![]() Moreau but I have to say, it’s actually pretty good and, easily, the best of the movies in this set. It’s quite obviously a remake/sideways adaptation of H. This film is surprising in that it’s not only quite entertaining, in a story that finds Fitzgerald observing and helping out the doctor who has been operating on a panther and slowly turning it into a beast man over the years, but also quite well put together and realised a little more subtly than I was expecting. I don’t know who taught her how to do this but I must learn this trick some time. by kinda frolicking and moving in a bizarrely sexual way that suggests masturbation, even when she’s literally just trying to get to sleep. Indeed, when she goes to bed, she kind of sets a trend for all Blood Island women in future films. Charles Girard (played by Francis Lederer) and his wife Frances (played by Greta Thyssen) who seems to dominate the screen with prominent bosoms that threaten to pop out and endanger the rest of the cast at any moment. He is rescued by a small party of scientists on the island, including Dr. The guy is called William Fitzgerald, as played by Richard Derr. This is followed by a shot of a boat carrying an unconscious man pulling up to Blood Island. After this, the film starts off with a shot of a map showing the Isla De Sangre in relation to everywhere else and, as far as I can tell, this is the only time this map is seen throughout the four films. I love good showmanship and the silliness of this hoopla quickly brought a smile to my face. We suggest that the squeamish and faint-hearted close their eyes at the sound of the bell and reopen them when the bell rings again. The picture you are about to see has a scene so shocking that it is necessary to forewarn you. It started off absolutely up to my expectations for the first ten seconds or so by running a card before the movie which read thusly. I’ll reveal why later on) and it’s the only one shot in black and white. Okay, so Terror Is A Man is made almost ten years before the sequel (and I use the term sequel loosely here. but, as it turns out, I was in for a bit of a surprise when I put the first disc on.ĭirected by Gerardo de Leon and Eddie Romero the kind that gives you a warm, comfortable feeling in your tummy. To be honest, judging from the trailers I’d seen, I was expecting sheer stupidity and ‘so bad it’s good’ awfulness. So, I found someone in the UK who was able to import it without having to shilly shally around with those completely ridiculous US/UK postage rates and got access to these things. When I saw that the third movie also included a soundtrack CD of the film which you couldn’t get anywhere else, well. However, the fact that a series of films have been made all set on the titular location and, in the case of two of the films, sharing a character or two while featuring unbelievably silly monsters mixed with brief snatches of nudity, all of which were totally unknown for me. Well, I have to admit I’d never heard of the Blood Island movies until Severin released this very limited boxed edition with restored prints and transfers. Mad Doctor Of Blood Island and Beast Of Blood It is actually a loose remake of Island of Lost Souls.īrain of Blood is completely unrelated to all of these, its only loose connection being that it was partially filmed in the Philippines and released by Independent-International, who released the Blood Island films as well.Comprising Terror Is A Man, Brides Of Blood, Terror Is a Man is a fine movie, generally regarded as the first Filipino horror film, but is unrelated to the Blood Island movies other than being directed by Gerry DeLeon (who co-directed Brides of Blood and Mad Doctor of Blood Island) and taking place on an island. They all share a similar look and tone, feature mild nudity and gore, and were filmed in color. The first movie is not connected to the other two plot- or character-wise, and John Ashley's character has a different name, but the third is a direct sequel to the second, literally starting where Mad Doctor left off. The definitive "Blood Island" trilogy is:Īll three star John Ashley, take place on the mythical "Blood Island," and concern mysterious goings-on with mad doctors and their mutant creations. I own and have watched all the movies discussed here. Not sure why there's such confusion here. ![]()
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