Once more, your local censors at work on that first ad, removing the island beauties due to their *ahem* National Geographic-ness. Also, gotta love the dismemberment action in these ads. And with this entry, we officially wrap up Eddie Romero and Hemisphere Picture’s Blood Island Trilogy with the opening chapter of this nefarious, mad-science gone amok series born and executed in the jungles of the Philippines. And taking a chapter from his old pal Sam Sherman — of Independent International fame, aside from producing their own pictures, Hemisphere also imported whatever European schlock that managed to trickle through Hollywood without getting snatched up, including this Christopher Lee snoozer, who runs a knock-off Theatre du Grand-Guignol in Paris as a cover for his other hobby, which involves murdering people by draining out all of their blood. And, hey, lookitthat … We got a Jack H. Harris double-chaser on the weekend with Steve McQueen vs. a giant breast implant and a tropical island adventure with a construction crew, a caveman, and a clunky stop-motion brontosaurs and T-Rex.
Archive for Blood Island Trilogy
Drive-In Mash-Up :: Grisly! Gruesome! Ghastly! These Films Will Disgust and Repel Those Too Weak to Share a Living Nightmare of the Bizarre! (October, 1968)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Blood Fiend, Blood Island Trilogy, Brides of Blood, Christopher Lee, Creature Feature, Dinosaurus, Dusk til Dawn, Gimmicks and Promotions, Hemisphere Pictures, Jack H. Harris, Mad Science, Steve McQueen, The Blob on April 27, 2014 by WB KelsoAll the Horror of a Thousand Frightening Dreams in One Panic-Packed Show! (June, 1969)
Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Angelique Pettyjohn, Blood Demon, Blood Island Trilogy, Carl Lange, Castle of the Walking Dead, Christopher Lee, Constantin Film, Creature Feature, Drive In, Eddie Romero, Gimmicks and Promotions, Gothic, Harald Reinl, Hemisphere Pictures, Horror, John Ashley, Kane W. Lynn, Karin Dor, Lex Barker, Mad Doctor of Blood Island, Mad Science, Sci-Fi on October 19, 2012 by WB Kelso
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Full film review of Blood Demon at 3B Theater.
Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) Hemisphere Pictures / EP: Kane W. Lynn / P: Eddie Romero / AP: Beverly Miller / D: Gerry DeLeon, Eddie Romero / W: Reuben Canoy / C: Justo Paulino / M: Tito Arevalo / S: John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn, Ronald Remy, Alicia Alonzo
Blood Demon a/k/a Castle of the Living Dead (1967) Constantin Film Produktion :: Hemisphere Pictures / P: Erwin Gitt / D: Harald Reinl / W: Manfred R. Köhler / C: Ernst W. Kalinke, Dieter Liphardt / E: Hermann Haller / M: Peter Thomas / S: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Christopher Lee, Carl Lange
Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: A Chilling Living Nightmare in the Blood-Filled Tomb of the Undead! (June, 1970)
Posted in 1970-1979, Movie Ads with tags Beast of Blood, Blood Island Trilogy, Creature Feature, Curse of the Vampires, Drive In, Eddie Romero, Hemisphere Pictures, Horror, John Ashley, Kane W. Lynn, Mad Science, Made in the Phillipines, Safari / Island Adventures, The First Time on May 29, 2012 by WB Kelso
According to the IMDB, Beast of Blood premiered in January of 1971 but these ads appeared over six-months earlier. Weird.
Beast of Blood (1970) Scepter Industries Production :: Hemisphere Pictures / P: Kane W. Lynn, Eddie Romero / D: Eddie Romero / W: Eddie Romero, Beverly Miller / C: Justo Paulino / S: John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia
Curse of the Vampires (1966) AM Productions :: Hemisphere Pictures / P: Amalia Muhlach / D: Gerardo de Leon / W: Ben Feleo, Pierre L. Salas / C: Mike Accion / S: Amalia Fuentes, Romeo Vasquez, Eddie Garcia
Scenes from the Morgue 
