Thursday, September 5, 2024

HORROR BEYOND BELIEF!


So proclaimed the poster art for Al Adamson's 1969 cheese-curdling horror flick BLOOD OF DRACULA'S CASTLE. One-time Shakespearean actor John Carradine got roped into starring in this Adamson fright-fizzle. After 1940's THE GRAPES OF WRATH Carradine wasn't particular about what kind of film roles he played, nor what caliber of films he played them in. Reminiscent of Ed Wood and Lugosi, Adamson reeled Carradine in to his B-move to chew up the screen as he was only more than capable of doing. And like Ed Wood, Al Adamson has become a revered exploitationeer.

Sadly, three years after his wife Regina Carrol passed away at the age of 49 from cancer, he was murdered by his thieving home repairman. Not long ago, Severin Films released a massive now out-of-print Blu-ray box set of Adamson's movies. At the time of this writing, his documentary, BLOOD AND FLESH, is still available and now on sale at Severin HERE.

BLOOD & FLESH: THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON [BLU-RAY]
Region - Region Free

‘Horror Film Director Found Slain, Buried Under Floor’, screamed the 1995 headlines read around the world. But the truth behind the wild life of Al Adamson – including the production of such low budget classics as SATAN'S SADISTS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN and THE NAUGHTY STEWARDESSES – and his grisly death reveals perhaps the most bizarre career in Hollywood history. Told through over 40 first-person recollections from friends, family, colleagues and historians – plus rare clips and archival interviews with Adamson himself – BLOOD & FLESH is the award-winning chronicle of bikers, go-go dancers, porn stars, aging actors, freak-out girls, Charles Manson, Colonel Sanders, alien conspiracies and homicidal contractors that House Of Mortal Cinema calls “brilliant stuff…a superb documentary and one of the top films of the year.”

Special Features:
  • Outtakes - The Cowboy Life Of Denver Dixon, Russ Tamblyn's Melted TV, Manson & Screaming Angels, and The Prophetic Screenplay Makes Gary Kent Testify
  • Beyond This Earth Promo Reel
  • Trailer
BONUS FILM: The Female Bunch
Special Features (The Female Bunch):
  • The Bunch Speaks Out
  • Trailers
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: Blood & Flesh: 1.77:1 / Female Bunch: 1.66:1
Audio: Blood & Flesh: English 5.1 Stereo / Female Bunch: English Mono
Closed Captions
Region Free
Run time: Blood & Flesh: 101 mins / Female Bunch: 86 mins























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