the film up to be a bloody/violent/horrific film.
Basically the film is a western centered around Ben Thompson (Robert Dix- Satan’s, Sadists and Hell’s Bloody Devils) a lone cowboy who seeks
to settle the score with Satago, an Apache chief who slaughtered his wife on their wedding day. Ben’s actions are narrated by….Death (Gene
Raymond)…..which ads a kind of bizarre element to the film. I think only hardcore Adamson fans will appreciate this one, and even that could be a
stretch. The film is rather sloppy, and there are no bloody gun blasts…yes, there are heaps of shoot out sequences, but thorough the whole film I
saw maybe 2 bloody wounds, and considering the fact that people get shot with arrows, stabbed and shot with guns, the lack of blood is
concerning, and whilst I understand this is a low budget film, I mean come on….use some tomato sauce or something…
Although, the oversights and bad acting do give the film character…when Little Fawn dies and her body is discovered you can see her breathing,
another character is stabbed, and you can tell the other actor stabbed the ground by his side, and for such a big knife to not draw any blood kind
of leaves you feeling a bit cheated since the DVD stated “Violence Galore”. I was a little incredulous over the lack of blood and the sloppy stunts,
but then it got even more crazy… one guy got shot and clutched his stomach and bent over before he even got shot, so it sort of became funny
and I got over my initial grievances. I felt Adamson could have exploited certain characters more, especially the preacher and the prostitutes, they
just served to drag the story out, and were not as entertaining as they were made out to be on the back of the DVD.
The film is quite boring, and I found myself not paying attention but the odd gun/knife fight drew me back in, but it was rather annoying that only
half the actors face appeared on screen, this is due to it being presented in full frame and not in 2.35:1. as it was originally intended.
I wouldn’t recommend Five Bloody Graves for those newly interested in Adamson’s films, check out Satan’s Sadists instead, or if you are a fan of
trashy westerns, you might want to check out Straight to Hell (Alex Cox) Terror of Tiny Town (Sam Newfield) or Paul Bartel’s Lust in the Dust
(Featuring Tab Hunter, Divine and Cesar Romero)
Retro Shock-O-Rama’s 2 disc release of Al Adamson’s films - Five Bloody Graves and Nurse Sherri includes commentaries by producer Samuel M
Sherman, Retro Drive in promos and liner notes.
film I have seen. Whilst Hells Bloody Devils and Satan’s Sadists are by no means ‘amazing’ films, they at least had a focus or for lack of a better
word shtick. When looking at the DVD for Five Bloody Graves, one would presume it to be a horror film. On the front of the DVD it states “Fiendish
and frightening slaughter of ghastly horror”. The blurb on the back is just as bad, hyping the film up to be a bloody/violent/horrific film.
Basically the film is a western centered around Ben Thompson (Robert Dix- Satan’s, Sadists and Hell’s Bloody Devils) a lone cowboy who seeks
to settle the score with Satago, an Apache chief who slaughtered his wife on their wedding day. Ben’s actions are narrated by….Death (Gene
Raymond)…..which ads a kind of bizarre element to the film. I think only hardcore Adamson fans will appreciate this one, and even that could be a
stretch. The film is rather sloppy, and there are no bloody gun blasts…yes, there are heaps of shoot out sequences, but thorough the whole film I
saw maybe 2 bloody wounds, and considering the fact that people get shot with arrows, stabbed and shot with guns, the lack of blood is
concerning, and whilst I understand this is a low budget film, I mean come on….use some tomato sauce or something…
Although, the oversights and bad acting do give the film character…when Little Fawn dies and her body is discovered you can see her breathing,
another character is stabbed, and you can tell the other actor stabbed the ground by his side, and for such a big knife to not draw any blood kind
of leaves you feeling a bit cheated since the DVD stated “Violence Galore”. I was a little incredulous over the lack of blood and the sloppy stunts,
but then it got even more crazy… one guy got shot and clutched his stomach and bent over before he even got shot, so it sort of became funny
and I got over my initial grievances. I felt Adamson could have exploited certain characters more, especially the preacher and the prostitutes, they
just served to drag the story out, and were not as entertaining as they were made out to be on the back of the DVD.
The film is quite boring, and I found myself not paying attention but the odd gun/knife fight drew me back in, but it was rather annoying that only
half the actors face appeared on screen, this is due to it being presented in full frame and not in 2.35:1. as it was originally intended.
I wouldn’t recommend Five Bloody Graves for those newly interested in Adamson’s films, check out Satan’s Sadists instead, or if you are a fan of
trashy westerns, you might want to check out Straight to Hell (Alex Cox) Terror of Tiny Town (Sam Newfield) or Paul Bartel’s Lust in the Dust
(Featuring Tab Hunter, Divine and Cesar Romero)
Retro Shock-O-Rama’s 2 disc release of Al Adamson’s films - Five Bloody Graves and Nurse Sherri includes commentaries by producer Samuel M
Sherman, Retro Drive in promos and liner notes.
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