Blood Lust

Thanks to some mega-popular creations like The Twilight Saga or The Vampire Diaries, people around the globe have begun to experience vampires as positive supernatural beings. 

This perception of things was well received in the iGaming industry and even these days we have one vampire-themed slot almost every two months. 

This time, Toothy bloodsuckers served as inspiration for Blood Lust by ELK Studios that features 5 reels, 3 rows, and 99 paylines. 

Features-wise, you’ll encounter wilds, boasted stacks, re-spins, and re-triggerable free spins. 

Shall we take a closer look?

Theme and Symbols

Obviously, we’re talking about vampires here! The misty background with the castle and a shining full moon enhances the impression of a true Transylvanian scenario while the creepy soundtrack will delight every genre lover out there. 

Spades, diamonds, clubs, and hearts are the lowest paying symbols. These are followed by a blue, green, red and yellow-eyed vampire which is the most lucrative of all regulars offering 5x, 20x or 40x for 3, 4 or 5 of a kind landed. 

Also, there is a wild symbol that’ll act as a standard substitute for all paying symbols bar scatter and re-spin symbols, and…

…it will also pay a 40x bet for 5 of a kind landed! 

Don’t forget that this title is fully optimized so you’ll be able to enjoy it on your mobile devices too.

Betting Options

The action takes place on a 5x4 grid with 99 fixed paylines. Winning combinations are formed by landing 3+ symbols across a single payline. 

Blood Lust comes with pretty high variance (8/10) and you can play it from 0.20 coins up to 100 coins per strike. 

The game’s main prize is set at 2.500x bet and as was the case with almost every other ELK’s release, you’ll have a benefit of the autoplay option where you can set up to 100 auto-spins. 

Features

There are 3 pretty interesting features in Blood Lust but the main potential comes from the Free Spins feature. 

To trigger it you’ll need to land at least 3 scatters anywhere on the grid. The bigger rectangular they cover, the more free spins you’ll get (each tile of the zone adds 1 free spin)…

…and you can get between 4 and 15 free spins. 

But wait, there’s more! 

By filling the meters placed above the grid all lower value symbols will be replaced with a yellow-eyed vampire offering you even more potential. 

Finally, you can re-trigger this feature by landing 3 additional scatter symbols. 

Next up is the Boosted Stacks feature. Each reel comes with a stack of identical symbols and before each spin symbols will be randomly chosen to fill these stacks. 

You will activate the Boosted Re-spins feature by landing candle re-spin symbols on reel 5. Then, the game will pick one random symbol and hold it in place for the duration of the feature. 

Our Take

First of all, Blood Lust looks amazing! The guys from ELK Studios did a pretty good job when it comes to visuals. 

Besides its appearance, this one-armed bandit offers a good range of bonus features where the biggest potential comes from the bonus game (free spins). 

If you add decent RTP and the solid maximum payout, you are getting a fine vampire-themed video slot.