Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
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USA/Philippines | Sci-Fi /Thriller | Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn and Ronald Remy
DivX 5 560x416 23.98fps 1175Kbps | English; Audio 1: Dolby AC3 stereo 224Kbps; Audio 2: Commented by Sam Sherman (Producer) MP3 stereo 88Kbps | 01:29:33 | 960 Mb
USA/Philippines | Sci-Fi /Thriller | Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn and Ronald Remy
Deep within the jungles of Blood Island–in the interest of science–twisted Dr. Lorca has been using chlorophyll to turn some of his patients into green-blooded mutations. The worst of these experiments has transformed into a horrible, murderous monster barely recognizable as human. It's up to civil servant John Ashley to try to save the local population from this danger. Can he destroy the dangerous experiments of Dr. Lorca?
Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
Shortly after the Beach Party cycle of films petered out, AIP regular John Ashley went to the Philippines to produce with Eddie Romero a handful of exploitation films, of which this is the best known. It is a little disconcerting to see the arch in his career at this point. All those beach party and hot rod flicks that John did for Mr. Arkoff were admirably quaint, yet seem like Kubrick compared to the standard production values of these films.
Reference books all mention how awful these movies are, yet for some they are so putrid that they create a strange kind of attraction. But these films are nonetheless interesting for their bewildering atmosphere: these sweaty, tinny opuses seem to be made in the spirit of 40's B-pictures with liberal amounts of cheap 60's gore. This second entry in the "Blood Island" series (following BRIDES OF BLOOD, which is even worse) concerns the Chlorophyll Monster running amok, scaring natives, and putting viewers to sleep. As dreadful as these spate of Filipino exploitation films are, during their proliferation in the 1960's and 70's, it was always interesting to see who popped up in them. This time, Ashley's co-star is the lovely Angelique Pettyjohn, whom Trekkies would remember from the "Gamesters of Triskelion" episode, and who had yet to embark on a career of Triple X features such as TITILLATION.
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