Brides of Blood (1968)

One of the best films i have seen

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

"Doctor Paul Henderson" (Kent Taylor) and his beautiful, sex-starved wife, "Carla" (Beverly Powers) venture to an island in the South Pacific to study the effects of an atomic bomb test which were conducted in the general vicinity. Traveling with them is a representative of the Peace Corps named, "Jim Farrell" (John Ashley) who is there to help the natives to better provide for themselves. When they get there they are told by the village chieftain, "Arcadio" (Andres Centenera) that the villagers have reverted to their primitive ways and both he and his grand-daughter, "Alma" (Eva Darren) are ashamed. At first the new visitors don't understand what Arcadio is talking about. They soon find out that the villagers are sacrificing young women to a beast of some sort near a large altar. It turns out that radiation from the atomic bomb tests have greatly affected the island. Not only do the trees become carnivorous at night but what is even worse is that a monster also appears at night and rapes and disembodies the women at the altar. Now, this film is the first movie in the "Blood Collection" series and while I am curious to see how the other 2 or 3 turn out, I am apprehensive at the same time. I say this because typically sequels are seldom as good as the original. And while this film was a low-budget production and had two very pretty actresses in Beverly Powers and Eva Darren, I must admit that the costume used for the monster was probably the silliest thing I have ever seen. You really have to see it to believe it. All things considered then, I rate this film as slightly below average.

This film involves a group from the Peace Corps who have come to a tiny island to help out and do a bit of scientific research. When they arrive, they are shocked to see that the villagers involve themselves in a human sacrifice ritual of sorts. Oddly, while shocking, the group at first seemed to take this in stride--I guess they didn't want to pass judgment on quaint native customs. Soon after discovering this, the group is introduced to Mario Montenegro--who lives in a Western-style home on this completely primitive island! How he managed this is never explained, but considering how dopey the film was, I guess this didn't matter. Along the way, they encounter blood-thirsty trees (I am not kidding) and a horny green monster you just have to see to believe!Talk about low-budget trash! This is a horrible little movie that was made in the Philippines and starred American "actors" as well as Filippinos. As for the Americans, most didn't look or sound like actors--particularly "Beverly Hills" (a.k.a. Carla Henderson), who looks more like a 1960s-era stripper. Sticking his hot blonde bombshell with a group from the Peace Corps was unintentionally very funny (maybe she thought it was the "Piece Corps"). Mario Montenegro (as the Mad Scientist) was interesting because he answers the question "what would a Filippino version of Dirk Bogarde look like?". He didn't seem very menacing or interesting, but it was interesting to see that Mr. Bogarde has a twin (of sorts). As for most of the Filippino women, they were there mostly to have their clothes torn off--making their performances probably the most convincing in the movie.If I had to try to find some nice things to say about the film, I guess I'd have to say that for this type of film, the music and print aren't bad. The sores that later appeared on Montenegro are also kinda cool (though watching him transform was just plain silly). Plus, the naked ladies were rather attractive--though this makes this far from a family-friendly flick. For all the pervs out there, there just aren't enough of them to make this worth the trouble of watching it, either!The bottom line is that this is a super-low budget film with tons of schlock and I can't understand why it's rated so highly on IMDb. The only real value such a film has is as a party film--so you and your friends can laugh at how inept the whole thing is.By the way, for a laugh, look on IMDb at all the alternative titles for this movie--they are pretty campy!

This is the second of the Blood Island films after Terror is a Man. Its not related to that film, only loosely to the two films that follow, Mad Doctor of Blood Island and Beast of Blood. All the films are nominally set on a remote island in the Pacific where strange experiments happen.Here a research team arrives at Blood Island to find that the natives have begun to return to their old superstitions. The reason is that the far off atomic testing has mutated some of the plants animals and people into killing machines. They have taken it so far that the natives sacrifice two virgins every night to the man beast that wanders the woods.Edgy and atmospheric this is a monster movie in the grand tradition. You have weird things going on, sexual tension between the cast members, and monsters running amok, what more could you ask for? This movie was a drive-in staple for years and its easy to see why since it gives you everything that a drive-in crowd would want sex blood and breasts. Its also lots of run, creepy and just a bit scary.The only place the movie falls down is the man beast. Its really silly. It looks like a drippy Michelin man with a stupid grin Until you get a really good long look at it towards the end of the movie it holds some ,ystery and fear, but once we see its face its all over. If you can get past that, knowing its gonna look dumb helps, you'll have a grand time with this movie. Lots of mindless fun.7 out of 10(FYI- This was the film picked by Cinematic Titanic, what Joel and friends are doing post MST3K, for their 2010 tour under the title Danger on Tiki Island)

I first watched this film in a drive-in theatre, when I was just out of high school. I must say it scared the begeebers out of me. And, that was doing something! I was already a dyed in the wool fan of Horror, and Sci-Fi movies. Even though it was filmed with a lot of night scenes, and there-fore hard at times to make out what you were seeing on a drive-in screen, and the special effects were not what they can do by todays standards, I still found it a very disturbing, and frightening film. If anyone else has seen it, please let me know what you thought at the time of it's release.