Shermanīeverly Hills on Blood Island: Interview with Actress Beverly Powers a.k.a. Here Comes the Bride: Interview with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Jungle Fury: Archival Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romero The usual bundle of bonus features includes:Īudio Commentary with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. The Blu-ray from Severin Films features a 4k scan from a recently discovered 35mm interpositive and is presented absolutely uncut for the first time ever.
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This works out nicely for the viewer since the generously-endowed Beverly Hills (aka Beverly Powers) is very easy on the eyes.īest of all is the great John Ashley, former teen idol and star of such classics as FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER, and the legendary "Beach Party" series. Meanwhile, the mansion serves as a backdrop for sexual tension with poor Carla wandering around looking for love after trying in vain to arouse her husband and continuously throwing herself at Mr. With such a set-up, it doesn't take long for BRIDES OF BLOOD to become a free-for-all of mutated flora and fauna attacks (even the butterflies and cockroaches get into the act) along with a deadly conflict between Jim Farrell and the natives when he rescues his love Alma from the jungle monster's hungry clutches and both must flee for their lives. When these puppet-like tentacles get riled up, they give the living forest in THE EVIL DEAD a real run for its money. Meanwhile, Powers shows the astonished outsiders some of the surrounding jungle's bizarre features, which include snakelike vines and tree tentacles which are alive and very carnivorous (all due, of course, to those nuclear tests and their radiation). I checked an earlier posting of the film on YouTube and this noise was not there.)Īs the film that kicked off the "Blood Island Trilogy" of American/Filipino horror productions, TERROR IS A MAN is an old-school monster lover's delight that's just pure fun to watch. Others have reported hearing this on their copies as well. (NOTE: Something I didn't notice the first time I watched the Severin Blu-ray disc is an annoying buzzing noise that begins somewhere near the middle of the film and lasts for several minutes. When the Bell Rings: Interview with Critic Mark Holcomb Terror Creature: Interview with Pete Tombs, Co-Author of “Immoral Tales” Shermanĭawn of Blood Island: Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romero Man Becomes Creature: Interview with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Severin Films' Blu-ray comes with the usual array of fun bonus material, including: It's only used once, and the scene isn't all that ghastly, but it's the sort of touch that makes movies like this just a bit more fun. Giving it a touch of the old William Castle bally-hoo is the announcement in the film's foreword of a warning bell intended to give the squeamish time to close their eyes when something ghastly is about to happen. The cast is fine, starting with Frances Lederer who was so effective in the title role of THE RETURN OF DRACULA and the gorgeous Greta Thyssen, best known as the leading lady in the Three Stooges' final Columbia shorts such as "Sappy Bullfighters." Richard Derr, a veteran of such films as FIREFOX and AMERICAN GIGOLO and a two-time Admiral on "Star Trek" ("The Alternative Factor", "The Mark of Gideon") gives a solid performance as well.
Before long, they plan to escape the increasingly-unbalanced Gerard and leave the island together, but before this can happen the panther-man breaks loose again and his current rampage will result in catastrophic death and destruction for several of those involved.įor those who love vintage 50s horror films, this one should fit the bill quite nicely-at times it even has shades of the old Universals in a slightly low-rent sort of way, with a tragic, tortured (but adequately frightening) monster who evokes sympathy even as it strikes out in bloody violence against those who have caused it pain.
Naturally, Gerard's wife Frances is a beautiful woman who hates her husband's work and is strongly attracted to the handsome stranger, an attraction that he reciprocates in record time.
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