Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

Calificación de los usuarios:

1.6/10   

Director:

Al Adamson

Guionista:

Sue McNair (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 febrero 1970 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

You'll scream yourself into a state of shock!

Plot:

In the near future with a intergalactic vampire plague threatening earth, an expedition is sent to a...

Plot Keywords:

Plague | Vampire | Space | Gore | Space Exploration

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Another Al Adamson "masterpiece"

Reparto

John Carradine	...	Dr. Rynning
Robert Dix	...	Dr. Manning
Vicki Volante	...	Valerie
Joey Benson	...	Willy
Jennifer Bishop	...	Lian Malian
Bruce Powers	...	Cmdr. Steve Bryce
Fred Meyers	...	Bob Scott
Britt Semand	...	Linda

También conocida como:

Blood Creatures from the Prehistoric Planet
Creatures of the Prehistoric Planet (USA)
Creatures of the Red Planet (USA)
Space Mission to the Lost Planet (International: English title) (video title (TV title))
Vampire Men of the Lost Planet (USA) (TV title (video title))

Duración:

85 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

USA:GP

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Independent International Pictures (I-I)

Trivialidades:

This film is a mixture of a mid 60s Filippino horror movie called "Tagani", "One Million BC" (1940) and "Unknown Island" (1948).

Errores:

Continuidad: Although Robert Dix is billed in the credits as "Dr. Manning", he is referred to in the film as "Col. Manning".

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Drive-In Madness! (1987)

Another Al Adamson "masterpiece"

I don't care how many people voted this movie a "1" out of 10, this movie is pure entertainment! There aren't very many painful moments, lots of great, fun scenes, and of course, the Adamson trademark of "cut and paste filmmaking".

"Vampire Men of the Lost Planet" (the video title) is a bizarre combination of horror and science fiction. The opening scenes include vampires attacking people in dark alleyways and actually manage to conjure up some atmosphere before ruining it by displaying obviously fake vampire fangs and dabs of blood on necks. Watch for Adamson himself as a vampire (with plastered back hair)! Now for the real movie...or at least Adamson's part of the movie: a team of astronauts are sent to a far-off planet that is believed to have sent the vampire virus to Earth to discover how to destroy them! Of course, by the end of the movie, the mission is forgotten and presumably the vampire epidemic is still running rampant, but what comes in-between is loads of fun! What follows is a mix of Adamson's footage (the astronauts and their cavegirl guide) and a Filipino caveman movie that is surprisingly well-made. The monsters are all in the Filipino movie and are inventive, to say the least. There are great scenes of warring cave tribes, vicious cave women who fight off their attackers, snake men with snakes protruding from their skin, lobster monsters eating cavemen as they cross a lake, and a simple plotline about the warring tribes venturing to get "fire water" (oil) in a valley. John Carradine is along for the ride, but never leaves the spaceship! Vicki Volante and Robert Dix play two lovers working at the launching pad. To make matters worse (better?), most of the film is tinted a certain color, changing every few minutes (the explanation is that the planet's atmosphere has varying levels of radiation). The reason for the tinting: Adamson's footage was in color and the Filipino monster movie in B&W.

Al Adamson. What an original! His films will always remain fun to watch for generations, even if small-minded people look for something else beneath the cheap surface. There isn't, so just sit back and enjoy them!