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Al Adamson is a Actor, Director, Writer, Producer and Stunt Double American born on 25 july 1929 at Hollywood (USA)
Al Adamson (July 25, 1929 – June 21, 1995) was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
After assisting his father, Victor, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself. Three years later, he and Sam Sherman founded Independent-International Pictures, which became the vehicle for the many movies he directed. Among them are Psycho-A-Go-Go (later worked into Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists and Dracula vs. Frankenstein.
Al Adamson was reported missing in 1995. Five weeks later, after law enforcement officials discovered his remains beneath the concrete and tile-covered floor in his newly remodeled bathroom, his live-in contractor Fred Fulford was apprehended at the Coral Reef hotel in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Fulford was charged with and convicted of murder, and sentenced to twenty-five-years-to-life in prison. The case of Al Adamson's murder is documented in the Investigation Discovery television series' 'Forensic Detectives', (ep. "Buried Secrets"), and The New Detectives, (season 07, episode 11).
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Al Adamson
Birth name Albert Victor Adamson Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 25 july 1929 at Hollywood (USA)
Death 21 june 1995 (at 65 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 july 1929 at Hollywood (USA)
Death 21 june 1995 (at 65 years)
Al Adamson (July 25, 1929 – June 21, 1995) was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
After assisting his father, Victor, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself. Three years later, he and Sam Sherman founded Independent-International Pictures, which became the vehicle for the many movies he directed. Among them are Psycho-A-Go-Go (later worked into Blood of Ghastly Horror), Satan's Sadists and Dracula vs. Frankenstein.
Al Adamson was reported missing in 1995. Five weeks later, after law enforcement officials discovered his remains beneath the concrete and tile-covered floor in his newly remodeled bathroom, his live-in contractor Fred Fulford was apprehended at the Coral Reef hotel in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Fulford was charged with and convicted of murder, and sentenced to twenty-five-years-to-life in prison. The case of Al Adamson's murder is documented in the Investigation Discovery television series' 'Forensic Detectives', (ep. "Buried Secrets"), and The New Detectives, (season 07, episode 11).
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Brain of Blood (1971)
Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Grant Williams, Kent Taylor, Regina Carrol, Angelo Rossitto, Reed Hadley, John Bloom
Rating30%
Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope in transplanting his brain into another body. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton, having unwisely put off body acquisition until the last minute, transplants Amir's brain into the body of the disfigured simpleton assistant who failed in said chore. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the woman chained in the basement. It's up to Amir's friend Bob and wife Tracey to try to salvage this tale.
Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)
, 1h24Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film
Actors John Carradine, Paula Raymond, Alexander D'Arcy, John Cardos, Kent Osborne
Rating36%
Count Dracula (Alexander D'Arcy) and his vampire wife (Paula Raymond), hiding behind the pseudonyms of Count and Countess Townsend, lure girls to their castle in the Arizona desert to be drained of blood by their butler George (John Carradine), who then mixes real bloody marys for the couple. Then the real owners of the castle show up, along with Johnny, who is a serial killer or a werewolf depending on which version you watch. The owners refuse to sell, so Dracula wants to force them to sell. In a final confrontation, the vampires are forced to stand in the sunlight and dissolve.
Satan's Sadists (1969)
, 1h30Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Russ Tamblyn, Kent Taylor, John Cardos, Scott Brady, Regina Carrol, Greydon Clark
Rating47%
The plot centers around an outlaw motorcycle gang called the "Satans", who roam the deserts of the American Southwest. The gang's leader goes by the name of Anchor, and other members include Firewater, Acid, Muscle, Willie, Romeo and Gina. The gang comes upon two lovers whom they proceed to attack: they beat up the boyfriend and rape the girl. After the assaults, they kill both of them and throw their car, with them in it, over a cliff.
, 1h46Directed by Al Adamson, Rolf Olsen
Genres Crime
Actors Curd Jürgens, Heinz Reincke, Heidi Kabel, Fritz Tillmann, Diana Körner, Fritz Wepper
Rating51%
Blood Of Ghastly Horror (1967)
, 1h27Directed by Al Adamson
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors John Carradine, Kent Taylor, Tommy Kirk, Regina Carrol
Rating28%
A doctor implants a strange electronic brain component in a man's skull and a psychotic killer is born. A strange scientist brings a zombie to life and sets out to avenge the enemies of the killer.
Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
Directed by Al Adamson
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Crime
Actors John Carradine, Al Adamson, Bernard Paul
Rating42%
Scriptwriter
Angel's Wild Women (1972)
, 1h25Directed by Al Adamson
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ross Hagen, Kent Taylor, Regina Carrol
Roles Writer
Rating38%
A group of good motorcyclists fight against an evil hippie cult based on the murderous Charles Manson "family".
Blood Of Ghastly Horror (1967)
, 1h27Directed by Al Adamson
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors John Carradine, Kent Taylor, Tommy Kirk, Regina Carrol
Roles Story
Rating28%
A doctor implants a strange electronic brain component in a man's skull and a psychotic killer is born. A strange scientist brings a zombie to life and sets out to avenge the enemies of the killer.
Psycho a Go-Go (1965)
Directed by Al Adamson
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Crime
Actors John Carradine, Al Adamson, Bernard Paul
Roles Story
Rating42%
Producer
Black Heat (1976)
, 1h34Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Timothy Brown, Regina Carrol, Russ Tamblyn, Al Adamson
Roles Producer
Rating42%
Kicks Carter is a streetwise policeman whose beat is Las Vegas. A crime gang is running guns, selling drugs, loan-sharking, and running a prostitution ring out of an upscale hotel in the city and Kicks is trying to put them out of business. But the interference of a woman reporter is making his job more difficult.
Angel's Wild Women (1972)
, 1h25Directed by Al Adamson
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ross Hagen, Kent Taylor, Regina Carrol
Roles Producer
Rating38%
A group of good motorcyclists fight against an evil hippie cult based on the murderous Charles Manson "family".
Hammer (1972)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee, William Smith, Mel Stewart, Stack Pierce
Roles Producer
Rating55%
B.J. Hammer is a boxer who rises up the ranks with help from the Mafia. However, Hammer doesn't realize that the help comes with a price: He is asked to throw a fight. Gangsters threaten to harm his girlfriend in an attempt to force him to go through with their plan. Hammer is forced to figure out a way to save his dignity and the life of his girlfriend, who has been kidnapped by gangsters.
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
, 1h30Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Dracula films, Frankenstein films, Vampires in film, Cyberpunk films
Actors J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney, Jr., Anthony Eisley, Regina Carrol, Forrest J Ackerman, Greydon Clark
Roles Producer
Rating35%
A mad scientist (J. Carrol Naish) descended from the original Dr. Frankenstein takes to murdering young women for experimentation in hopes of reviving his ancestor's creation, with help from his mute assistant Groton (Lon Chaney, Jr.). Dracula (played by Roger Engel under the pseudonym "Zandor Vorkov") comes to the scientist promising to revive Frankenstein's monster in return for a serum which will grant him immortality.
Brain of Blood (1971)
Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Grant Williams, Kent Taylor, Regina Carrol, Angelo Rossitto, Reed Hadley, John Bloom
Roles Producer
Rating30%
Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope in transplanting his brain into another body. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton, having unwisely put off body acquisition until the last minute, transplants Amir's brain into the body of the disfigured simpleton assistant who failed in said chore. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the woman chained in the basement. It's up to Amir's friend Bob and wife Tracey to try to salvage this tale.