The Mad Doctor of Blood Island [Blu-ray]

Director: Eddie Romero, Gerardo de Leon, Gerado Deleon Eddie Romero

Overview

This Filipino scarefest is better known by the title Mad Doctor of Blood Island. The principle villain, however, is not a "he" but an "it". A frantic search is conducted on a remote island for a deadly, green-blooded "Chlorophyl Monster." Notice how we aren't making any toothpaste jokes here. It should come as no surprise that John Ashley is the star; his leading lady is the luscious Angelique Pettyjohn, while Ronald Remy is the eponymous mad doctor. Remy would make a return appearance in a sort of sequel, Beast of Blood

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2018
UPC:	0663390002551
Original Release:	1969
Source:	Severin
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	22,453

Special Features

Closed Caption; Audio Commentary with Horror Film Historians Nathaniel Thompson and Howard S. Berger; Audio Commentary with Hemisphere Marketing Consultant Samuel M. Sherman; Tombs of The Living Dead - Interview iwth Pete Tombs, Co-Author of Immoral Tales; A Taste of Blood - Interview with Critic Mark Holcomb; The Made Director Of Blood Island - Archival Interview with Co-Director Eddie Romero; Trailer; Poster and Still Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Ashley	Dr. Bill Foster,Actor
Angelique Pettyjohn	Sheila Willard
Ronald Remy	Dr. Lorca,Actor
Ronaldo Valdez	Carlos Lopez
Alicia Alonzo	Marla
Tita Muñoz	Mrs. Lopez
Tony Edmunds	Willard
Alfonso Carvajal	Ramu,Actor
Bruno Punzalan	Razak
Edward Murphy	Captain
Ronaldo Valdez	Actor
Eddie Romero	Actor
Tito Arevalo	Conductor,Composer

Technical Credits

Reuben Canoy

Eddie Romero	Director,Producer
Gerardo de Leon	Director
Kane W. Lynn	Executive Producer
Reuben Canoy	Screenwriter
Gerado Deleon	Director

Editorial Reviews

American government scientist John Ashley travels to a remote island in the Philippines to investigate rumors of strange deaths among the locals. There, he meets Dr. Lorca (Eddie Garcia), a scientist who has been experimenting on the populace using chlorophyll as a means of curing leukemia. Ashley soon learns that the experiments have instead created a green-blooded monster that is wreaking havoc on the villagers. Though decidedly lacking on the technical side (directors Eddie Romero and Gerry de Leon's frequent use of zoom effects borders on nauseating), this Filipino-lensed mishmash of Weird Tales-style pulp adventure and '60s-era exploitation has a loopy charm that will be best appreciated by fans of low-budget horror. The special effects, while subpar by Hollywood standards, are appropriately gooey, and actresses Alicia Alonso and Angelique Pettyjohn provide sufficient eye candy in their softcore tryst with subdued lead (and co-producer) Ashley. Frequently screened on the drive-in circuit under a variety of titles, the film enjoyed some notoriety thanks to a pre-credit sequence devised by Independent-International head Sam Sherman, which urged viewers to drink "green blood" (in reality, a noxious mixture that made Sherman ill after tasting) in order to ward off the effects of Dr. Lorca's experiments. The monster, along with Ashley, Romero, and Garcia, would return in 1970's Beast of Blood.