They need Trenton to perform a brain transplant on him - which puzzlingly involves being wrapped in tinfoil - and put his sharp mind into a healthy new body! Why? Because Amir has cancer and is dying, this won't be good for the people of Kalid. Robert Nigserian (Grant Williams) and Mohammed (Zandor Vorkov), take him see an American scientist named Dr. Shot entirely on location in the United States but meant to look somewhat exotic, the story begins when Amir (Reed Hadley, somehow), the ruler of the kingdom of Kalid, has his two assistants, Dr. When the Blood Island films struck box office gold and the Filipino filmmakers behind them were off working on other projects, Al Adamson was brought in to make a film in the same vein. Filmmaker Greydon Clark also has a role as one of the hippie types in the movie. It's run to see Russ Tamblyn show up here and it's also kind of cool to see Carroll do her stage act thing in a Vegas setting and to see Adamson himself hanging out in the audience at a back table. Carrol Naish, so it's got some historical significance for that reason. (who was clearly in rough shape when this was shot) and J. The movie would also prove to be the last cinematic hurrah's for both Lon Chaney Jr. His narration is flat and uninspired in terms of its delivery, but that somehow adds to the occasionally surreal feel of the film. He might not be particularly good in the traditional sense, never scary or sexually intriguing the way the best Dracula's are, but he's got a big shock of poofy hair, some dime-store fangs and a makeup job that wouldn't feel out of place on stage at a black metal show. Zandor Vorkov makes for a legitimately interesting Dracula. But somehow it works in its own weird way? The acting is bad and the plot completely nonsensical. The makeup effects are laughably bad and the set dressing appears to be courtesy of a thrift store. It doesn't always make sense and it was clearly made on a ridiculously small budget for a movie that shows some legitimate ambition. Oh and a dwarf Grazbo (Angelo Rossitto) shows up too. There's a strange subplot involving a biker named Rico (Russ Tamblyn) and then some hippie types that wind up at the Creature Emporium, more young women go missing, the monster kills some cops and Dracula falls for a showgirl named Judith Fontaine (Regina Carroll). Ackerman), the man responsible for crippling him and confining him to a wheelchair. The succeed in resurrecting the monster (John Bloom) and Durea asks Dracula and the monster to get revenge on Dr. The pair decide to work out of the Creature Emporium, a haunted house style attraction on the nearby boardwalk, because why not. He has some help from a hulking man servant named Groton (Lon Chaney, Jr.).Īnyway, Dracula meets with Durea and tells him he'll help him bring the Frankenstein monster back to life if, in return, Durea will give him some of the serum which, for reasons never properly explained, will allow Dracula to roam California during daylight hours. Frankenstein, who is currently involved in a series of experiments involving dead young ladies and a blood serum. Carrol Naish), a descendant of the original Dr. Frankenstein shows off an old cemetery where the Frankenstein monster is buried before then introducing us to Count Dracula (Zandor Vorkov) himself! But before we get to that, there's the matter of Dr. One of Adamson's better known horror efforts, 1971's Dracula Vs. Previously released as part of their Al Adamson Collection in 2020, Severin now reissues two of Al Adamson’s betters known pictures on a double features Blu-ray, carrying over all of the extra content from that set. Frankenstein / Brain Of Blood – Movie Review: Carrol Naish, Zandor Vorkov, Lon Chaney Jr., Russ Tamblyn, Reed Hadley, Kent Taylor, Regina Carrolĭracula Vs.
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