Carlos is seeking his widowed mother (Tita Munoz) who is still on the supposedly ‘cursed' island, wanting to take her to a better life on the mainland. Bill's exploring stories of green-blooded people roaming the island, Sheila's looking for her estranged father (Tony Edmunds) who's become a self-pitying drunk in exile. Pathologist Bill Foster (John Asher from the Brides of Blood) travels to Blood Island with Sheila Willard (Star Trek's Angelique Pettyjohn) and Carlos Lopez (Ronaldo Valdez). Not until the last section of the film, could I predict exactly what was going to happen. After this, the plot unravels in quite a compelling and gradual way, which I appreciated. He eventually catches her, and slashes her into a bloody mess. A naked Filipino woman is chased through the forest by a gnarled, green mutant monster. We open our film in classic sleazy-horror fashion. You start to get the impression that ‘Blood' and ‘Beast' are words that Romero likes to use in his titles! Mad Doctor is actually a sequel of sorts to Brides of Blood, taking place on the same island (I think) and is followed by a direct sequel which I haven't seen yet, Beast of Blood. All worthy viewing experiences for lovers of oddball films. Brides of Blood is a personal favorite of mine, and he's also produced titles such as Black Mama, White Mama and Beast of the Yellow Night. Co-director with Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero has a respectable body of work in all manner of genres, and he's also appeared in these pages before. You've got smatterings of gore, nudity, violence and action for your viewing pleasure, and the directors make sure they leave it all on the table. Mad Doctor of Blood Island fits the bill in almost every respect. I've always enjoyed a good Filipino horror / science fiction / action film.
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