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Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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.

Scott LeBrun So-so entry in the Filipino "Blood Island" horror film series. Dedicated doctor Bill Foster (John Ashley) travels to a small island to investigate strange goings-on, accompanied by young woman Sheila Willard (Angelique Pettyjohn), who herself intends to find out the fate of her father (Tony Edmunds). Running around loose on the island is a green blooded monster.If nothing else, "Mad Doctor of Blood Island" is notable for its audience participation factor, with the audience given doses of "green blood" to drink and protect themselves from harm. As directed by Filipino exploitation icons Gerry De Leon and Eddie Romero, the movie does have a lot of entertaining and effective ambiance. It does have the appeal of a drive-in feature, but it has a fundamental problem in that it's often too dull to work that well. There's more talk than action. There's also some highly annoying camera-work. The gore is decent (and there's also a fair bit of bare female flesh), but the makeup on the monster is awfully tacky.The acting in this one is pretty stiff, right across the board. Jut jawed hero Ashley lacks personality, and the same goes for Ronaldo Valdez, who plays Carlos Lopez. He has some rather amusing scenes with his hottie mom (played by Tita Munoz). The ladies are beautiful, with Pettyjohn an especially fetching leading lady. Fans of exploitation flicks from this part of the world may enjoy appearances by such familiar faces as Ronald Remy, as the evil Dr. Lorca, Bruno Punzalan, as his henchman Razak, and Alfonso Carvajal as Ramu.Unfortunately, this never has much of a momentum, and even the climax isn't that exciting. Still, it has its moments.Five out of 10.

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.

Coventry The first conclusion you spontaneously make while watching "The Mad Doctor of Blood Island" is that there are some sick-minded individuals walking this planet! I'm one of them, of course, since I voluntarily purchased the DVD and am proud of owning it now. But the real insanity-credit goes to people like Eddie Romero and Gerardo de Leon for actually unleashing a tale like this upon the world. I mean…green-blooded monsters? A mad doctor that looks like a bad Elvis-impersonator? Bad cases of leukemia side effects? This film qualifies as pure drive-in exploitation, meaning that your expectations should be at their lowest and then you still get less! We're talking ridiculous dialogue, no plotting whatsoever and not even an attempt to build up tension. All these aspects, which determine the quality of a horror film, are replaced by filthy grotesque gore and sleaze. There's no point in summarizing the plot for you as it's – surprise surprise – very inept and rather stupid. It's great entertainment, though, as long as you've got beer and a lot of perseverance. The only real disadvantage is the total lack of talent of everyone involved. Every cast member could have used a couple thousand more acting lessons and the cinematographer obviously doesn't know that rough camera movements are irritating instead of suspenseful. No matter how I much I love Z-grade horror, I simply can't give this one a positive rating. Nonetheless, I'd like to recommend it to cult-fanatics and admirers of off-category cinema. Good times!