Blood Mania (1970)

BLOOD MANIA follows the beautiful daughter of a rich old miser as she attempts to kill him and claim her inheritance, which she intends on giving to her lover who has been blackmailed for sexy malpractice. With numerous other greedy friends and family trying to lay claim on the fortune, things are not as easy as they seem, and the group finds themselves wrapped up in sex scandals, murder, and betrayal. Yawn. In all fairness, BLOOD MANIA offers decent acting and filming, but it is simply another faceless and formulaic entry in an all too familiar setting. Don't let the title fool you either, as there is very little blood or mania to be found anywhere in the picture. Director Robert Vincent O'Neill seems to have drawn a great amount of influence from the International Horror and Thriller market, since the film is teeming with sex and nudity and displays more style than substance. For a standard by-the-numbers murder mystery in the vein of FIVE DOLLS FOR AN AUGUST MOON or DIE SCREAMING, MARIANNE, this one will foot the bill, otherwise it is entirely passable.

Rating: 6/10.
Gore: 2/10.
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