Hammer is preparing a Blu-ray release of Robert Hartford-Davis' Incense for the Damned a.k.a. Blood Suckers (1971), starring Patrick Macnee, Peter Cushing, Edward Woodward, and Alexander Davion. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on November 18.
Description: If you think you've seen everything British horror had to offer, you haven't seen this.
A mysterious collapse, the starting point for one of British horror's most sexually charged and transgressive vampire films. Not all vampires wear capes. Some disappear to Mykonos and never come back the same.
Incense for the Damned follows Patrick Mower as Richard Fountain, an academic runaway who disappears into obsession on a sun-drenched research trip to Mykonos. It's a psychedelic mod-horror that doesn't just blur the line between the supernatural and the erotic — it weaponises it, exploring addiction, desire and moral collapse in ways mainstream horror rarely dared.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW RESTORATION OF THE FILM
THREE VERSIONS OF THE FILM:
UK theatrical version
UK uncut (as Incense for the Damned)
U.S. theatrical (as Bloodsuckers)
Two 2026 commentaries with Lauren Barnett, John Hamilton, Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons
New programme on Simon Raven, writer of the book on which the film was based
New programme on the making of Incense for the Damned
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature