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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780794203955
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0794203957
Label: Fox Lorber
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 09, 2003
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 43378
Studio: Fox Lorber
Theatrical Release Date: 1959-11
Editorial Review:
Description:
A shipwreck survivor washes ashore on a strange and mysterious island where the bizarre experiments of a renegade scientist unleash a bloodthirsty man-beast.
Amazon.com:
If you're looking for the finest in horror flicks from the Philippines-- and who isn't?--start your search right here. A blatant low-budget rip-off of H.G. Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau, Terror Is a Man is nevertheless an unexpectedly evocative little creeper on its own terms. A shipwrecked American (Richard Derr) washes up on the shore of the alarmingly named Isla de Sangre (that would be 'Blood Island'), where he meets a scientist (Francis Lederer) engaged in a cruel experiment: turning a panther into a human being. Why wait for evolution, the doctor reasons, to advance a whole new species? Lederer, who starred in Pandora's Box in the silent era, adds a touch of class to the proceedings, while his wife is played by the obligatory blond bombshell--this was 1959, remember--the hourglass-shaped Greta Thyssen. If the doctor really had had an eye for the development of the human species, he might've paid more attention to his neglected wife. Another signature of the era is the precredits note to the audience, warning that a bell will sound just before a particularly gruesome scene comes on the screen (it's a close-up of a surgical incision). While not without its schlock quotient, Terror Is a Man is generally moody and thoughtful; credit goes to two of the Philippines's most resourceful filmmakers, director Gerry De Leon and producer Eddie Romero. In the mid-'60s, this film was retitled Blood Creature and enjoyed a nice run in the U.S., which inspired Romero to churn out a series of Blood-related titles. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best Print Ever Of Forgotten 'Classic'
At last the uncut and pristine version (running time:90 minutes).
Image has done justice to this forgotten classic. Film has a nice feel and the cast do a fine job. Add it to your collection today, you will not be disappointed.
Rating:  - Image Transfer Info
From Mark Zimmer @ Digitally Obsessed: "The original aspect ratio appears to be 1.33:1, and there's no evidence of cropping that I saw. Black levels are somewhat weak and shadow detail is only mediocre. There is some speckling but it only becomes significantly distracting near the reel changes. On the other hand, there is some fairly good detail and texture present, and the greyscale is acceptable. A nasty tear and shake in the soundtrack is present at 21m:05s and there's a less severe rip near the ... Read More
Rating:  - An atmospheric ripoff of Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau"
"Blood Creature" is the reissue title for this film, originally released as "Terror Is A Man" but also known as "Creature from Blood Island" and "The Gory Creatures." The script by Harry Paul Harber is obviously inspired by the uncredited H.G. Wells novel "The Island of Dr. Moreau," which is enough to tell you that this 1959 film is about a mad scientist turning animals into people. But except for a tacky little horror film gimmick, this is an above average B-movie of the horror genre.
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Rating: - CURIO FOR FILM BUFFS
I stayed up late one night when I was about 10 yrs old and watched this movie in the dark. It was called "BLOOD CREATURE" then and my parents were VERY concerned about my appetite for horror films and had forbade me to watch it. HA! It scared the bejeezus out of me and I spent the rest of the night looking out the window to be sure nothing was "out there"...Of course, today I see that it's a low budget oddity and nothing like what upset me so bad all those years ago. But what I appreciate about it is ... Read More
Rating: - First and Best of the Blood Island Movies
A shipwrecked sailor washes ashore on Blood Island and is nursed back to health by the local mad doctor (Francis Lederer) and his neglected blonde bombshell of a wife. Our mad doctor has spent two years surgically transforming a black panther into the semblance of a man, complete with some sort of drug regimen to enlarge the creature's brain. Smart as it now is, the beastie keeps escaping and killing the locals, who get fed up and evacuate the island, leaving the foreigners to their fate. This ... Read More
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