Any Al Adamson fans?

[palitoy]

I'm really fond of American International movies, not all of them are tolerable but stuff like Blood of Dracula's castle and especially Dracula VS Frankenstein are real good times.

http://www.nanarland.com/Chroniques/draculacontrefrankenstein/draculacontrefrankenstein01.jpg

Plus the Gray Morrow Poster gives it a Mego feel.

I got to meet him just before his murder, he signed a Satans Sadists press book for me.

[marmes]

I love Al Adamson.I have that Dracula vs Frankenstein poster hanging up at work.Great artwork!!

[Earth 2 Chris]

I think Dracula vs. Frankenstein has Plan 9 beat by a mile. That being said, its so horrible it's fun. I refer to their Frank as "Shoebox head".

Chris

[palitoy]

I think Dracula vs. Frankenstein has Plan 9 beat by a mile. That being said, its so horrible it's fun. I refer to their Frank as "Shoebox head".


Zandor Vorkov's Dracula makes John Bloom's Frank look like Karloff IMO. It's like he's speaking through a Mr Microphone the whole time.

[phil]

I have a real soft spot for "Vampire Men of the Lost Planet". I always found it entertaining.

[palitoy]

I have a real soft spot for "Vampire Men of the Lost Planet". I always found it entertaining.

One saturday night in college I rented this and a room mate joined me, by the end of the first hour he just turned to me and said "What pleasure do you get from watching something like this?" I had no answer but I watch it everytime it's on tv.....

[mego73]

I'm only familar with Dracula Vs. Frankenstein. I remember the movie from childhood and these days have the DVD. Even when I was a kid, I found it odd that Dracula changed from a normal look into whiteface with black makeup around the eyes at the end (the ending was refilmed at a later time).

Everybody goofs on Zandor Vorkov (his real name is Roger Engel, who's day job was (is?)a stockbroker) but I think he did a nicely camp performance as Dracula. Especially good for someone who is not an actor by profession. He still suffers for looking to much like Frank Zappa with fangs.

I got to check out his other horror flicks. I do have one of Al's Nudie exploitation films though:

Naughty Stewardesses (1975) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125430/)

[EMCEtoys]

love this stuff. just love it. when i was a kid i wanted zandor vorkov's dracula ring.

[palitoy]

Cinematic Titantic took "Brain of Blood" and retitled it "The Oozing Skull" to give it the ol' MST3K treatment, it's excellent.

[phil]

A few days ago I bought a used DVD copy of "Brain of Blood" for seven dollars.
I'd never seen it before but I've been interested in seeing it. In terms of cinematic art I definetly over paid by seven dollars. In more important terms like entertainment and fun I got a real bargain. The movie is a piece of crap and I enjoyed every second of it! The DVD has the original trailers for several other Al Adamson films. Now I need to track them down.