![]() I haven't seen this deadening rot in over 12 years, yet for some reason I am getting a craving to see it all over again. Romero's monster is so frightening that the height of suspense comes when the creature just stands there and stands there for the longest time when it is cornering somebody. This time, Ashley's co-star is the lovely Angelique Pettyjohn, whom Trekkies would remember from the "Gamesters of Triskelion" episode, and who had yet to embark on a career of Triple X features such as TITILLATION. As dreadful as these spate of Filipino exploitation films are, during their proliferation in the 1960's and 70's, it was always interesting to see who popped up in them. This second entry in the "Blood Island" series (following BRIDES OF BLOOD, which is even worse) concerns the Chlorophyll Monster running amok, scaring natives, and putting viewers to sleep. But these films are nonetheless interesting for their bewildering atmosphere: these sweaty, tinny opuses seem to be made in the spirit of 40's B-pictures with liberal amounts of cheap 60's gore. Reference books all mention how awful these movies are, yet for some they are so putrid that they create a strange kind of attraction. Arkoff were admirably quaint, yet seem like Kubrick compared to the standard production values of these films. All those beach party and hot rod flicks that John did for Mr. It is a little disconcerting to see the arch in his career at this point. ![]() Shortly after the Beach Party cycle of films petered out, AIP regular John Ashley went to the Philippines to produce with Eddie Romero a handful of exploitation films, of which this is the best known. ![]()
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