Brides of Blood 1968  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Grave Desires
Island of the Living Horror
Director: Eddie Romero, Gerardo de Leon
Cast: John Ashley, Kent Taylor, Beverly Powers, Eva Darren, Mario Montenegro, Oscar Keesee, Jr., Andres Centenera, Bruno Punzalan, Pedro Navarro, Carmelita Estrella
This is the first of a series of Philippine/US "Blood" films from director and producer Eddie Romero. This one may be the worst of the bad lot, as John Ashley–who made a career (after some "Beach" movies) of Romero's work–must save the day. Exposure to nuclear radiation turns people into ugly, mutated monsters that feast on scantily clad women.
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The Comedy of Terrors 1964  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Joyce Jameson, Joe E. Brown, Beverly Powers, Basil Rathbone, Alan DeWitt, Douglas Williams, Buddy Mason, Linda Rogers, Luree Holmes, Orangey, Paul Barselou
Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price) runs the funeral parlor that his senile father-in-law Amos Hinchley (Boris Karloff) owns. The funeral parlor needs more customers if it is going to stay in business. Waldo's solution is to kill a few people whose services will then help pay the rent. Now, Waldo and his inept assistant Felix Gillie (Peter Lorre) start sneaking into homes at night and killing people. The plan works–but when they try, again and again, to poison Waldo's father-in-law, he just will not stay dead.
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I'll Take Sweden 1965  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, Frankie Avalon, Dina Merrill, Jeremy Slate, Walter Sande, Roy Roberts, Rosemarie Frankland, John Qualen, Peter Bourne, Fay DeWitt, Alice Frost, Beverly Powers
Bob Holcomb (Bob Hope) travels to Sweden to break up his daughter's (Tuesday Weld) love affair, and, in the process, he meets and falls in love with Karin (Dina Merrill).
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More Dead Than Alive 1969  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Sparr
Cast: Clint Walker, Vincent Price, Anne Francis, Paul Hampton, Mike Henry, Clarke Gordon, Harry Lauter, Craig Littler, Beverly Powers, William Woodson
Ex-prisoner Cain (Clint Walker) takes a job as a sharpshooter for a carnival show and runs into problems with the show's egotistical star. Cain quits the show, but his problems are just beginning.
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| 1. Brides of Blood (1968)
aka: Grave Desires
aka: Island of the Living Horror
2. The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
3. I'll Take Sweden (1965)
4. More Dead Than Alive (1969)
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