![]() For reasons we can only speculate upon, radiation poisoning makes Powers extraordinarily horny (“lusting for women it terrified the land!” the poster ads screamed) and he looks exactly like the man in rubber suit he patently is. But if a meander through a jungle being menaced by wobbly and virtually immobile plant models (you can add Brides of Blood to the long list of not-very-good killer plant films), at least the screeching, abstract soundtrack makes up for it.Įlsewhere there are too many “soapy” bits of business involving the fractious marriage of the Hendersons which would have been tolerable if the monsters hadn’t turned out to be such disappointments. They would have played well enough to the “monster kid” crowd but the sore and sexuality (both mild by today’s standards of course) would have seemed out of place for a younger audience, as would it’s much more grown up American double-bill mate, the British Theatre of Death (1967), retitled Blood Fiend for the occasion. The already flat performances are bludgeoned to death by poor post-synched dialogue and the special effects are woeful. On October 30th, BRIDES OF BLOOD, MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND, BEAST OF BLOOD, and TERROR IS A MAN will make their eye-popping HD debut on home video, packed with a truly monstrous slate of new bonus features.This collection is a strictly limited, individually numbered edition of 3500 units. Shortly after the last update, I stopped by JTs palatial Beverly Hills estate. As the group battle shape-shifting butterflies and hungry banana trees, they remain blissfully unaware that the humanoid monster attacks and slashes women is really Powers who undergoes a werewolf -like transformation at night caused by radiation.īrides of Blood is terrible in almost every respect. She is an actress, known for Breakfast at Tiffanys (1961), The Comedy of Terrors (1963) and Brides of Blood (1968). When the Vikings first came to the island of Berk, they killed almost all. In the latter two movies she was billed as Beverly Powers and used her. While staying with the urbane Esteban Powers (Mario Montenegro) who suffers from terrible migraines, they learn that the inhabitants of the island were moved there following the atomic bomb tests nearby – and that something is loose in the jungles, eviscerating villagers while the mutated flora make short work of others. on board the steamer taking them to Blood Island but gives in to her passion. ![]() Directed by the two biggest names in Tagalog terror, Gerardo de Leon and Eddie Romero, it’s a throwback to the nuclear mutation horror films of the 1950s with the added attraction of lashings of nudity and gore.Īmericans Dr Paul Henderson (Kent Taylor), his wife Carla (Beverly Powers, credited here as Beverly Hills) and young Peace Corps worker Jim Farrell ( Ashley) arrive on a Filipino island dubbed “Blood Island” by the locals who believe it to be cursed. The project was filmed on the beaches of Long Island and on the roofs of New York City.The first of the Filipino “Blood Island trilogy – it was followed by The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) and Beast of Blood (1970) and Terror is a Man (1959) was a sort of precursor, though in truth it has little to do with the other films other than the name of the island – is a ragged affair with American actor John Ashley making his Filipino debut – he arrived in the country to help deal with his divorce from actress Deborah Walley, and ended up staying for many years. Naomi Levine as Elizabeth, Daughter of Gaston A series of doctors create or become monsters on a remote Filipino island.Baby Jane Holzer as Rebecca, Sister of Sydney and Titus.Tally Brown as Florence, Granddaughter of Old Woman and Old Man. ![]() ![]() The film was thought to be lost until scenes from it were shown at some length in the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006). Jack Smith appeared as both Batman and his nemesis, Count Dracula. A fan of the Batman comic series, Warhol made the film as an homage. ![]() The film was screened only at Warhol's art exhibits. In this first unforgettable hit of the BLOOD ISLAND trilogy, legendary Filipino filmmakers Eddie Romero and Gerry de Leon combined 50s-style radioactive. 86 Horrors of Blood Island see Beast of Blood Horrors of Spider Island. Batman Dracula is a 1964 black and white American superhero fan film produced and directed by Andy Warhol without the permission of DC Comics, who owns the character Batman. Candace 22 hills, Beverly see powers, Beverly hinds, Anthony 0, 54, 55, 56. ![]()
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