Friday, June 5, 2009

Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)

A trip to Blood Island is about what you'd expect - full of killing, blood and green blooded monsters.  Well you wouldn't expect that last part, but that's what's a-doin' the killin' and the blood lettin'.

Three people head to Blood Island all with a different agenda:  a woman is looking for her father; an islander is heading home in an attempt to persuade his mother to move to the mainland; and a doctor, played by an Elvis-y John Ashley complete with sideburns and big collars, is investigating the illness on the island.

The mad doctor spends most of his time wandering around and doesn't do any experiments on camera.  Also of note is the camer work which sickening zooms in and out repeatedly while the monster is stalking and killing his victims.

The film has an opening disclaimer about how if the audience drinks a vial of green blood it will keep them from being infected.

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