Nonureva Really Surprised!

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

gavin6942 A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies."Brides of Blood" (1968), also starring John Ashley, had been popular in the US. American distributors approached Ashley to see if he would be interested in appearing in a follow-up movie. Ashley agreed, which led to him acting in and/or producing a series of exploitation films in the Philippines. The film, which cost $125,000, was followed by a sequel, "Beast of Blood", in 1971.This is just the perfect kind of cheese for a low budget movie. Yes, the picture looks bad and could really benefit from a new transfer (everything is sort of blue-green tinted). But in a way, it's this imperfection that adds to its charm. A great picture might make it more obvious just how silly all the effects are.

Uriah43 Although not an actual sequel to "Brides of Blood" this film is the second movie of the "Blood Collection" series. In this particular film two people, "Sheila Willard" (Angelique Pettyjohn) and "Carlos Lopez" (Ronaldo Valdez) are coming to Blood Island to visit relatives. Also on the ship is a young pathologist named "Dr. Bill Foster" (John Ashley). When they reach the island they soon discover that a green monster is loose in the jungle and is killing the horrified natives in a very grisly manner. Some of the inhabitants, particularly "Dr. Lorca" (Ronald Remy) and Carlos' mother "Mrs. Lopez" (Tita Munoz), don't seem too surprised. Anyway, in some aspects this film is a bit better than its predecessor. Especially in the special effects department. However, the lighting wasn't good and some of the actors had a noticeable monotone delivery which hurt the overall production values. Now, I realize that this was a low-budget movie and in that regard it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. But the fact remains that there were some areas that could have used improvement and I have rated the film accordingly.

haildevilman A meatier version of Dr. Moreau.John Ashley (R.I.P.) does a great job playing the confused hero. He was the eye of the hurricane. Calm while chaos surrounded.Angelique Pettyjohn (also R.I.P., and hubba-hubba) was great in her role as a random bimbo as well. I mean that as a compliment. Were the love scenes real? Someone find an un-cut version and we'll see.The creature effects were so-so, and that whole lumbering look was a bit overdone. And the 'zoom-in, zoom-out' camera work got annoying REAL fast.It was still a good adventure however, even if it wasn't too scary. And are islander women really that prone to wandering the islands completely nude? I liked it, but come on.A decent time waster.

Paul Andrews A native woman is chased through the jungle on Blood Island by a mutant green monster, the result of a failed experiment. When it catches her, it kills her. Three people are sailing toward Blood Island. Sheila Willard (Angelique Pettyjohn) is looking for her father who lives on the island. Carlos Lopez (Ronaldo Valdez) who was born on the island and is returning to see his mother after hearing of his father's death. And finally the hero, Dr. Bill Foster (John Ashley) who has been sent from the mainland to investigate an incident that happened on this very same boat where a man was rescued from the sea and killed a member of the crew, and when shot had green blood. Upon arrival they are greeted by the Chief, Ramu (Alfonso Carvajal) and his people. Sheila finds her father (Tony Edmunds) who is a drunk, Carlos finds his old friend Marla (Alicia Alonzo) and his mother (Tita Munoz) at her mansion but she doesn't want to leave as all she has left is memories and also claims there is nothing for her on the mainland. Staying at the mansion with her is the crazy scientist Dr. Lorca (Ronaldo Remy) and his henchman Razak (Bruno Punzalan). Soon after arriving Sheila is attacked by a green monster, a native tries to help her only for the monster to kill him instead, Sheila sees her opportunity and escapes. As Foster investigates the island it becomes clear that all is not well. More people are brutally murdered, and Foster discovers that Dr. Lorca has been experimenting on the natives and Carlos's father Don Ramon that has turned him into a chlorophyll-contaminated, living, walking half plant half man monster who savagely mutilates anyone in his path! It's up to Foster to save the day.Jointly directed by Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon on location in the Philippines, I thought it was pretty good fun. The script by Rueben Canoy moves along at a fair pace and remains interesting throughout, there is even a couple of nice lines in there, after meeting Foster for the first time Sheila's father says "he's dealt with wino's more than you and he's a shrewd judge of character, I hate him already!". Technically the films nowhere near as bad as I was expecting, photography, music, acting, sets and special effects while not brilliant, are perfectly acceptable. The monster itself looks decent, except it's cut out eyes so the actor underneath can see, you can see his eyelids. There is a surprising and pleasing amount of blood and gore, again while not brilliant it is effective. Severed limbs and heads, and mutilated corpses with their intestines hanging out look good, there is a bit of animal cruelty in here to, so beware. One thing I really disliked about this film was whenever the monster attacks or is on screen someone made the decision to have the camera constantly zoom-in zoom-out that becomes very annoying, very quickly. The jungle locations gives the film a nice lush green look to it. It's obvious that most of the night scenes were filmed in the day and are far too bright considering that we are supposed to be in the middle of a jungle with no natural light except the moon and stars, but the up side to this is that at least we can actually see whats supposed to be happening. A solid horror exploitation film thats worth a watch at least. Good fun.