MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND DVD MOVIE
^ "Beast Of Blood - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings"."Mad Doctor of Blood Island" (audio commentary track). ^ Tom Weaver, "Interview with John Ashley", Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup, McFarland 1988 p 42."A Hell of a Life: The Nine Lives of John Ashley". The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors. After Beast of Blood, Lynn found himself cut out of the deal entirely.
However, Ashley and his own production company, Four Associates Ltd., put up the money to produce the film themselves with director Romero, and Ashley cut a deal with Roger Corman's then-fledgling New World Pictures to distribute it. : 84 Beast of Blood did substantial business in New York theaters, and producer Lynn (as Hemisphere Pictures) looked forward to getting the distribution rights to Ashley's next horror film, titled Beast of the Yellow Night. The film was released in 1970 on a double feature with Curse of the Vampires, : 76 a 1966 Filipino horror film that was directed by Gerardo de Leon. While no such scene actually exists in the picture, it is the kind of tantalizing movie promotion that helped get those cars lining up at the drive-in". Jim Arena said, "The poster for the film depicted the chlorophyll monster gruesomely ripping its own head off! This horrific drawing eventually became better known than the film itself. The phony bills were then scattered all over the surrounding neighborhood nearest the drive-in that was playing the film. To promote the film, the producers had fake $10 bills printed that folded in half, revealing an ad flier for Beast of Blood when opened. Co-producer Beverly Miller played the ship's captain. Lorca as he had in Mad Doctor of Blood Island, so in Beast of Blood, Garcia played the mad doctor. Actor Ronald Remy did not return to play Dr. The film's budget has been estimated at between $125,000 to $200,000. Lorca's lab explodes, killing all inside, and Foster and the group leave with a box of Dr. Lorca, crushing his head with a piece of machinery. Don Ramon's head controls his body from afar and wills it to attack and apparently kill Dr. Laida finds her father, who shows signs of the chlorophyll poisoning, and rescues him. The captain, Laida and Ramu lead an attack on Lorca's headquarters and fight with his men. Lorca knows the head can speak, but it refuses to say anything. He has removed Don Ramon's head and has attached it to machines, while the decapitated body remains strapped to a table. Laida goes back to the village for help and Lorca shows Foster his latest experiments. Foster and Laida (Liza Belmonte) search the mountains and find Dr. Lorca ( Eddie Garcia), who is still alive, but horribly scarred from his seeming demise in the earlier film.ĭr. The "green men" return and after a fight, Myra is captured and taken to the evil Dr.
With the village headman Ramu ( Alfonso Carvajal) and the ship's captain (played by co-producer Beverly Miller), they search the house and find Razak (Bruno Punzalan) alive. When Foster and Russell arrive on the island, they find the natives in a state of fear, believing that the old Lopez mansion is cursed. On board is reporter Myra Russell ( Celeste Yarnall), who is investigating the explosion of the ship. Foster is the only other survivor, and after a few months recovering in a hospital, he heads back to Blood Island on another ship. The monstrous Don Ramon washes up back on Blood Island and heads into the jungle. Bill Foster (John Ashley), Sheila Willard, her father and Carlos Lopez explodes and sinks after mutated "chlorophyll creature" Don Ramon Lopez (the titular "Beast") is found secreted on board and goes on a rampage, destroying the ship. Upon leaving Blood Island, the ship carrying Dr. The plot of this film picks up where The Mad Doctor of Blood Island leaves off.
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